Five little-known reasons why you should visit your chiropractor.
Channel: The Upper Cervical Spine Center
Date: 04/10/2018

Hi, I'm Doctor Ray Drury. And I want to talk to you about the five little-known reasons why you should visit your chiropractor. Specifically an upper cervical chiropractor. One of the things that I have noticed almost every patient that comes into me, one of the first things they start to see if they sleep better. And that is so, so, so important. 
 A lot of things happen when you sleep. That's when your body rebuilds itself. That's when your immune system rebuilds itself. That's when muscles that you break down through the day, fighting gravity, they have the opportunity to heal. 
 So most of your healing takes part in deep sleep. So getting better sleep is huge. So that's number one. People, almost all of our patients notice that they sleep better.
 Number two, what happens when you sleep better? You have more energy. Huge right? You have more energy to get through the day, to go to work, to get up in the morning before your alarm goes off. You're not dragging at the end of the day, "Oh I'm so tired, I don't know if I can make it." Your energy levels go up right? 
 So the next thing I usually tell people what happens is, and this is a great time of year to come in and get checked for this, is the third thing that we almost notice on everyone is your immune system. Your immune system gets stronger. How is that? 
 Well, system the overall function of your nerve system is the result in the overall function of your immune system. Your nerve system creates the T-cells and the lymphocytes, and all the things, the phagocytes, and all those things that keep your body healthy and help you fight off viruses and bacteria.
 It's not the viruses and bacteria that cause sickness or else we'd all be sick because they're all over you.  But it's the lack of balance to keep them in check. Without bacteria, we wouldn't survive. So we need to check and balance to keep us healthy. So when your immune system gets weak we lose balance.
 So then that bacteria and the viruses actually grow beyond normal and that's when we start to have symptoms of being sick right? So sleep better, better energy, immune function, stress relief is number four.
 How could that be? Well, I've heard so many times people say, "Well I carry all my stress in my neck." Or, "I carry all my stress in my shoulders." Well, this is what happens.  When you put stress on anything, the first thing to go is the weakest area. If you had put stress on a dam, that dams going to hold. But if it starts to give, it's the weakest part of the dam that gives. Well, this is what happens with the human body as well. The weakest part of the part that gives is where you're gonna feel it. So what we do as chiropractors is we find the weakest part of your body. And we correct it, and we help make that part strong again. 
 As that part gets stronger, then you no longer feel the same effect. The same stress will not affect you as it does when your body has weaknesses. If we keep your body strong, then you won't feel it so much. So the stress is still there, but it's not affecting you because that part of the body has now gotten stronger.
 Now, another thing that we often see in our office, and people come to us without even realizing that there's actually a lot we can do are disc problems. We have a lot of people with disc problems. A lot of them come in here and don't even know they have a disc problem. They just say, "Oh I've got pain going into my shoulder." "I've got pain in my butt or down the leg." Or, "My toes are getting numb, or my hands have numbness and tingling at night when I try to sleep."
 See these are all the effects of disc problems. And you may have a disc problem without even having any neck pain or back pain. But it could be bulging to the point it's affecting something in your extremities, your hands, your arms, your elbows, your shoulders, your legs, your feet, your knees.
 We never charge for the initial consultation to see exactly what's going on. If it's something we can help you with, we'll explain to you what we need to do. If it's not something we can help you with, we'll find someone that can. It's that simple. Either way, it costs you nothing. 
 Give our office a call, 704-588-5560. I look forward to meeting you. Let's see what we can do to improve your life. Have a great afternoon.