If I were to ask you "How important your brain and nervous system were in running the daily functions of your body?"
How would you answer?
My guess would be...“VERY important”
You may even understand that it functioning optimally is vital to not only the quality but the quantity of your life.
To fully appreciate the importance of the nervous system, let's look at Christopher Reeves, the actor who played Superman.Y
ou might remember that Reeve's was thrown forward, head-first over the horse and landed on the ground in a near-perpendicular position. The weight of Reeve's (6' 4", 230lbs) shattered his top two vertebrae (C1 - atlas, C2 - axis) and severely damaged his spinal cord.
(Wait a minute...the top two vertebrae? Doesn't NeuroStructural Chiropractor focus on the top two vertebrae and address the Atlas Displacement Complex? Sorry, I got sidetracked..back to what I was saying)
The result?
His brain could no longer talk to his body.
The function of EVERYTHING diminished - he was paralyzed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair, but he was unable to breathe without assisted ventilation. Eventually, he lost his life to an infection that most people could have resisted with a healthy nervous system.
I want to point out to you a few things that you might've missed...He didn’t break his legs…but he could no longer walk.
He didn’t break his lungs…but he often needed a respirator to breathe.He didn’t sever his digestive tract…but required special enzymes to help digest food.
But, what he did damage was the communication signal between his brain and the rest of his body.
Think about it like this...Imagine that your nerves carried the signal that came from your satellite dish and traveled to the box on top of your television. If there is some kind of blockage that disrupts that signal, what would you expect to see on your TV screen?
A distorted picture or blank screen.
Thinking along those same lines, what would you expect to happen if a spinal segments shifted and created an obstruction on a nerve?
(HINT...HINT)
The fact is, your nervous system helps control and coordinate billions of cells so they can interact in harmony to help your body function optimally. When there is an obstruction to your master system (a core problem), the result is less than optimal function and ultimately collateral damage (migraines, sciatica, muscle tension, digestive problems, asthma, etc).
Innately, people recognize that the connection between the brain and the body plays a key role in living an extraordinary life, but often fail to realize it needs to be cared for and safeguarded. Chiropractors who focus on NeuroStuctural Correction have one objective — to optimize and maintain the integrity of the nervous system by restoring the spine to as close to Normal Structure as possible.
At TruCentered Chiropractic Care, our goal is to ensure that your body and brain are communicating properly.