The Nuts and Bolts of Chiropractic

Chiropractic is all about helping the body to work at its very best by optimising the flow of information between the brain and body. Your brain is constantly receiving information about what is going on inside your body and making appropriate responses to keep you healthy and functioning. Your brain detects when you have put food into your body and responds by activating digestion, it takes note of damaged muscles or tissues and repairs them. Your body feels, performs and functions at its best when the brain can accurately regulate and control what is going on beneath the surface. Every process your body goes through is controlled by your nervous system. Your nervous system is made of your brain, spinal cord and spinal nerves. Nerves exit the spinal cord and connect your brain to all your muscles and organs, they form an information superhighway within your body. Because your nervous system is so important it has its very own protective armor. Your brain is protected by your skull and your spinal cord is protected by your spine. 

The nervous system and the bony armour that protects it are intricately related, normal motion of the spine allows the brain to orientate itself, regulate body functions and healing. Sometimes the stressors and strains of daily life cause abnormal spinal function, this means nerve messages from the brain get blocked. 

Have you ever tried cooking dinner, completing a workout or getting dressed in the dark? How difficult is it to know what is going on around you? If you know it’s easier to do things when you can see and interpret everything that’s going on around you, wouldn’t you want the same working conditions for what’s going on inside your body?

Think of improper spinal function as a dimmer switch to the lights within your body. It makes it harder for information to travel between the brain and body, in turn making it harder for the brain to know what’s going on and how to appropriately respond. Your body begins working in the dark and cannot function at its best. 

By making small adjustments to the spine, the nervous system and soft tissue chiropractors can remove these blockages so that the messages reach the muscles and organs effectively. Chiropractic care turns that dimmer switch in your body back up, bringing light to everything that is going on in the body and allowing the brain and body to communicate freely. 

The philosophy is simple:  if your nervous system is working properly the body is better able to heal itself and perform at its full potential.  A healthy spine and nervous system can help anyone at any time in their life regardless of age, past trauma or the presence of symptoms. Turn the lights on and get your spine regularly checked and adjusted to ensure you can reach your optimal potential.

Dr Caitlyn