Chiropractic Care
The Chiropractic Mindset: Health is the body’s natural state.
When you experience pain, discomfort, or ongoing health issues, it often means something is interfering with your body’s ability to function properly. A well-aligned spine and properly functioning nervous system are essential because your nerves serve as the body’s communication network—carrying vital messages between the brain and every part of the body to keep it working as it should.
Spinal misalignments (Subluxations) can create mechanical stress in the neck and back, leading to pain, restricted movement, and disruption in normal nerve signaling.
This interference can affect not only muscles and joints but also internal organs like the heart, lungs, and digestive system—which rely on proper nerve input to function, even though you may not feel it directly. Highly sensitive areas like your fingertips and eyes are also dense with nerves, highlighting how important nerve communication is throughout the body.
Chiropractic adjustments are designed to correct spinal misalignments. By restoring proper alignment, nerve communication is improved, supporting the body’s natural ability to regulate, repair, and heal itself.
How Do We Find a Subluxation Without X-rays or MRI?
You don’t always need high-tech imaging to find spinal problems. Chiropractors use time-tested, hands-on methods to detect subluxations — small misalignments in your spine that may affect your nerves and how your body works.
Her’s how we do it:
1. Palpation (Static & Motion Palpation)
- Static Palpation: Feeling the spine at rest to detect misalignment, muscle tone, tenderness, swelling, or abnormal tissue texture.
- Motion Palpation: Moving spinal segments to feel for restricted movement or joint “fixation.”
This is one of the most fundamental hands-on skills used by chiropractors to detect subluxations.
2. Postural and Gait Analysis
- Observing the patient’s posture (head tilt, shoulder leveling, hip alignment).
- Watching how you walk or stand to detect imbalance or compensation patterns.
Misalignments often show up as subtle shifts in posture or uneven movement.
3. Neurological Tests
- Testing muscle strength, reflexes, and sensation to detect nerve interference.
- Checking for dermatomal changes, muscle weakness, or reflex asymmetries that could point to nerve compression or irritation.
4. Instrumentation (Thermography, Surface EMG, etc.)
- Thermal scanning to detect asymmetries in skin temperature (which may suggest altered nerve flow or inflammation).
- Surface EMG to measure electrical activity in spinal muscles.
5. Leg Length Analysis / Pelvic Balance Tests
- Checking for functional leg length inequality when the patient is lying face-down.
6. Patient History and Symptoms
- Asking the patient about pain, stiffness, numbness, or other changes in body function.
- Certain symptoms correlate with specific nerve pathways that may be impacted by a subluxation.
7. Muscle Testing / Applied Kinesiology
- Manual muscle testing to detect weakness or neurological dysfunction associated with subluxations.
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