"Love and intimacy are the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. I am not aware of any other factor in medicine - not diet, not smoking, not exercise... not drugs, not surgery - that has a greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death." - Dean Ornish, Love and Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy

What Do Chiropractors Really Do?
Chiropractors are specially trained to locate and correct spinal nerve stress (also known as vertebral subluxations). 
Subluxations weaken your body, stress organ systems (such as digestion, elimination, respiratory), lower resistance to disease and affect posture, height, brain function and overall health. 
Vertebral subluxations can occur at any age. In fact, children get them from falls, birth trauma or other forms of stress. Subluxations gotten from infancy or a childhood fall may remain in your body for life unless corrected. Many adults today suffer ill health from subluxations they got in childhood. 

Chiropractors are especially trained to locate and correct subluxations using the science and art of the chiropractic spinal adjustment. Spinal adjustments are gentle procedures used to realign vertebrae and free your body from subluxations.

For your body parts to work at their fullest, for your resistance to disease to be high and for you to have the energy and strength to heal yourself fully and naturally, bring in your spine for a chiropractic spinal checkup. It's a great thing for everyone to do - young and old. We adjust spines while you wait! 

World class athlete Martina Navratilova says, "A chiropractor was instrumental in putting my body back together. I've visited the chiropractor many times for a variety of problems and solutions. As Americans become more aware of the need for preventive medicine, alternative therapies will play a bigger role in our lives. After all, people like what works." (1) 

Many people ask, "What exactly is the difference between chiropractic and medicine?" Perhaps the greatest difference is that chiropractic is expressive and medicine is suppressive. Much of the practice of medicine involves the suppression of symptoms with drugs. Fever? Lower it. A rash? Get rid of it. Anxious? Take a pill. Drugstore shelves are lined with preparations mostly designed to suppress your symptoms and make you feel better. There's nothing wrong with feeling better as long as you're not just covering up symptoms and are getting to the cause of the problem. Unfortunately drugs don't really get rid of symptoms, instead they drive th em deeper into your body.

It has long been observed that suppression of acute (short lived) symptoms may lead to chronic (long lasting) illness. Presently about half the population of the US suffers from chronic illness: allergies, asthma, arthritis, diabetes, cancer, immune system disorders, mental illness, heart disease and many more. Many feel that constant suppression of acute symptoms is the reason for the epidemic of chronic illness. Chiropractic and other forms of natural healthcare promote your body's expulsion of poisons, so you may cleanse and heal yourself.

Chiropractic and Spinal Research


Did you know there are thousands of papers describing the wonders of chiropractic and spinal care? Remember, a person with any kind of health problem needs chiropractic. Feel free to forward these studies to others. Write us with any questions.

Does Vision Improve With Chiropractic Care? 
A 22-year-old man visited a chiropractor for neck pain. Although his vision was considered to be in the 'normal' range, as measured by computerized static perimetry, it was tested before and after a spinal adjustment. After the adjustment there was a measurable improvement in the visual sensitivity of both eyes. (5)

Urinary Problems. A 65-year-old man needing to urinate every half hour, also had lower leg pain, parasthesias (nerve sensations), walking problems, and visual problems following back surgery. He also had high blood pressure and gout of his right big toe, fingers, ankles and elbows. He was on medication for gout and high blood pressure. Twice as a child he suffered from head trauma. 
The evening after his first spinal adjustment he experienced shock-like sensations into his arms and legs, chills, fever, hand coldness, sweats, increase frequency of urination, gluteal muscle soreness and loss of appetite. By the next morning the symptoms disappeared. He apparently had a healing crisis. His body continued to heal. He now urinates a few times a day, his numbness and tingling resolved, he is walking better, his legs feel stronger and sitting and standing are less troublesome. He also doesn't need reading glasses anymore! (6) 

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Thanks for reading our newsletter. Please stop by for a spinal check-up to keep your body and mind functioning at their best. Remember, even chiropractors go to chiropractors - we also get our spines checked so we can function at our best when we take care of you.