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Chiropractic 101

With school starting soon I thought I would return to the basics.  The basics of chiropractic care.  Most people think they know what chiropractors do and what chiropractic care is.  The sad truth is that most people do not.  If they did, people would be beating down my door and the door of every other chiropractor out there.

Most people believe that chiropractic is for the relief of aches and pains.  The common belief is that when you have a pain in your joints or muscles you go see a chiropractor.  Well, pain relief is only the by-product of the real focus of chiropractic; the health and vitality of your nervous system.  A chiropractor's main reason for realigning your spine is to remove interference to your nervous system.  When that happens the body knows how to heal itself and the pain complaints are usually the first thing to resolve.  My goals for you are nervous system health and increasing levels of function, vitality and wellness, not just pain relief. 

Your nervous system controls  and regulates every organ, system and function in your body.  It controls every single one of the 75 trillion cells that make up you. If the nerves of the body are compromised long enough, dysfunction and disease are the result.  The bad part is that this can easily be a silent process with little if any warning signs.  Only about 10% of the nerves in your body transmit pain signals to your brain.

Doesn't it make sense to take care of the nervous system the best we can?  How do we know if our nerves are compromised?  Get checked by someone who is trained to detect and correct misalignments of the spine that interfere with those delicate nerves, your chiropractor.  If you know of someone who you feel could be helped by what we do in our office or you have a hard time explaining what we do, please refer them for a free consultation.  I would be happy to talk to them to let them know how I might be able to help.

School Starts Soon

With school starting in a few weeks I would like to remind my patients who are parents to think chiropractically when your children seem out of sorts or the latest "bug" is going around the school yard.  Often, when our children aren't acting like themselves it is the direct result of bumps to the head or falls on the playground that your children don't know enough to tell you about.

The good news is that it usually only takes one or two visits to get them back on track and healthy.  When you improve the health of their nervous system that improves the health of their immune system and they either don't get that bug or bounce back more quickly from it.

Exciting new technique

I have added something new to my treatment protocol that is very quickly becoming a new favorite of my practice members.  Of course, like the Network technique, it is something you need to experience versus trying to verbalize it here.  If you haven't been in for awhile come in an check it out!  I look forward to seeing you.

There are other exciting things on the horizon so please stay tuned.  Also, I will be blogging again very soon.  My blog will take you beyond Chiropractic 101. Please visit my website: www.drdanielwilke.com and click on the blogger icon on the home page.