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Why do you have to adjust my neck?

Smart Pain Solutions

But if you are having mechanical neck pain, or neck pain related to muscle tension, a cervical (neck) spine adjustment can and probably will decrease your pain. Pain in your neck is often associated with an inflamed or irritated joint. When a joint is inflamed it typically does not move like it should. SPINE, 33(4S) , S176-S183.

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Travel without aches and pains – tips from Canadian chiropractors’

Canadian Chiropractic Association

Whether you’re walking through terminals, running to your gate, sitting for extended periods, or lifting heavy luggage, the combination of muscle fatigue, joint stiffness, and travel stress can make you feel worn out before you even reach your destination or in some cases, your flight. Find a chiropractor 1. Van den Heuvel, S.

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Back pain Facts & Statistics

ABCA

The back is a complicated structure of bones, joints, ligaments and muscles. You can sprain ligaments, strain muscles, rupture disks, and irritate joints, all of which can lead to back pain. Chiropractic spinal manipulation is a safe and effective spine pain treatment. Orthopedics Today 2003 Feb; 23(2):14-15. Vallfors B.

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The Hip Bone connected to the…. Universe?

CLA

Hips are femurs, backs are spines, tailbones are sacrums. When muscles affect joints and spinal alignment is altered the nervous system reacts to the stress FROM the spinal joints. Studies show that sensorimotor integration (from the spine) affects the brain’s Pre-Frontal Cortex’ (PFC). Oops, one more step.

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Understanding Dysponesis: Distraction and Exhaustion Defined

CLA

In the context of chiropractic care, Dysponesis is an essential concept because it reflects the body’s response to vertebral subluxations—misalignments in the spine that cause nerve interference. These errors can lead to unnecessary energy use, stress on the nervous system, and a host of other health issues over time.

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How does your community see you? Spinal Mechanic or Neurological Programmer?

CLA

It should, because helping parents and their kids understand the importance of a healthy spine and nervous system is an essential service that only a chiropractor can deliver. When you move the chiropractic message away from the spine to the nervous system 3 things will happen: Parents bring their children for well-child check ins.

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Dysafferentation: “Noisy” Neurological Communication

CLA

By adjusting misalignments in the spine, and resetting the tone of the nervous system, chiropractors help to eliminate the interference that causes Dysafferentation. Most importantly, dysafferentation impacts the adaptive reserve, making the person continually more vulnerable to everyday stressors.