Why Does Chiropractic Get Results?
by Dr. L. A. Bartell

How often have you treated the symptom only to have it come back again? Perhaps you have asked yourself, "Why won't this symptom go away for good?" Maybe after you finish reading this article you might have a better insight as to what really causes symptoms and diseases to occur in. the first place.

The first thing to be formed in the human body is the brain and the spinal cord. After this is formed then comes your organs, bones, muscles and other parts, which make up your complete body. To protect your brain nature provides a skull, and to protect the spinal nerves, vertebrae surround it. It is when these vertebrae become mis-aligned (subluxated) that your brain cannot control the body functions properly and symptoms begin to develop. Such symptoms are headaches, backaches, stiff necks, nervousness, or organic conditions. These organic conditions may take the form of kidney trouble, heart trouble, constipation, sinusitis, pulmonary conditions or maybe liver trouble. Your doctor of chiropractic makes a spinal analysis to determine where the nerve interference is. He usually does this by palpation of the spine, nerve meter tests, and spinal x-ray studies. After he has the information he needs, he will then give the patient a gentle spinal adjustment for the purpose of reducing nerve root irritation along the spine. This allows better nerve circulation to flow from the brain and spinal cord to all parts of your body, as well as the return of nerve circulation from your body back to your brain. This added information allows the brain to make the necessary corrections. Actually it is your Innate Intelligence which really does the healing. It uses your brain like a computer and your nerves like programmers to accomplish this.

Quite often patients are amazed to experience conditions and symptoms clearing up that they had accepted as part of life. Actually these symptoms are the only way your body can communicate with you and let you know that something is wrong. When the chiropractor corrects the spinal mis-alignments, the Innate Intelligence begins to correct anything that is wrong in your body. Some conditions respond much quicker than others to chiropractic care.

Once the patient has been under chiropractic care long enough so the body has had sufficient time to restore what is normal health, then the doctor usually will suggest periodic check-ups. The purpose is to keep the spine free from nerve interference, which can occur when the body is under too much stress. The stress may come in the form of physical, mental or emotional.

Experienced chiropractic patients have found that it is much easier to keep their bodies healthy, than to try and build them back up.