What does it mean to heal from within?

Chiropractic care is unique because it helps the body heal from within. What exactly does this mean?

Chiropractic adjustments not only help the joint that is misaligned, but they also affect the body's ability to coordinate a healing response. When a bone in the spine is misaligned, it can interfere with the communication occurring along the nervous system. Keeping this information free from interference is vitally important to maintaining overall health!

How do messages get communicated in the nervous system?

The brain coordinates everything in the body. It sends instructions down the spinal cord and out through the nerves to all of our organs. Those organs then send status reports through the nerves and back up the spinal cord to the brain. When this communication is working well, the brain is able to coordinate the body well! This means that the brain is able to adapt to physical, chemical, and emotional stressors in our everyday lives and coordinate a healing response as necessary.

How does chiropractic influence this communication?

When a bone in the spine is misaligned, it can interfere with the communication between the brain and the rest of the body. This means that the instructions from the brain might not be communicated perfectly to their target organs, that the status reports from the organs might not be communicated perfectly to the brain, or a little bit of both. Getting adjusted by a chiropractor not only repositions the misaligned vertebra, but it also restores proper motion to the joint and proper communication along the nervous system! This helps the body regain appropriate communication between the brain and the body and allows the brain to coordinate adaptations to our everyday stressors and healing responses as necessary.

Chiropractic helps your body's healing response!

When you get adjusted by a chiropractor, you restore proper communication between the brain and the body, so that your brain can coordinate the best possible healing response. This is how chiropractic helps you heal from within! Chiropractic helps your body function at its best.