What You Need To Know About Your Chiropractic Care
Every health care professional has his or her place, and we want you to know that we are thrilled to be a part of your health care team. This information is designed to give you some very important information about how your body works, how chiropractic works, how drugs work, and what you can do to get and stay healthy for life – so you don’t have to be dependent on taking unnecessary medications every time you feel sick or feel a pain. Please read on!
Innate Intelligence:
Before we get into how the body and chiropractic works, we have to establish and explain one very important component of functional physiology, Innate Intelligence.
Dr. Lewis Thomas M.D. said, “…a kind of super intelligence exists in each of us, infinitely smarter and possessed of technical know-how far beyond our present understanding.” What Dr. Thomas is talking about is what chiropractors call Innate Intelligence.
What is Innate Intelligence?
Innate intelligence is the inborn wisdom of the body…or the intelligence that allows your body to constantly adapt to our ever-changing environments. This intelligence knows how to digest your food after you’ve eaten – without you having to think about it, and heals the cut (No, your band-aid doesn’t do the healing) on your finger, and beats your heart, or kicks your immune system into high-gear when it is being invaded by bacteria that you just inhaled, etc.
This innate intelligence is everywhere in your body and is actually generated by your brain and communicated out to every muscle, gland, organ and cell in your body via the spinal (peripheral) nerves (Your brain, spine and spinal nerves make up your nervous system).
Chiropractors are the only doctors (as a profession) who recognize that the human body has this inborn wisdom or intelligence and work on and with the body so that it can fully express this intelligence in order to function as close to 100% as possible.
A 2002 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine reported that patient use of chiropractic has tripled in the last two decades.
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Here’s how the body works:
Your nervous system is the master control system of your body. It is made up of your brain, spinal cord, and spinal nerves (they come off the spine) called peripheral nerves. Your brain is the power source and control center of literally every function in your body. If it dies, you die. Your brain sends 100% of your body’s information and energy down your spinal cord first.
Your spine is protected by 24 moveable vertebrae (which act like circuit breakers) and the spinal nerves exit between each vertebrae and go out to deliver the messages sent from the brain to each muscle, gland, organ and cell in your body. As long as there is no interference to your brain, spinal cord and spinal nerves, your body has the ability to function at its optimum level…in other words, as close to 100% as possible.
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Here’s how chiropractic works:
Chiropractic is the only healing profession in the world that recognizes that your body has the ability to function at its optimum level, as long as there is no interference to the master control system (the nervous system). Makes sense, don’t you think? As a chiropractor, it is my job to locate, analyze and remove any interference to the nervous system.
These blockages or misalignments are called VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATIONS. When a spinal nerve is being choked because of a vertebral subluxation, the muscle, organ, or gland that is attached to it can only receive 40% of the information that the brain is trying to send to it.
When a circuit overloads in your house and it “blows”, you go down to the circuit breaker box and check all of the circuits. You examine all of them to make sure they are all in perfect alignment, and when you come to the one that is out of alignment; you simply adjust the circuit and turn the power back on. The body works in the same way. I simply check your spine to make sure that all of the vertebrae are in perfect alignment.
When I come to a vertebrae that is out of alignment (called a subluxation), I use my hands and adjust the vertebrae so that the “power” can be turned back on to the muscle, organ, or gland that it controls.
“A body that is free of nerve interference has more power to heal, think, and metabolize. 90% of the stimulation and nutrition to the brain is generated by movement of the spine.” Dr. Roger Sperry, Nobel Prize winner for brain research.
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What About Symptoms?
This is VERY important. You have been brainwashed!
Most people judge their health based on symptoms. This is how the medical and pharmaceutical professions want you to think. There is more money ($70 BILLION) in treating the problem than in preventing it. Unfortunately, symptoms are the last sign your body gives you to tell you that something is wrong. It’s like having a bad shingle on your roof. You don’t know you have a bad roof until you see the stain on your ceiling.
That is why waiting for symptoms to appear is the worst way to take care of yourself and your family. Fact: A cavity usually doesn’t hurt for 2 years. Fact: Cancer usually doesn’t hurt at all, until the end. Fact: 36% of all heart attack victims have their fatal heart attack as their very first symptom.
Chiropractic care allows your body to function at its highest level, and can prevent problems from developing in the first place. Just like brushing your teeth will prevent tooth decay, maintaining a healthy strong spine will prevent spinal decay. Chances are good that you are here because you never maintained your spine in the first place.
You have a made a wise decision in choosing chiropractic for a healthier life.
Research (Spine 1994;19 (7):858-86) on management of cervicogenic (caused from the neck) and tension-type headache (HA). This study found that spinal manipulation “appeared to result in immediate improvement in headache severity when used to treat episodes of cervicogenic HA compared to a placebo.”
What You Can Expect From Us
By choosing our office, you can expect to receive the highest level of professional care, service, respect and attention. Our doctors and staff are here for one reason. To serve you and assist in your quest to become healthy. We welcome you to our family.
If you are interested in correcting your spinal/health problem, you will receive a detailed Chiropractic Corrective Care Plan that will describe for you in detail, the exact course of care needed to correct your spinal/health problem. Your first two visits give us all of the necessary information needed to assess the severity of your spinal/health problem.
By reviewing your orthopedic, neurologic, and spinal examination findings, x-rays, personal history, and first adjustment results, we will be able to determine exactly what you will need – from the number of adjustments to the exact cost. You will never be “in the dark” about any aspect of your care, or our relationship.
In another 2002 study, (Spine 2002; 27(3):291-298) a survey of 1,257
Chiropractic patients from six locations found that overall satisfaction with care was 87%, (Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:262-268).
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What We Expect From You
In order for you to get the maximum results from your Chiropractic Corrective Care Plan, you must listen and follow all instructions from the doctor, keep all of your appointments (and if you miss one, make it up within the same week), make all necessary payments on time (we run a zero balance clinic), and commit to achieving “supportive” status. “Supportive” status means that you have completed your Chiropractic Corrective Care Plan, and that you only need a minimum amount of post corrective care adjustments to maintain your new level of health.
Also, this office is as much of a learning institution as it is a healing one. You will learn more than you ever thought imaginable about how to keep your body functioning at its highest levels. You will learn what makes your immune system strong and weak; how to increase your energy and quality of sleep without medication; and most importantly, how you can allow the master system of the body (the nervous system) to function at its optimum level.
We expect you to tell others about your newfound knowledge of the body, how it works, and how it heals itself. We expect you to help us in our quest to get as many kids and adults off drugs, so that they lead healthier, happier lives. It is for this reason that we have “Friend Helping A Friend” coupon at the front desk.
In the fall of 2001, two studies authored by researchers from Harvard Medical School (Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:344-351; Ann Intern Med. 2001;135:262-268) noted that complementary and alternative care (CAM) were perceived to be more helpful for chronic, disabling conditions (such as headache, neck and back conditions) than conventional medical care by patients who had used both medical and CAM services in the previous year.
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