Perhaps you have heard about chiropractic care, but merely think it is just the ?next big thing? or a phase that our culture is going through. Perhaps the benefits of regular treatments may seem remote and confusing to you. You are possibly wondering why anyone would choose the chiropractic philosophy to govern their health. If these uncertainties sound familiar, continue reading to get the scoop!

Chiropractic Care Explained

In order to fully understand the threat of spinal misalignment, it is very important to first realize the importance of chiropractic care.

Chiropractic is a system of organized and regular treatments or adjustments that correct the curvature of the vertebrae in the spine. According to chiropractic philosophy, these misalignments are the reason for all dis-ease or the break downs in the body. Malfunctioning nerves can eventually lead to internal disease and a lot of pain if left untreated.

Generally, there are three primary causes for these misalignments:

(1) Trauma or physical stresses placed on the body as a result of exercise, work, car accidents, etc.

(2) Stress which is due to daily life, including social pressures, family, work, moral or spiritual dilemmas, etc.

(3) Chemicals that we put into our bodies in the form of food, prescription or illegal drugs, diet components (i.e. aspartame), etc.

You are not satisfied that these three reasons alone cause all the dis-ease and illness in the body? You are not the only one! Dr. Henry Windsor was overcome by similar uncertainties and decided to conduct a test to see if these sources were really connected to internal diseases of the body.

A Revealing Case Study

Back in the 1920s, Dr. Windsor, a medical doctor from the University of Pennsylvania, was curious to find out if there was a correlation between curvatures in the spinal column (meaning, vertebrae out of place) and unhealthy organs. To test this theory, Dr. Windsor studied fifty cadavers from the pathology department to search for diseased organs. In the fifty cadavers, he found 139 diseased organs, including hearts, livers and gall bladders, in multiple levels of disease. Then Dr. Windsor looked at the nerves from the infected organs and followed them back to the spinal column.

What Dr. Windsor found was incredible! In the fifty cadavers with diseased organs, every case showed misaligned curvature of the bones in the spinal cord which was directly connected to the nerves leading to the unhealthy organs (1).

Essentially, here is what happens in the body:

(1) The vertebrae shift out of place, making the spine misaligned

(2) This causes nerve irritation

(3) The nerve irritation results in a reduced blood flow to the organs

(4) The reduced blood flow causes disease in the internal organs

Why Receive Regular Treatments?

Clearly, there is a direct correlation between misaligned vertebrae and the disease of internal organs. In fact, spinal curvature appears to precede and even trigger the onset of old age. How is this possible? With the stiffening of the spinal column, the blood flow is reduced to the essential organs thereby resulting in feelings of old age to set in prematurely.

Consider this: we visit the dentist no less than twice a year, but only seven percent of the population visit a chiropractor on a regular basis.

As your spinal cord is the central element in your body to preserving your health and longevity, make sure you get in to visit your chiropractor!

Bibliography: Windsor, H. (1921, Nov.). Sympathetic segmental disturbances: The evidence of the association, in dissected cadavers, of visceral disease with vertebrae deformities of the same sympathetic segments. Medical Times , 267-271.

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