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Adjustment vs. Manipulation… Choose Wisely
Chiropractic adjustment vs. manipulation. What’s the difference? The difference is in everything that the Chiropractor does. Understanding spinal imaging and neurological testing is to comprehend what to adjust and what not to adjust. Something that is “moved wrongly” is considered a manipulation of the spine. The difference between these words is based on the understanding and science of what they actually mean in the Chiropractic world.
What Is an Adjustment?
A Chiropractic adjustment is a specific force applied to the spine by the Chiropractor’s hands to facilitate the body in realigning a subluxation towards its proper position. Proper alignment restores optimal nerve supply to the damaged tissues and cells of the body. By removing neurological interference, the body can initiate healing without external intervention.
What Is a Manipulation?
Manipulation – “The action of manipulating someone in a CLEVER or unscrupulous way.”
A manipulation is a guess. Some type of nonspecific, general, posterior to anterior spinal manipulation with no thought as to the location or direction of the spinal subluxation. It’s an experiment on one’s spinal structure that is based off of subjective analysis. Without objective analysis, over-diagnosing and improper care will continue.
Adjustment, Please!
Sure, people “feel” good after a manipulation because your body can be in a state of shock. Imagine you have a sprained ankle and someone rips and pulls on it. Immediately afterwards, your body goes into a state of protection and hormones surge all over the body. An adjustment is not designed to make you instantly “feel” good, it is designed to make you instantly begin healing and adapt to create a normal physiological response in the body. The Palmer School of Chiropractic introduced the use of x-ray in chiropractic practice in 1910. The objective for doing so was to “verify or deny palpation findings and to verify or deny proof of the existence of vertebral subluxations.”
We don’t guess when it comes to your health, and neither should you! Avoid being manipulated; get checked, and get the right adjustment for YOU.
Banish Seasonal Allergies Naturally
Fall in love with taking care of yourself. Focus on creating a lifestyle that supports your mind, body and your spirit. Don’t rely or turn to medicine and its probability. Seasonal allergies do not have to hold you back from the world you want to experience. This is not a gimmick, fad or a sale. Seasonal allergies become apparent when your body is failing to heal and adapt to the stress placed on it.
Why Do Seasonal Allergies Occur?
There are two obvious reasons. First, we begin to spend more time outside and begin to acclimate to the changes that are occurring. Secondly, your body is responding to the allergens that have technically always been here. When the irritant/allergen is inhaled, eaten or touched, the body produces specific antibodies called immunoglobulin, which triggers the release of histamines. Once released, histamines begin ravaging the body. Blood pressure drops, nearby blood vessels dilate, and the spaces between surrounding cells fill with fluid. This inflammatory response launches a cascade of miserable symptoms, from itching and sneezing to nausea and vomiting.
The Chemical Cascade of Histamines
If two people are standing right next to each other, breathing the same air, why would Person A start producing mucus buildup and sneezing while Person B is completely fine? What is the difference? It’s the same air quality for both. There are MANY factors that are the same and MANY that are different. Ultimately, it depends on person A’s central nerve system (CNS) and how it responds and processes the air. Person A will begin to produce more histamines, but then will typically go to Walgreen’s and buy Anti-Histamines. Person A fails to realize that their body is still making histamines and their “cure” is a cover-up for a couple hours. They never truly address the cause.
Chiropractic “Heals” The Body
Chiropractors are nerve system specialists. We focus on subluxations (misalignment’s in the spine) that irritate the CNS and cause damage to your tissues cells. Cells of the immune system and inflammatory cells receive orders and communicate in their response via the CNS. Stress can be defined as “a state of disharmony or threatened homeostasis provoked by psychological, environmental, and physiological stressors.” By removing subluxations, your body is able to adapt and heal from the so called “seasonal allergies”. Why deal with symptoms when you can go straight to the cause with chiropractic!
Buy My Special Pillow…It Will Fix Everything!
The Analogy Of My Special Pillow
The My Special Pillow analogy has been around in our society for a period of time and will continue to stick around. Why is the pillow industry always trying to create the “latest and greatest”? Because they want you to buy it! Just like anything else, they will try to improve something that is pretty darn simple. Unfortunately, our society will get you to buy the coolest of the coolest pillow out there because some random sleep study confirmed people actually sleep “better” with it.
My Special Pillow Is Doctor Recommended
The “Doctor Recommended” special pillow…It is simply just another way for someone to make a kick-back and sell you something. As a Chiropractor, I never learned that the best way to promote my status as a Doctor was to sell “stuff” to the public. This can be said for any type of doctor profession out there. Remember: My Special Pillow is just an analogy for the health industry as a whole. This can be said for supplements, oils, laser-beams, exercises, special diets, lotions, etc. Just because a diet is “Doctor Recommended” does not mean anything at all. Literally.
The Truth of My Special Pillow
Health is hard-work. My Special Pillow is trying to sell you the concept that health can be bought. Being healthy as we know it starts from the inside of your body. Why the inside? Remember the first “Thing” made in your body was the brain and then then spinal cord, thus forming the central nerve system (CNS). The CNS made everything else in your body…everything. What about the heart…made by the CNS. What about your left foot…made by the CNS. And so on and so on. Make sure that your CNS is free of stress by getting regular chiropractic check-ups. Two other factors to implement are eating right and exercising. That’s it. The My Special Pillow concept will try to lure you away with the latest and greatest. Just hold fast and stick to the things that survived the test of time. #getchecked
Pediatric Chiropractic Care – The Establishment of Health
The First Trauma That Goes Unrecognized
When establishing health, always look towards the spine first. Why? The brain was the first “thing” that was made in utero. The brain then made the spinal cord and a protective coat of armor called the spine / spinal bones / vertebrae. By accessing the health of the spine, we are accessing the entire health of the body. The first trauma that your spine endures is the birth process. This is often neglected and forgotten about because of the euphoric feeling that happens after a new born is brought into the world. Early labor, active labor, delivery and the overall birth itself is stressful on a newborn. We cannot stress enough the importance of pediatric chiropractic following birth.
Pediatric Chiropractic Care
If you want the best for your child, get them checked immediately after the birth process and continue from there. A subluxation is an irritated nerve fiber that places undo stress upon the central nerve system. A subluxation can be created through the birth process. The only way to know is to get checked following birth. Your spine is literally the backbone of your body’s ability to function properly. The focus of chiropractic care is to remove any physiological blocks to the proper expression of the body’s innate wisdom. Pediatric chiropractic adjustments are gentle and noninvasive on your child.
The Numbers Are Not In Our Favor
Check out these statistics about the United States and the growing epidemics in our children. These numbers are silent in nature and only hit home when it is our child that is affected. Birth traumas that went uncorrected and neglected increased risk of autism five-fold.
- Autism 1 in 45 children
- Attention Deficit 1 in 10 children
- Asthma 1 in 10 children
- Allergies 1 in 4 children
- Diabetes 1 in 4 children
- Obesity 1 in 3 children
- Major Depression 1 in 2 children
We are not saying that birth trauma causes these numbers or does not cause these numbers. You have two choices…Stress Vulnerability or Stress Resiliency. In our office and the community we are reaching, we are committed to Stress Resiliency Care in our office. Pediatric chiropractic care is the foundation to health.
