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| Chiropractic for a Healthier, Happier You |
WELCOME TO OUR OFFICE
We are glad to have the opportunity to help you attain and maintain your best possible health
OUR WONDERFUL BODY
We believe that to be a good chiropractic patient, you should understand the premise of CHIROPRACTIC. Let's begin by taking a look at the magnificent human body. If we laid all the capillaries and blood vessels in a body from end-to-end they would circle the entire world three times! Nerve impulses help dilate and constrict the larger blood vessels, thereby influencing blood circulation. Furthermore, an incredible number of physiological functions are simultaneously taking place within our bodies as they are repairing, building up and replacing new tissue. Imagine the miracle of birth and the sophisticated functions that take place, and we realize the remarkable ability of our bodies to create new life and sustain proper function. That same wisdom helps the body maintain good health.
OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM
Nerve impulses stimulate and depress body functions, and working in harmony with each other are like a "well tuned" automobile. An improperly tuned auto may I take you where you want to go, but it lacks that extra "zip" and performance, and it's more likely to break down. So it is with the human body and its nervous system which helps coordinate body functions. Nerves emerge from the spinal column and travel to the extremities, intestines, heart, lungs, stomach, etc., assisting their normal functions. If due to complications of stress, lifting, draft exposure, the constant downward pull of gravity, muscle spasm and congestion, the nerves leaving the spine may be affected in such a way that normal function is disrupted, then the body may cease to function as efficiently as usual, lowered body tissue resistance may result, and it becomes more susceptible to breakdown. Thus, aches and pains, indigestion, constipation, high blood pressure, nervous disorders, neuritis, lack of energy, and colds, among other things, may result.
SPINAL INTEGRITY
Animals and people tend to stretch upon rising every morning, and they stretch and ADJUST their SPINES as they move about during the day. It appears that instinct has us stretch and adjust our spines to maintain better health.
For body health, swimming is one of our most beneficial exercises. Actor Johnny Weismuller, who played the role of Tarzan for many years, was a sickly and scrawny child. Doctors recommended swimming to build up his body and his health. Look at the results! Why? In addition to the benefits of general exercise, swimming requires a great deal of spinal stretching as the swimmer REACHES OUT to stroke the water. Try stretching and stroking your arms as though you were swimming and you will feel the stretching (and at times vertebral "popping") at the shoulder blades. This is an excellent loosening up exercise for many people.
CHIROPRACTIC CARE
Though doctors of chiropractic may utilize various means to help patients attain and maintain better health, they principally ADJUST the SPINE (a type of spinal manipulation) to assist the body in attaining the best structural and functional relationship possible, thereby helping the body help itself. Thus, they do not treat ailments per se, but rather assist the body in its wisdom to heal itself. The type of conditions that fall within its realm of therapy is determined by the body's ability to heal itself with the assistance of chiropractic care. Consequently, chiropractic is a drug-less and natural way of healing and maintaining health.
CHIROPRACTIC is HEALTH, PREVENTION and SPINAL oriented, whereas many people believe that medicine has become too DISEASE, SYMPTOM-SUPPRESSANT and PILL oriented. And we all recognize the resultant drug problem in America. Both CHIROPRACTIC and MEDICINE are necessary therapies, but there is a need for a better public understanding and RATIONAL UTILIZATION of BOTH METHODS. Thus, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY as an informed person to bring this message to your family and friends.
CONSULTATION AND EXAMINATION
We ask many questions in our consultation and examination of patients, some of which seem to have no connection to your specific ailment. Since CHIROPRACTIC has an effect on the body's OVERALL HEALTH you can realize our reason for asking these questions. As these conditions begin to clear up under CHIROPRACTIC care, the results speak louder than words.
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