Dr. Shaun Stuto, a chiropractor, founded the Transformation Chiropractic Missoula MT wellness center, a health firm based in Missoula, MT. Dr. Stuto works with the citizens of Missoula county to get to the root cause of any symptoms and help families achieve and maintain lifelong wellness. Symptoms such as neck and back pain could be due to underlying causes elsewhere in the body such as improper posture. But do you know that most of these problems can come from improper foot health?

The human foot is a complex device, with a combination of bones and joints. Its design is customized to fit the individual that it is attached to. It is a very complex combination of bones, muscles and tendons. It allows us people to walk upright and it is the main load bearing component of our body while walking or even just standing up.

With all the weight it has to bear, it is continually stressed by impacts to the ground and our own body weight. Even as we just walk, the foot has to take shocks every time it touches the ground. While the foot is designed to cope with these kinds of stress, its cushioning capabilities diminish when we age or if the foot is slightly injured. The muscles and tendons that limit the shocks lose their ability to do so, thus those shocks affect other body parts further up the body, like the ankle, knee, spinal column, and all the way to the head.

The body parts most commonly affected by these unsuppressed shocks are your ankles and your knees. But if left unchecked, the forces are capable of traveling up into your pelvis, spine and even to your neck and head. You might experience back aches, neck pains, and even headaches just from walking or running. The average medical doctor would prescribe pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs so you could “feel” better. This is like ripping the batteries out of the smoke detector! The house is still on fire. The problem is the feet! The average chiropractor might continue to adjust your spine for “relief.” An applied kinesiologist, like Dr. Shaun Stuto will look at the big picture. The founder of Applied Kinesiology, Dr. George Goodheart, said famously “no matter where the problem exists in the body, look first to the feet!”

Back pain is mostly caused by improper posture putting stress on the spinal column. A foot disorder like flat footedness can also be a major cause of back pain. If you have flat feet, your feet will bear excess weight in places that it was simply not designed for. This would decrease its shock absorption abilities. And this finally leads to the shock travelling up to your spinal column, where it may put it out of alignment or create a subluxation. The opposite of flat footedness, highly-arched but rigid feet, can also contribute to the pain in your back by resisting too little shock. With little resistance, the shock can travel upwards reaching your back, your neck, and even your head.

With this newly acquired knowledge, caring for your feet should be a high priority. Part of that care is visiting your chiropractor and having your feet checked. Problems in the feet are not necessarily painful. Subluxations are much like cavities, by the time they hurt, the damage has already been done.

You should take the proactive action of seeing your chiropractor to ensure undetected and asymptomatic foot subluxations are not present. Transformation Chiropractic from Missoula MT can help you with getting to the root cause of problems like back pain, neck pain, foot problems, and headaches. More importantly, they will help you move beyond your aches and pains into a newer realm of thriving health and wellness. They utilize techniques like Applied Kinesiology and Neuro-Emotional Technique to customize a treatment plan specific to the patient instead of fitting a patient into their treatment plan.

True health and optimal wellness is the goal Transformation Chiropractic Missoula MT has for you. It is up to you to step up, take action and achieve it. They believe that true health is actually a decision and more than a matter of circumstances, luck or “good” genes.

Dr. Shaun Stuto is a Missoula Wellness Chiropractor and the founder/owner of Transformation Chiropractic in the heart of beautiful downtown Missoula, Montana. Visit our website today and find out how you can start living a life of abundant health!