Who is chiropractic for?
Chiropractic care is for anyone who has a spine. Much like visiting the dentist or caring for other areas of your health, chiropractic care works best when it is part of a regular routine.
We don’t usually wait for our teeth to start hurting before we brush them. Instead, we brush regularly to prevent problems before they begin. Chiropractic care should be viewed in the same way. Waiting ten, twenty, or even thirty years before paying attention to your spine is far too long.
My goal is to share this understanding with as many people as possible. I truly believe the function of the spine—and its connection to the nervous system that runs through it—has been overlooked for far too long.
What Does Regular Care Look Like?
Regular care will look different for everyone. It depends on the current health and condition of your spine, as well as your daily lifestyle—for example, whether you have a physically demanding job or spend long hours working at a desk.
Both types of work place stress on the body in different ways, affecting areas of the neck and back day after day, year after year.
Pain Management
This is often referred to as the “pain paradigm.” By the time your body begins giving you signals of pain, the issue has usually been developing for quite some time.
One important thing to understand is that pain is often the last signal we receive that something isn’t functioning properly. Pain is processed in the brain and communicated through the central nervous system.
As chiropractors, our focus is to reduce interference within the spine that may affect the central nervous system. This interference—often referred to as vertebral subluxation—can place stress on the nerves that exit the spinal column.
Wellness Care
Your body processes millions of bits of information every moment without you even thinking about it.
All of your organ systems and bodily functions are coordinated through the central nervous system—the brain and the nerves that travel throughout the body. When there is dysfunction within the spine, the nerves communicating with different parts of the body may also be affected.
Most people understand that severe spinal damage can lead to paralysis and require surgical intervention. I like to think of chiropractic care as focusing on the everyday health of the spine and nervous system—helping your body function at its best, rather than simply moving in and out of episodes of back or neck pain.
Ultimately, chiropractic care can support both goals—whether you are looking to get out of pain, or you are already healthy and want to stay that way.