Inflammation and Motion One of the important benefits of the chiropractic adjustment is the introduction of motion into a region where a progressive immobility has developed secondary to acute or repetitive injury.
Inflammation is a natural consequence following injury.
The inflammatory response, which is the body's initial attempt at healing, can become the culprit in perpetuating future pain and disability if left unchecked, as this leads to random scar tissue formation and fibrosis. Based on that question I realized that an understanding of the purpose, process, and results of the inflammatory response, which can then guide us as to our rationale for treatment, is essential. It has been proposed that in the course of man's evolution the major enemy has been infection. As there were not any available effective treatments for infection, the body's response was inflammation. The body would try to wall off the infection by laying down fibrotic tissue around the area.