The Truth About Chiropractic, Part 2

How Do Body Chemistry and Human Performance Become Disrupted?

Last week we ask, How does chiropractic relate to our body chemistry? The answer is that there are billions of cells in the body and every one of them are little chemical factories. They are controlled by a master control system. The master control system is the nervous, which is protected by the skull and spinal bones.

How do the cells, glands, and organs that produce chemicals know a particular chemical is needed in a distant part of the body? All parts of the body are constantly feeding information concerning their status and their needs to the brain and the brain, in turn, is sending out messages to the chemical factories (cells) to respond to the body’s needs.

When the body has more stress than it is able to adapt to physical injury, (overuse or fatigue), chemical insults (like pollution, toxins, drugs, or a poor diet), or emotional stress (like anxiety, depression, loss of loved ones, overwork, or emotional trauma); the nervous system can become overwhelmed. The result is muscle contraction for fight or flight. But if the stresses are chronic then chronic muscle contractions can move the spinal bone. When the movement of the spinal bone causes misalignment, the position of the bone and changes in pressure will cause irritation of the nerve. Interference in our nervous system affects the communication pathways in our body. This is called a subluxation. The irritation of the spinal nerves disrupts communication to the organs and glands. Poor nervous system communication results in improper gland function and imbalanced body chemistry.

Small changes in our body chemistry can disrupt our ability to adjust to changes in our environment. The changes may interfere with our ability to get the nutritional value of the food we eat. If your body chemistry is not working as it should, all the good food in the world will not help you. Hormonal cycles may become unbalanced. Sleep can become disturbed. You may experience small changes in strength, coordination, balance, reaction time, or any other area of performance. Imbalanced body chemistry decreases human performance. Call Savage Chiropractic to improve the communication pathways in your body.