Welcome to the Free2Move Chiropractic blog! I intend to focus (of course) on chiropractic topics but will also include musings on issues "ripped from the headlines!", generally health-related but not exclusively. I think I will begin with an introduction to chiropractic and the basic principles on which it is based.
Chiropractic is based on the fact that the nervous system controls all the functions of the body. The nervous system is made up of the brain, the spinal cord and the spinal nerves coming of the spinal cord. Our designer was amazing and encased the most important and vital organs in bone - the skull completely encases the brain, the vertebrae protect the spinal cord, the rib cage protects the heart, lungs, and liver, and the pelvis protects the reproductive organs of the female. The brain sends signals down the spinal cord and out the nerves that come out between the vertebral bones of the spinal column and go to all the cells, tissues and organs of the body. That is why chiropractic can help almost any health condition. If the nerve going to any organ of the body is pinched, whatever organ or system that is, it will not work as well as it should be.
The amazing thing about our body is that even when a system is not working at 100%, we can still carry on. We all know people who suddenly developed symptoms but before that, didn't know they were ill. Maybe they had angina - heart pain with physical exertion - but before their first episode, they thought they were "healthy as a horse". Then they find out their heart was only functioning at 40%! I guess they weren't that healthy. The point is, if the nerve that is going to the heart is pinched, they will be much better able to return to health without that pinched nerve. Of course, they are going to have to change other aspects of their health regimen. They will have to eat a healthier diet, get more exercise and rebuild the damaged heart muscle. But again, if they include chiropractic into that health regimen change, they will have a better chance than someone who has a similar condition and doesn't use chiropractic.
'Nuf said.
