The body is designed with an inborn ability to maintain itself in a state of proper function.  A newborn baby may seem small, fragile and helpless, but within that body is the ability to make food into living tissue, to heal cuts and bruises, to adapt to changes in the environment, to produce the chemicals necessary to perform every bodily function, to fight off invading organisms, to live as much as 100 or more years, in short, to lead a healthy, productive life.

The brain and nerve system are the primary tools by which we attain proper function, what we commonly call health.  Every organ, gland and cell in the body depends upon messages carried to and from the brain in order to function in a coordinated manner so that each part can benefit the whole of the body producing a full and abundant life.

Interference in the nerve system reduces the body’s ability to function in a coordinated manner.  While a corpse has a brain and nerve system, it does not have life, there is no power or energy flowing over the nerve system.  Similarly, a paralyzed person has lost function due to injury to the nerve system.  Even slight damage to the delicate and vital nerve system can reduce the body’s ability to function at its fullest potential.

A spinal misalignment that interferes with the nerve system (called a vertebral subluxation) creates a reduction in coordinated function.  Slight misalignments of the bones of the spine caused by everyday, common activities can interfere with the ability of the nerve system to carry messages that are necessary for the successful accomplishment of those everyday activities, not the least of which is the attainment of maximum health.

Chiropractors correct vertebral subluxations.  The single objective of the chiropractor is to locate and correct vertebral subluxation in adults and children so that families and entire communities are able to express life at a higher level.

If you and your family are not seeing a chiropractor regularly, you are not doing all you should for your life and health.

As a chiropractic office we are unique in our objective. Our singular goal is to raise the level of health and increase the potential in all areas of life, in every man, woman, and child who enters our office. Our uniqueness also extends to what we do not do as a straight chiropractic office. The practice of chiropractic in this office is limited to adjusting vertebral subluxations. We believe that the single most important thing we can do for your health is to correct these insults to the proper function of your nervous system. We do not diagnose or treat medical conditions. While we appreciate the fact that you may have entered our office with a medical problem or the symptoms of a medical problem, our procedures do not involve the use of any medical diagnostic tests. They are simply not related to or necessary to our unique service. Neither, do we offer chiropractic as an alternative or substitute for medical care. Our approach is truly unique. It is directed toward health care, increasing the level of health in everyone. All of us could be healthier regardless of the presence or absence of symptoms of medical conditions. In addition to health, our approach is directed toward increasing human potential, which involves just about every other aspect of your life. We will show you how regular chiropractic care can contribute to more productivity on your job, greater enjoyment and benefit from your leisure time and recreational activities, and an improvement in your relationships with others. I’m sure that sounds like a lot to offer, more than you expected from chiropractic care but let’s take a few moments to explain what health and human function is all about.

Each cell in the body is a small chemical factory producing the necessary chemicals to carry on every function of life. Our body produces chemicals that cause us to go to sleep and other chemicals to wake up in the morning. We make hundreds of chemicals to digest our food, to laugh, to think and to cry. There is literally no function in the body that takes place without the production of chemicals.

These chemicals must be produced in the right quantity at exactly the right moment. That is the role of the body’s innate intelligence and it uses the nervous system to perform that task. The nervous system is composed of the brain, spinal cord and literally millions of fine wires called nerves. This system controls and coordinates every cell in the body. Every organ in the body is important to the well being of the individual but if one had to be singled out as most important it would be the brain and the spinal cord. Because of its importance it is protected by bony structures called the skull and the spinal column. We usually think of the spine as an organ of support and flexibility, and it is that. It supports all the weight of the body except the legs and it allows for movement. We are able to bend, sit, twist and turn as a result of the design of the spinal column. Often, however, its role as protection for the delicate nerve system is overlooked. Unfortunately, while the spine’s purpose is to protect the nervous system, after it misaligns (what chiropractors call a subluxation) it decreases the openings where the spinal cord and spinal nerves pass and interferes with the proper function of the nerve supply and thus the body’s ability to reach its full potential in health and just about every other area of life. These subluxations are a result of (man working) physical stresses, (drugs) chemical stresses, (traffic jam)…and emotional stresses. Vertebral subluxations are like a dimmer switch that slowly decreases the flow of electricity to a light. At first it is imperceptible but the longer the subluxation is present, the more the body’s vital life energy is being decreased.

Eventually, one way or another, this lack of proper function will be manifested. The chiropractor is not interested in replacing the bulb or trying to repair the lamp. His or her only job is to increase the power to the body by correcting the vertebral subluxations. Whatever else an individual does for his or her health without the restoration of this vital nerve supply, he or she can never expect to experience true health. Chiropractic, as we practice it in this office, is confined to restoring the body’s nerve supply so that aspect of health can reach its fullest potential.
We realize that you may be anxious to have your symptoms or your medical problem addressed. We are anxious to improve your health. We will be discussing with you how health improvement does and does not relate to medical problems. In a few minutes I will also be sharing with you a little understood but most important aspect of chiropractic care…increasing your life potential. While health is an important part of life, there are other concerns and aspects of life…nearly all of which can be improved by regular chiropractic care.

Body chemistry controls all our activities in life even those not directly related to health. Our inborn intelligence controls that body chemistry through the nervous system. So you can see how a nervous system free of vertebral subluxations is essential to all of life’s activities. With a good nerve supply we can be more effective in our work. Children can grow and develop better, even do better at school. We can enjoy our leisure time and get the maximum benefit from sleep and relaxation. There is literally no aspect of our life that is not affected by a properly functioning nervous system and that cannot be improved by regular chiropractic adjustments. Of course, the amount of improvement and whether it is noticeable or not depends upon the individual and his or her body’s ability to express more of its life potential. But you can rest assured that your body will work better, and life will be improved and extended by keeping the nervous system free of interference.

The chiropractic adjustment is the only procedure that we perform in this office. Consequently, we have concentrated our efforts in making it as easy, painless and with as little disruption to your daily schedule as possible. An adjustment is a light, specific force introduced into the spine. Its purpose is to set in motion a vertebrae that has been locked in the incorrect position. When this is done, the body’s own innate intelligence, using the vast muscular system can place the vertebrae exactly where it wants it. If there is ever any discomfort when lying on the table, please inform the doctor.

One of the most enjoyable aspects of our practice is the opportunity to regularly adjust children. We love to adjust children for a number of reasons. First, we just love children…they are cute and fun to be around! Secondly, when parents bring their children to us for regular health maintaining care, it indicates to us that they really understand what we are doing here. They understand that chiropractic can enable these little ones to grow into healthier, more productive adults. Everyone wants a better life for their children. These parents understand that part of that better life is in expressing more of their health and life potential through regular chiropractic care.

I’m sure you have gathered by now the uniqueness of our practice…chiropractic for everyone, for a lifetime…to increase and improve health potential and every other potential of life. We are so glad we get to enjoy this life changing experience with you!

When it comes to the human body this principle takes on an even greater dimension. For while this body is ultimately made up of atoms it has the inborn ability to eat, breathe, adapt to changes in the weather, grow and reproduce. We chiropractors call this ability the innate intelligence of the body. It is what makes us alive. Perhaps there is no more dramatic demonstration than the development of a human being from two small cells… yet centered within them is the blueprint for a living person.

When the egg is fertilized it begins to divide into two cells, then four, eight, sixteen, thirty two, sixty four, and on and on eventually culminating in the 25-30 quadrillion cells that make up a human being. An interesting thing happens as these cells begin to divide. While each of them can lay claim to being part of the original cell they begin to differentiate. Some of them become what will be skin tissue, others will become blood cells, others eye tissue and the organs of the body. All of this takes place under the direction of the innate intelligence of the body without any thought on the part of the mother who probably does not even know she is pregnant at the time.

Interestingly, the first organ to develop is what will eventually become the brain and spinal cord. Then very specific differentiation takes place to make the dozens of organs and the hundreds of thousands of different types of tissue cells that will become the brain and spinal cord. Within a few short weeks what will eventually become a concert pianist or major league baseball player is fully formed. In nine months a perfectly formed human being is brought into the world. All of this occurs without the help of any doctor, scientist, or even the conscious thought of the mother. A strange phenomena takes place after the birth of a child.

While we stand back and admire the inborn wisdom of the body’s ability for completing the difficult task of making a human being in nine months, we then believe that it cannot run the body, that once born it all of a sudden needs the help of a physician. Surely if the innate intelligence can make a body in nine months, it can run it for the next 70, 80, or 90 years. The fact is that orchestrating the millions of functions occurring every second is as complex as the formation of the organs and cells that perform those functions.