Removing Subluxations Restores Health

A subluxation is a minor misalignment or fixation of a segment of the spine(vertebra) or another joint in the body which may cause irritation to the supporting muscles, ligaments, or nerves to the area with a loss of function. Subluxations may be caused by any stress, physical, mental, or chemical, that the person cannot adapt to. If a subluxation is undetected, it may cause abnormal joint movement, nerve damage, tissue damage, muscle damage, and may generally cause a decrease in normal health. If left untreated, what began as a minor problem or discomfort may lead to destruction of the joint and irreversible damage to the nerve. A subluxation is not always associated with back pain or any other type of pain. Unfortunately most of us have been erroneously taught that we are sick or unhealthy only when we have symptoms. Nothing can be farther from the truth. A person who first suffers a heart attack has been developing heart disease for many years before his first symptom of a heart attack. Similarly initially when a subluxation exists, there may be no symptoms at all until it has progressed to the point where there is a loss of

The purpose of the chiropractic adjustment is to return the subluxated vertebra to a more normal position which will help to improve function.

mobility and flexibility to the spinal joint and will help remove the pressure off the nerve and restore the area to more normal function.