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What is a Vertebral Subluxation?
Maybe you've never heard of a Vertebral Subluxation. That's OK. There probably was a time when you'd never heard of AIDS or Alzheimer's either. Let's start by explaining the Nervous System. The brain and spinal cord make up the Nervous system. This system is responsible for controlling the function of every cell, tissue and organ in the entire body. In fact, the brain and spinal cord are the very first structures formed in the growing fetus, and direct the formation of the rest of the body. Because the Nervous System is the lifeline of the body, the skull and vertebral column are a necessity to protect the powerful but sensitive brain and spinal cord. The vertebral column is made up of 24 movable bones. At each vertebral level, the cord branches off into a network of nerves relaying messages to the entire body. These nerve branches exit through openings between each segment. In order for the best communication to occur, it is important to maintain these openings.
When one or more of these vertebral bones move out of alignment, the openings between each vertebra become smaller. If the opening between the bones is decreased enough, pressure is put on the nerve. Even the slightest amount of nerve pressure or irritation can cause disturbance to the entire Nervous System. This bone out of alignment that is causing nerve interference is known as a Vertebral Subluxation.
Vertebral Subluxations can be present with no signs or symptoms. Symptoms are the last thing to show up in the disease process. You can have deteriorating health long before you experience any symptoms. Anyone at any age can have a Subluxation, which is why you and your family should receive Chiropractic spinal check-ups on a regular basis. Chiropractors are the only professionals that are educated and trained to locate and correct Vertebral Subluxation. Wouldn't you like to keep you body's master control system free of interference?
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