WELLNESS-CENTRED CHIROPRACTIC was founded on the concept of TONE.
As Dr. Jaime Sanchez D.C. so eloquently put it “”‘Life is an expression of tone; the normal degree of nerve tension …expressed in functions by normal elasticity, activity, strength, and excitability of the various organs as observed in a state of health. Consequently, the cause of dis-ease is any variation in tone…”
The fundamental premise in chiropractic is that each of our bodies has an inborn ability to keep us alive and healthy; called INNATE INTELLIGENCE. The fact is, our bodies are self-healing, self-regulating, self-developing, self-adapting, and the nervous system is the master control system and coordinator of the body, and plays the important role of adapting us to our environment (external and internal).
It is impossible for interference / distortion to be present in the nervous system without inherently disturbing healing, development, regulation, adaptation, and every realm of human experience, since we literally live our lives through our nervous systems.
Nervous system interference/distortion is caused by life traumas/stress (emotional, chemical, and/or physical) beyond the body’s ability to safely experience and process fully. This leads the body into a state of defence physiology “fight-or-flight”, which results in vertebral subluxations.
WHAT DO ADJUSTMENTS ACCOMPLISH?
Chiropractic realizes that although many symptoms and conditions respond favourably to chiropractic care, it IS NOT a treatment for any specific condition or symptom, including back pain and headaches.
The goal is to aid the body in expressing higher levels function.
An Adjustment can be defined as “communication through touch”. The focus is on the specific application of the lightest force/adjustment necessary to initiate the “Ripples of Change” in the “sense of self” (spinal cord & spine), giving you the ability to upgrade and reorganize to a higher level of function and adaptability.
- Dr. Jenny Armstrong, (Doctor of Chiropractic)
Therefore, the intent is not to move, manipulate, or force a bone from point ‘A’ to point ‘B’, or to remove a fixation, but rather to positively impact the nervous system; to initiate a change within by introducing “information” into the spine in the form of touch or vibratory frequency, that in turn creates a cascade of events within the entire body.
This can be thought of in terms of a pebble being dropped into a pond of still water; the effects of the ripples created reach the entire pond.
From this, the nervous system is able to release subluxations and tension patterns throughout the body and create, or have emerge from it, new refined strategies to adapt to the environment and stresses of life, thereby allowing one to make better health-conscious choices for her/his body, emotions, and life that are internally motivated, and achieve a deeper life experience as part of that person’s inner journey and “new awakening”.
