Thoughts Traumas Toxins
This weekend I was visiting with two colleagues of mine. During our conversation, all 3 of us had mentioned that we had headaches. Mine was related to my sinuses, my friend's was from caffeine withdrawal and her husbands was from tension. All 3 different sources, but we all had the same idea, let's adjust each other.....................................the result, we all felt better after the chiropractic adjustment.
Why do you think that is?????
IF YOUR SPINE IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT EXTRA STRESS AND STRAIN ARE PUT UPON THE SURROUNDING TISSUES CAUSING PAIN AND DISCOMFORT.
That is my chiropractic philosophy, but in a discussion with my colleagues, they challenged me, what does the position of your spine have to do with caffeine withdrawal???? I instantly said there are other reasons why your spine is can be out of alignment and they are THOUGHTS, TRAUMAS, AND TOXINS. This is the very same principle that Chiropractic was based on, and one that I don't discuss as often as I should.
THOUGHTS How can a thought cause your spine to be out of alignment?? Think of a time that you were under a great amount of stress. How did you feel? Were you tight in your shoulders, so tight in fact that you had to physically separate your shoulders from your ears??? That is muscle tension that is normally increased when we are under stress. With an increase of muscle tension, there is extra spinal stress causing misalignment's of the spine. Chiropractic adjustments coupled with exercises and therapies to address the increase tension will help with the pain and discomfort.
TRAUMAS I think of the 3 principals, this is the most self explanatory. If you have had a trauma, you should be checked to make sure your spine is properly aligned. What most people don't understand with this principle is that we incur micro-traumas every single day that causes the extra stress and strain on the spine and surrounding tissues!!! What am I talking about??? POSTURE, POSTURE, POSTURE........................need i say more?? Poor posture, which 99.9% of us are guilty of, is a micro-trauma causing injuries on a daily basis. Also, something like stubbing your toe and the jolt of your neck during it, can cause a minor injury that over time can result in poor spinal position that may lead to neck pain, headaches, etc..................
TOXINS As for toxins, toxins in your body can result in your body not functioning at 100%. Poor nutrition, dehydration, drugs, and alcohol are examples of toxins that inhibit your body from functioning at 100%, which means you are not performing at 100% no matter what way we look at it. So what can chiropractic do to help??????? A spinal adjustment will allow the nervous system to function better by realigning the spine taking pressure off of the spinal column. I know it seems like a simple answer, but it is a little complicated.
Moral of the story......... no matter what the source of your problem is, you may be helped with a chiropractic adjustment. I hope this sparks some questions for you and if you want them answered, feel free to email me. If you know of anyone that you believe could be helped with chiropractic care, call me and give me their name and number and let me reach out to them.
Signing off for now, but please sayt tun'd