The most important part of your examination. Checking out and anlysing the biomechanics of the spine.
Looking at how every joint in your body functions to ensure a normal distribution of weight and function throughout the body.
When two joints in the spine are not aligned, a subluxation developes. This starts of as a painless entity, but gradually causes changes in the joints, ligaments and muscles around it, while the localised inflammation affects the conduction of impulses along the nerve.
Disease Model/Anti-inflammatory model
Medicine has brought about major changes in our lifestyle. We are able to look younger, live longer and function more effectively largely due to the drugs scienticists have discovered and MD's have prescribed.
However the advent of pain killers and anti-inflammatories seems to have coincided with the frequency of surgical procedures aimed specifically at 'curing' aches and pains as well as delaying the seeking of proper care for these problems.
Chiropractic utilises a PREVENTATIIVE MODEL, in other words, we are interested in preventing problems rather than waiting for them to occur.
