Taking Control of Your Health – The Stern Chiropractic Newsletter
SUBLUXATION
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Topic of the Month : SUBLUXATION
Your body, like the world around you, depends on accurate, unrestricted and complete communication to function properly. Chiropractic care focuses on restoring proper communication throughout your nervous system and thereby allowing your body to function at its highest level.
Subluxation – the restriction of normal spinal joint function or malposition of spinal vertebra impinging nerves and interfering with the normal transmission of nerve impulses from brain cell to tissue cell.
Subluxations are caused by STRESS (physical, chemical, psychological and/or emotional). Subluxations cause disease by preventing proper function of the body’s tissues and thereby interfering with the body’s ability to heal itself. This does not necessarily mean that you will have pain or symptoms. Frequently subluxations do not cause symptoms, but if not addressed, can lead to degenerative change and disease. This concept is can be understood by picturing a 100 watt light bulb hooked up to a dimmer switch. In a subluxation free state, the bulb shines brightly at 100 watts, but as subluxations begin to form, the bulb shines at 95 watts then 90. In these early stages of subluxation, you don’t really notice anything. The light is still providing plenty of light and there does not seem to be any problem (no symptoms, which are an end-stage sign). As the subluxations become more chronic, the bulb loses more of its luster and shines at 85, 80, 75 and 70 watts. You start to notice something but you don’t exactly know what it is (like when someone gets a hair cut and you think they look different but you can’t put your finger on what it is). More time passes and your body, which is already in a state of dysfunction, has compensated for many more stressors and the light is only shining at 65 watts. Now you realize that the light is not as bright as it should be. This is the point at which you are experiencing pain and disability i.e. headaches, new allergic responses, back pain, neck pain, inability to turn your head to look over your shoulder, sciatica, shooting pain into your arms and hands, etc…
The only way to know if you have subluxations is to get a spinal check-up by the only doctor trained to detect subluxations, a chiropractor.
When your body lacks full, unrestricted communication, it is operating at less then optimal levels and therefore is unable to maintain optimal function of its organ systems and hence becomes more susceptible to external stresses and disease. This does not normally happen overnight. Subluxations are silent killers that develop over time, facilitating slow and steady deterioration of the area innervated by the nerve that is being disrupted. If subluxations last for long periods of time, the changes that occur may become degenerative and permanent but elimination of the subluxation can slow down or stop further degenerative changes. If subluxations are caught and corrected early, the body will usually be able to heal itself and return to normal. So, when is the best time to find out if you have subluxations and eliminate them? Now! Before pain and disease appears, stopping you from doing the things you love. When you are in pain, it affects you and everybody you come in contact with. Who should be checked for subluxations? Everybody – from newborns through seniors.
Chiropractic care focuses on correction of subluxations and restoration of proper communication in your body, thereby restoring your body to its highest possible level of function and enabling your body to heal itself.
Not everybody can achieve “Optimal Health” but almost everybody can benefit from chiropractic care, bringing them closer to their highest potential. How do you know if you would benefit from chiropractic care? Get yourself examined by Dr. Stern and he will let you know if chiropractic care would be appropriate for you. If not, he will make the proper referral to get you the proper care.
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I hope this information helps you take control of your health and your life! If you have any questions, feedback or have any suggestions for future topics, please call or email me.
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Don’t forget the importance of maintaining your health with regular chiropractic and acupuncture care.
Sincerely,
Gregg Stern, D.C., FICPA