Subluxations and other chiropractor speak.

Subluxations and other chiropractor speak.

Bad back?  Pain in your hips? Sciatica, or some other unexplained pain in your wrist, ankle or another part of your body.  It could be a subluxation! But what is a subluxation? It isn’t catching or contagious that’s for sure.  A simple explanation is that a subluxation is when one or more of the bones of your spine (vertebrae) move out of position and create pressure on, or irritate, spinal nerves. Because of pressure and irritation the nerves don’t work properly and the end result it that the signal traveling along those nerves is interrupted.  As your nervous system is responsible for all the functions in your body having a malfunctioning nerve signal is going to have a domino effect on the rest of your body. It’s fairly obvious that if parts if your body are not getting the correct nerve messages the result is that some part of your body will not be working as it should.  Your chiropractor is an expert at locating these subluxations to reduce or correct the problem, this is done with regular chiropractic adjustments specifically designed to correct the vertebral subluxations in the spine. Your chiropractor has undergone years of training to be an expert in recognizing and correcting subluxations.

When your spine is out of alignment, your central nervous system reacts. People who have regular chiropractic adjustments do so to both maintain their good health and also because keeping the spine nice and straight reduces or eliminates all kinds of chronic symptoms.  Chiropractic care can help provide seasonal allergy relief, alleviate sinus problems, eradicate sleep problems, ease back pain, reduce sciatica and clear ear infections. Those are just a small number of ailments that having regular adjustments can help improve.  It’s important to understand that chiropractic isn’t curing these illnesses, once the Chiropractor finds and adjusts the subluxation the normal energy flow throughout the body is restored, this enables the body to then take care of its own healing. The Chiropractor is removing the obstruction, allowing the bodies own healing power to take effect.

YouTube has an amazing video about pregnancy and infant care using chiropractic techniques.  It is also an interesting video to watch if you have never had chiropractic care, you will see that the whole adjustment and care process is painless, fast and really quite gentle.  

So the next time you are feeling under the weather, or you have that nagging pain in your leg or back, or that you are just not sleeping well, take a visit to your chiropractor and regain the ability to help your body heal itself. 

Make an adjustment, Stay Healthy ~ Be Happy: Call Dr. Paul or Dr. Susan Fontana Chiropractic in Evergreen Colorado, at 303.674.1500 to schedule your next appointment or email  

One Response to “Subluxations and other chiropractor speak.”

1. What to expect at your Chiropractic appointment. | Fontana Family Chiropractic Says:
   May 26th, 2008 at 8:57 am

   [...] to settle the bone back into its proper alignment. Unfortunately, the muscles connected to subluxated vertebrae get used to their positions and have a tendency to pull the bone back out of place. Having regular [...]

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