The What and Why of Chiropractic
Chiropractic is a philosophy, science and art of all things natural. Vitalistic chiropractic recognizes a Universal Intelligence or Life Force that is the animating power behind all matter. In the body, this Intelligence works through or over the nervous system. It is self-healing, self-regulating and constantly adapting to life’s forces. The intention of the chiropractic adjustment is to release interference in the expression of your Innate Intelligence.
Any dis-ease, which may be expressed as a physical symptom, chemical dependency or mental/emotional state - is simply a result of the interference in the expression of this Intelligence. In chiropractic, we call this interference a subluxation. Chiropractic does not treat specific conditions, rather, we help to clear subluxation patterns that are interfering with the body’s ability to function at its highest capacity. Once cleared, the body can return to a higher state of organization, coherence and harmony.
Nervous System Focused
The central nervous system (CNS) is the master system of the body - made up of the brain, spinal cord, meninges and dural attachments. Through the CNS, we perceive and respond to all the incoming energy and information of LIFE. It controls and coordinates every cell, tissue, organ and all systems of the body. Proper flow over a well-adjusted nervous system equates to the free expression of our Innate Intelligence, along with its self-healing and self-regulating properties. Improper flow or stuck energy eventually leads to dis-ease and a body that can no longer function, grow, heal or perceive itself properly.
As we move through life, we encounter a variety of experiences and it is the job of the CNS to store and record these impressions in order to learn, grow and evolve. If a particular experience is too much for our system to process in the present moment, it will be stored as a subluxation. On one hand, this process is incredibly beautiful - it allows us to learn, grow and evolve later on if we choose a path of healing. However, until that experience is fully integrated, the body will hold onto these impressions, altering function and our perception of reality.
Tonal Approach
We utilize a variety of techniques and approaches to most efficiently reduce stored tone or tension in the CNS. We aim to meet your unique system where it is in the present moment and apply honoring adjustive forces that best help it to unfold and integrate. Each adjustive force is tailored to the need and tone of the adaptive pattern, varying from low-force applications to deep structural applications.
We chiropractors work with the subtle substance of the soul. We release the imprisoned impulse , the tiny rivulet of force, that emanates from the mind and flows over the nerves to the cells, and stirs them into life. We deal with the magic power that transforms common food into living, loving, thinking clay; that robes the earth with beauty, and hues and scents the flowers with the glory of the air.
In the dim, dark, distant long ago, when the sun first bowed to the morning star, this power spoke and there was life; it quickened the slime of the sea and the dust of the earth and drove the cell to union with its fellows in countless living forms. Through eons of time it finned the fish and winged the bird and fanged the beast. Endlessly it worked, evolving its form until it produced the crowning glory of them all. With tireless energy it blows the bubble of each individual life and then silently, relentlessly dissolves the form, and absorbs the spirit into itself again.
And yet you ask, can Chiropractic cure appendicitis or the flu?? Have you more faith in a knife or a spoonful of medicine than in the power that animates the living world?
-B. J. Palmer, DC Ph.C