Can You Hear Me Now?

Gonna try to abstain from the political arena this week and focus on a much more educational post, a simple explanation of the subluxation - in terms we techno fans of the 21st century can understand.

First, we have to start with a brief lesson in anatomy. You have a brain! Behold, the power of neurology... That brain, in all of its grey-matter glory, communicates to the rest of your body in two ways: your spinal cord (nervous system) and hormones (endocrine system). For the sake of this brief lecture, we are going to focus on what most people consider the primary brain-body connection, the spinal cord.

So, you have a brain! And you have a spinal cord! Congratulations, your brain can communicate with your body. In all of your body's innate intelligence, your brain continuously, and most of the time without your conscious awareness of it, tells your body what to do to keep you alive - and your body talks back to your brain in much the same way. Your brain tells your heart to beat, it tells your lungs to breath, it tells your stomach to digest, it tells your hair/nails to grow. Your brain tells your body where and how to move. When something happens to your body, it tells your brain what's going on so your brain can cause your body react. For example, your body tells your brain that your foot is on an ottoman, that you sprained your ankle, that the temperature is cool, and that you have a watch on your wrist today.

Next lesson, we have the subluxation. At the simplest, a subluxation is some form of interference in the anatomy, physiology and/or neurology surrounding the spine and spinal cord, with most research favoring an anatomical malposition of a vertebra (spinal bone) leading to altered nerve conduction (flow). Joints outside of the spine can also be subluxated, and their anatomy, physiology and neurology can also be affected by this status.

Here's where the technology part comes in. In essence, your brain is like a server, communicating to the different parts of its network (like your limbs, organs, etc.), through network cabling (nervous system) and wireless packets (hormones). Or, for our mobile-savvy friends, your brain is like your cellular service provider and your nervous system is its towers. If the towers are down (via a spinal subluxation), your service is slow and inconvenient until it's repaired. Nobody likes this situation, least of all you and the people with whom you are communicating or the body regions and organs you are wanting to function better.

So, the moral of the story is, the next time you're feeling like your body is 'dropping calls,' visit your chiropractor and have your spine checked for interference-causing subluxations.

Yours in health,

Dr. Baar