When most people hear the word chiropractic, they typically think of back pain, neck pain, and headaches. But, chiropractic is so much more than this! When a chiropractor is feeling your back, they are checking for something called a subluxation.
A subluxation is a misalignment in your spine that causes the nerves in that area to not function properly. When your spinal nerves aren’t functioning at their optimal level then whatever is supplied by that nerve can’t function at its best either. Since every cell, tissue, and organ in our body is controlled by our nervous system, a misalignment in your spine can result in various symptoms and conditions.
Not only do these possible symptoms include back pain, neck pain, and headaches, but you may have other issues such as allergies, frequent sinus congestion, constipation, other digestive complaints, muscle aches or weakness, infertility, and the list goes on and on.
Only a small percentage of a nerve fiber detects pain and transmits that signal to our brains, so you may not necessarily feel pain when there is interference with your nervous system. On the other hand, if you are feeling pain in a specific area then its likely that other things are also being affected by that same nerve, but the pain is your body’s way of letting you know that something isn’t right.
With all this being said, as a chiropractor my goal is not to treat your individual symptoms but rather to find and correct the subluxations in your spine so your body can perform at it’s optimal level, the way it was created to function. Remember, the power that made the body, heals the body!
Autry Family Chiropractic
Wellness & Massage
5546 Boynton Drive Ringgold, GA 30736
Located at the intersection of Dietz Road, Boynton Drive, Reeds Bridge Road, and Burning Bush
Just off I-75 near Fort Oglethorpe, GA and Chattanooga, TN
706-952-2600
