Diet, exercise, rest, and emotional and spiritual support are other important factors. Chiropractic recognizes the importance of each of these factors as they contribute to your child's health. Vertebrae fit together so that the LIFE produced in your brain may filter down your spinal cord and out over your nerves. This LIFE is responsible for growth, repair, and healing in your entire body. This neurological disturbance is called a subluxation, and it may result in the failure of one or more parts of the body, as well as health in general.
Subluxations can also foster the onset of sickness and disease as the body weakens.
The Doctor of Chiropractic specializes in the detection and correction of subluxations. Instead of treating the symptoms of the disease, the chiropractor corrects the subluxation so that normal body functions may take place. This is done by laying hands on your back and gently lining up the vertebrae in their natural position. This process may take weeks or months, depending on the amount of misalignment. LIFE may then be restored throughout the body, and healing can take place.