Chiropractic is not mechanical. It is Neurological.

​The spine is an extension of the brain. 
 
Every adjustment ever given, no matter what the doctor or patient believed, was never about moving a bone. 
 
What happened at a biological level was a precise neurological event. The adjustment is a mechanical input delivered to the spine that instantly changes how the brain processes information about the body. 
 
Your spine not just a stack of bones that keep you upright. It is one of the most densely innervated structures in our bodies… Loaded with mechanoreceptors/proprioceptors that constantly feeds our brain information about position, movement, energy input and output, and safety. 
 
When a segment loses its normal motion, the signal becomes distorted and the brain receives inaccurate information and cannot regulate the body optimally. (disfunction = lowered health)
 
The adjustment restores the signal. 
 
The research isn't new. It's known. Peer reviewed and documented. Adjustments measurably change the cortical drive…
 
Meaning, brain activity changes after an adjustment and there is an exponential benefit to those who do it regularly. 
 
The adjustment improves muscle activation, reaction time, proprioceptive accuracy, and prefrontal cortex function. 
 
Maintenance adjustments are not (really) for pain relief, although that's a benefit. Weekly adjustments optimize brain function through spinal stimulation. (think about the neurological milestones a child goes thru - tummy time, rolling, crawling, walking, running, etc.. these milestones are events of spinal shaping - going from a fetal C-shaped position to a S-shaped spinal curve - in a child's growth and development that if missed, or out of order, or are delayed can and will alter the way a child's brain grows and how their body responds). Proper proprioception does this innately. 
 
This same spine to brain relationship holds true in adults. 
 
So, this week when you're getting adjusted, remember, you're not going to stay well for decades if you're just looking to dampen pain and symptom signals… weekly adjustments do so much more. 
 
Adjustments upgrade the signaling the brain receives from the body. 
 
If you have never been adjusted weekly by a chiropractor, start today. The innate wisdom of the body that coordinates all functions of human performance is the Foundation of Health and it runs the body via the nerve system.
 
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