What is Chiropractic?

"... a kind of super intelligence exists in each of us, infinitely smarter and possessed of technical know-how far beyond our present understanding." Lewis Thomas, M.D.

To understand chiropractic, one must have a basic understanding about how the body functions.

From the time you were born, your Inner Wisdom has known exactly how to keep you healthy and alive. It knows how fast your heart should beat, how often your lungs need to breathe, how to digest food and how to eliminate waste. There are millions of details controlled by your Inner Wisdom to keep this marvellous machine in prime functioning condition.

Every living organism in our world possesses what chiropractors call Innate Intelligence. We are all born with Innate Intelligence. The body machine comes out of the "factory" fully able to function, as long as it has regular fuel and adequate maintenance.

Innate Intelligence sends instructions to every organ and cell in your body through the nerve system housed by the vertebrae. However, unless your spinal vertebrae are functioning properly and correctly aligned, those instructions can't be received and followed properly. This causes pressure upon the spinal cord and spinal nerves. The result is "dis-ease" and dysfunction. These misalignments are called vertebral subluxations or, simply, subluxations. These are one of the most serious forms of nerve interference.

Chiropractic is the art of locating and aiding the body in the correction of vertebral subluxations. This releases the pressure on the spinal cord and spinal nerves involved thus restoring healthy communication between the brain and body. Renewed health is a natural result as the body tends towards a state of optimal performance.

Optimal human performance is what chiropractic is all about!