“I Wasn’t Expecting That”

“So, I went to the chiropractor to get some help with my back, it took some time and it did get better, but that’s not the amazing part. While under care my skin really cleared up and my eczema disappeared.”

This is something we hear a lot of, where people come to chiropractic for one reason, and whilst under care see amazing other health changes along the way, how is that possible?

I am going to say from the outset that chiropractic does not cure all, and I am not claiming that adjustments fix all conditions.

But what I do want to share is the true secret of chiropractic, and why some people may get miraculous results with care.

Did you know the first adjustment ever given, in 1895 restored a mans hearing! Yep, in Davenport, Iowa, a man called DD Palmer was a magnetic healer and whilst assessing his deaf janitor Harvey Lillard, he felt a palpable lump on his back. He pushed it and so the story goes, his hearing came back.

From this grew a fabulous profession concerned with the alignment of the spine. But why the spine specifically?

Well, we know the spine protects the spinal cord, the nervous system, and the control of our entire body. From how we move, think, feel, how we digest our food, fight off colds, breathe, and pump the heart. Every single function of your entire body is controlled and coordinated through your nervous system and through the spine.

Therefore, any problems in the spine can cause problems in the nervous system, leading to pain, and /or other health problems.

One of the main issues a poorly functioning spine has is poor communication to the brain. We know that if the spine does not move properly, the brain registers this as an issue and floods the body with stress hormones. An influx and prolonged release of stress hormones over weeks, months, years, even decades have a significant and detrimental effect on our health.

And conversely, when the spine moves well, it sends good signals to the brain. This stops the stress hormone release and moves the body to a well state.

And who’s the only person who can get you better?

Yep, it is you. When your body is in a well state, when the body is not flooded with stress hormones, when the brain and nervous system can talk to the body, your body works in harmony and heals.

Therefore, if someone goes to a chiropractor with a stiff back, one that is not moving properly, this is causing a sickening environment internally. Thus, when that spine is adjusted and starts to move well, that sick environment improves, and the body begins to heal.

The bonus is less back pain. The luxury is a healthier body.

With love,

Tom