The chiropractic approach is based on finding and correcting interferences to your body's own natural state of good health. When spinal bones lose their normal position and motion, the disturbance to the spinal cord can profoundly affect delicate nerve tissue. The resulting interference with normal nerve flow starts a degenerative chain-reaction that can affect the health and function of every other system of the body. Doctors call this the Vertebral Subluxation Complex. Doctors of Chiropractic are the only professionals trained and educated in the diagnosis and correction of the Vertebral Subluxation Complex.
Vertebral subluxations can lead to many health problems including arthritis.
Your doctor's primary tool in treating the Vertebral Subluxation Complex is the use of manipulation or the spinal adjustment. By applying precisely directed force to a joint that is out of position or not moving properly, a more normal position and function is gradually restored. Once spinal alignment is improved through chiropractic adjustments, stress to the joints is reduced. Many elderly patients don't care for or are too fragile for manipulation. With more normal joint mobility restored, most patient experience a great reduction in pain and stiffness, and a reduction in the speed of spinal degeneration from arthritis.