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I feel great! Do I really need a Chiropractor?

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We get this question all the time. I feel great! Do I really need a Chiropractor? The answer is yes. Our spine is the most important part of our body. It supports us, it protects and encases our central nervous system and we only have one. But if I physically feel great, why do I need a Chiropractor?

Stress

As we go through life, we put stresses on our spine. Big stressors like falls, car accidents and sports can cause subluxations. Small stressors like slouching and looking down all day can cause subluxations. Any impact on your body can cause a misalignment. We may feel great afterward and feel as though we come out unscathed but the reality is that we may have caused some internal issues that can lead to a structural deficiency. Many times after a stressor you may not feel the pain initially. It may take time and repeated use for that pain to begin. Seeing your chiropractor on a regular basis can help to prevent delayed pain and keep you in optimal function.

 Sleep patterns

Believe it or not, how you sleep can affect your spinal structure. Have you ever woken up with a kink in your neck? That can be from a misalignment you obtained while you were sleeping. Do you sleep on your side with a pillow between your head and your arm? Sleeping this way can wear down the cartilage in your joint and inhibit movement in the long run. Maybe you’re a back sleeper, which is great! However, you like to sleep by twisting your lower body to one side. Learned behaviors such as sleep positions can put unnecessary stress on your spine and joints and lead to subluxations.

You may be subluxated and not even know it.

As mentioned earlier, subluxations occur throughout the normal course of life. Sleeping in the wrong position, falling, sitting and even standing the wrong way can lead to subluxations. Life is hard and we are hard on our bodies. Even our hobbies can cause misalignments. For example, for someone who loves to knit, the repetitive motions can cause wrist subluxations, much like people who work on computers all day. Their posture as they sit, hunched looking at their screens and the position of their hands on the keyboard can all lead to subluxations. Regular visits to your chiropractor can help you to correct these learned behaviors. Subluxations do not always cause pain, but they always affect your body function.

It’s a Holistic approach to healing.

We should look at Chiropractic care as a preventive instead of a reactionary medicine. Think of it as vitamins that we need to sustain health instead of medication that we use for disease. If you were to look at your spinal structure, you would see that your nervous system is encased in your spinal column. Your nervous system is the Grand Central station for all nerve and brain activity in your body. When there are “kinks” in that system, that’s when we see symptoms such as allergies, tingling in our hands and feet and a variety of other ailments. When we view Chiropractic care as preventative medicine, we are helping our bodies to function at an optimum level.  If you think you feel great now, start going to a chiropractor and see how much better you can function and feel.

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Contact: Dr. B at [email protected]

 

Can CBP adjustments help a hunchback?

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The only time that a CBP chiropractor cannot help someone with a hunchback is when it’s too far gone. Often times you will see somebody who has severe degeneration in their spine from lack of care over time. You may notice it more in seniors.

The reason isn’t because of their age that a hunchback might develop, it is because they might have had a problem in their spine at a young age and it wasn’t addressed. As gravity pulls you and time passes it becomes more of a hunch.

Often times you can reverse any spinal structure as long as the spine hasn’t fused. Your spine can naturally fuse and will naturally fuse to help support your body if you’re not doing anything to help maintain it. That’s what arthritis is.

There are times when people have something called a hyperkyphosis, which is an extreme rounding of the spine. This is like when you think of Quasimodo. That is usually a serious form of scoliosis in the thoracic spine.

There are some conditions when a person is predisposed to having loss of disc height and loss of bone height in the front and your body will start to collapse forward on itself. In those instances, surgical intervention is needed quickly because there is nothing you can do otherwise.

It really does depend on what the problem is and a CBP doctor would not be able to help unless you have a check-up. So the first thing to do is to get your spine checked by a CBP practitioner to determine what is going on. Make an appointment today.

 

For more information ask Dr. B at [email protected]

Why do I get the same subluxations and can they be avoided?

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Why do I get the same subluxations?

Have you ever wondered why you seem to get the same subluxations over and over again? Ever tried to change the way you sleep? Sit? Stand? It’s difficult to relearn new patterns, to change old habits. However, it can be done. The same is true for your subluxations.

Typically people will have the same subluxation patterns. These patterns are developed over time. They occur because of how you sleep, stand, sit and move. These things can influence your posture which then can cause subluxations. However, it doesn’t stop there, your choice of hobbies, exercise and leisurely activities can also cause subluxations.

How are these subluxations established?

As you move through your life you develop habits. These habits are as simple as how you sleep in bed or how you sit at your desk. For most people, it is more comfortable to slouch at your desk then to sit up straight. Some people prefer to sleep on their left side instead of on their back. These simple habits create subluxations.

For example, when you slouch at your desk, you are creating a reversed curvature in your lower spine, which may be comfortable but is not ideal or beneficial for the health of your spine. Instead, try to sit with your shoulder blades pulled back together. This will prevent you from slouching and although it may be tiring at first, like going to the gym, you’re working those muscles to help support your spine, therefore providing optimum health.

Can I do anything to help minimize or eliminate these subluxations?

The first thing to do is to see your CBP chiropractor. Regular visits will help correct the structure, which will strengthen the muscles around that affected area and promote health. The Doctor can then give you exercises to do at home to help prevent [Read more…]

Why is Chiropractic care considered natural?

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Chiropractic care is considered healthy primarily because there are no unnatural things being forced into the body to get the body to change, such as medicine. It is considered natural because chiropractic does not use drugs or surgery to try to change the body.

The body is changed through adjustments to help the body function at a better rate so that you don’t have to rely on medication. That’s why it’s considered natural. Chiropractors don’t encourage medicine or surgery, unless absolutely necessary.

There are a lot of ways that you can heal your body by just getting your spine aligned. Your body has the power to heal itself and with correct spinal alignment, your nervous system can operate at a higher capacity.

So, get a spinal check-up today with a CBP chiropractor and get yourself on the path to a medicine and surgery free life. For more information contact Dr. B at [email protected]

Can Yoga re-align the spine?

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The short answer is no.

We hear it often when we take yoga classes and instructional videos. However, your spine cannot be re-aligned by yoga.

If you look at how your body functions. The structure of your spine dictates the function of your muscles. Therefore, if you have a spinal situation such as scoliosis, which is a three-part movement of your spine, a rotation, a shift, and a bending of your spine to the side, there is absolutely nothing you can do in yoga that will take and shift those movements in the other direction.

CBP, Chiropractic Biophysics, adjustments are specifically designed to reduce scoliosis and are the only types of adjustments which can help in the re-alignment of your spine. Anyone with bad spinal structure will not be able to get that segment to go back to the normal alignment by doing yoga.

Yoga is for the muscles and ligaments, it’s not for the spine. Yoga is good for you because it helps you to stay limber and stretch your muscles but it does not re-align your spine. It is not a substitution for spinal adjustments.

So you should still get your spine checked by a CBP chiropractor so that you can have a healthy spine and do yoga as a supplement.

For more information contact Dr. B at [email protected]

Kids need Chiropractors too!

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It’s simple, children need to be adjusted because they have spines as we all do. Children need to see a chiropractor maybe more so than adults because of their activity levels.

As a child grows they are learning how to walk, how to ride bikes, how to play sports and with all that comes falling, tripping, and stumbling. All of these things create trauma in the body, which creates misalignments and shifts creating a strain on the nervous system.

A child receives their first subluxation at birth. When the child is born either naturally or via c-section, the first subluxation occurs in the neck when the child is extracted from the mother. We know that upper cervical subluxation can be a cause for sudden infant death syndrome, so it is very important that every child has a spine check-up and adjustments.

As a child grows they are subject to the harsh realities of life. They may fall down a couple stairs or fall off the changing table. They may be tackled by a friend or tumble out of their crib when they’re starting to walk. Any time a trauma happens there’s spinal misalignments. Those have to be minimized in order for the child to be healthy.

Chiropractic care isn’t about how you feel. It’s about how you function. If you fall or have any kind of trauma your function is going to be affected, no matter how old you are. So get your child a spinal check-up today. Their immune system with get a boost and they’ll grow up big and strong.

For more information ask Dr. B at [email protected]

How does CBP help with high blood pressure?

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What is high blood pressure and how can a CBP chiropractor help?

High blood pressure is a result of your body malfunctioning. People are not born with high blood pressure but it is something that develops over time and we have to figure out why that is.

There can be primary and/or secondary causes that lead to high blood pressure. Sometimes there are primary causes, which means something within the body is malfunctioning, maybe the heart is malfunctioning or the blood vessels are incorrectly shaped. Sometimes it’s a secondary cause which is lifestyle induced. It’s the foods that you eat, it’s your stress levels, or that you don’t exercise.

This is why in February the American Heart Association focuses on heart health and trying to make sure that people take care of their heart because that determines blood pressure. It’s very hard to control the things that people are exposed to. For example,  if people grow up with people smoking around them they are pre-disposed to high blood pressure because of that.

CBP can help.

Chiropractic care is it helps to increase the blood and nerve flow to nerves that control the heart functions. The more that your heart can function at normal rates and can tell your body how to work the better off your heart and blood vessels will be.

Chiropractic care does help people because the blood control center is right at the top of the spine where the brain ends and the spinal cord begins. This is where blood pressure is controlled. A lot of times when you see someone with substantial forward head carriage and present with high blood pressure, it is due to that pressure on the blood control center. So if we can find a way to identify that with a spinal check-up and then reduce the forward head position we can often help people naturally lower their blood pressure. It will also help them come off their medications naturally.

Each person will have their own challenges and a spinal check-up will help a chiropractor determine why a person has high blood pressure. High blood pressure doesn’t happen because you’ve reached a certain age. It’s due to your choices in diet and lack of exercise, your stress levels and some of it is due to what you were exposed to as a child.  So head to your chiropractor today and get your spine checked so that you can live a healthier life.

For more information ask Dr. B at [email protected]

February Heart Health: How can CBP help the functionality of your heart?

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Chiropractic Biophysics adjustments can help with all of the functions of your body, even your heart. But can it help the functionality of your heart?

As we know the spinal cord controls the entire body. The nerves that control the heart are in the middle part of the body, a little bit higher than your heart, in the upper back region. If you happen to have a misalignment in your spine, which you can get from slips or falls or posture habits, that can start to affect the nerve function to the heart.

You might not necessarily notice it when it’s a small amount of nerve functionality missing. However, you will certainly notice it when there is a large amount of nerve function loss. That is when it will result in a body signal, such as palpitations, or heart problems, like an abnormal heart rate.

It can also cause problems when you are exercising. Many people who are experiencing a subluxation, nerve compression, around their heart may suffer from exercise-induced asthma.

For this reason and many more, it’s important that every person gets a spinal check-up. It will allow you to identify these issues early so that you can address them and get the care you need.

For more information ask Dr. B at [email protected].

How to battle the Flu with visits to your Chiropractor

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Flu season is here and it seems to be particularly potent this year. The best way to avoid the flu is to have a strong immune system… and the best way to have a strong immune system is to have regular visits to your Chiropractor.

My Doctor said to get a Flu Shot

General Practitioners, or GP’s, will tell you to get the Flu shot to avoid the flu. Many people, including those who have been vaccinated, still get the flu. Why? There are many reasons but they all stem from a poorly functioning immune system.

I take Echinacea and tons of Vitamin C to boost my immune system

That’s great! However, your body can only use a certain amount of the vitamins you’re feeding it. Once it has reached what it needs, your body excretes the remainder so no amount of “doubling up” will really benefit your immune system.

Why is going to the Chiropractor the best way to defend against the Flu?

Every time you get an adjustment from your Chiropractor, you’re getting a boost to your immune system. This happens because reducing subluxation allows the central nervous system to work efficiently.  Since the central nervous system is the foundation for communication and function within your body, any interruption in that system can cause greater problems. Not just pain. A lack of communication between your systems can allow an opening for a virus to come in and invade. Think of it as a computer virus. When your computer is protected and its core processor (the central nervous system) is running smoothly, applications run faster and you can work on multiple projects at once without the processor slowing down. However, the minute you open that strange looking email (virus) everything crashes. The keyboard doesn’t talk to your monitor, you cannot get files you need and you may even be subject to fried nerve endings. That’s when we have to bring in a specialist to clean up our hard drive and get us back into working order. When you have regular visits to your chiropractor, you are getting rid of all unwanted viruses and spam.  You are allowing your systems to operate smoothly without interruptions and gives a needed boost to your immune system, letting it know that all functions are performing at optimum levels. So the next time you think about boosting your immunity, think about seeing your Chiropractor.

To schedule your visit or for more information contact

Dr. B @ [email protected]

Can CBP help with snoring, insomnia, and sleep apnea?

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People often wonder if CBP (Chiropractic Biophysics) care can help with snoring, insomnia, and sleep apnea. The important thing to remember about any physical malady is to figure out where the problem is coming from. It is important to understand what is going on. Why is it happening?

Ask some questions.

Is it physically related? Is someone suffering from insomnia because they have an imbalance in their brain chemistry which is creating an adrenaline dump so that they’re amped up all the time? Or are food choices causing insomnia? Are you drinking coffee or caffeine too close to bedtime?

It could be that you are subluxated. If your body isn’t working correctly then your body cannot function correctly because the nerves that are controlling those body parts are compressed by the spinal subluxation.

The first thing you have to do is ask questions. Why is this happening? Once you can figure out what the cause is then you can apply an appropriate solution.

Can CBP adjustments help?

We have found at Active Family Chiropractic some people who have previously been suffering from snoring, sleep apnea, and insomnia have found relief through CBP adjustments. There have also been people who have needed additional help.

Those are individuals with deviated septums, for example, or a physical deformity which causes the snoring or the sleep apnea. In those cases, they will not be able to stop snoring or stop having sleep apnea without some sort of intervention such as surgery or a machine.

CBP care helps a lot of different people with a lot of different ailments if it’s related to subluxations in the spine. If it’s a deformity of some sort of structural component such as a deviated septum, then most likely it’s not nervous system pressure which is causing the problem it’s the actual structure that is causing the problem. Structure always dictates function.

Go to your CBP chiropractor.

It is important to start by asking why is this happening. What are some factors that are contributing to my snoring, insomnia, and/or sleep apnea? The place to do that is with your CBP chiropractor. The doctor can ask those important questions so you can better understand how your body functions and if your snoring, insomnia, and/or sleep apnea are caused by your structure or by a subluxation. So make an appointment with your CBP chiropractor today and maybe you could get a good night sleep tonight.

For more information ask Dr. B at [email protected]

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