To better understand how relief is achieved let us first discuss how and why our brain interprets pain. The brain interprets information from certain nerves that we experience as pain, this is referred to as nociception in anatomy. Pain is our brain’s mechanism of self-protection. The most powerful motivator in life is avoiding pain as noted by all sciences of behavior and psychology. When pain receptors are triggered this puts a high priority on immobilization or prevention of motion. This lack of motion is ideal for the healing of sensitive tissue. When vertebral subluxation is present the distortion of bony position can also distort the body’s ability to heal and thus continually creates a cycle of pain and disease. A chiropractor will examine and determine where the spinal distortion is and apply and adjustment to correct the alignment. When in alignment the body’s healing mechanism will resume. Interference to healing occurs when you are out of alignment. Once healing has occurred the perception of pain will be unnecessary and thus eradicated. Simply put when in Alignment the body heals.