Chiropractic is a vitalistic science, philosophy and art. It is centered around the body’s Innate Intelligence, and ability to heal from within. There is a Universal Intelligence (Life Force) that animates all living things. In the body this Life Force (Innate) operates through the Central Nervous System, the system through which all energy and information is processed and coordinated in our body. When the body’s ability to integrate life’s stress (physical, mental, emotional, chemical, spiritual) is exceeded, the system stores this stress as an adaptive strategy which then alters structure and function. This adaptive strategy creates distortion patterns in the body (subluxations) and neurological imbalance causing physiologic responses and structural changes. These subluxation patterns can limit the ability of centers in the brain to assess sensory input (information) which interferes with the exchange of information from the brain to all other systems in the body, ultimately holding us in a lower functioning state. These patterns are detected and dissipated (cleared) through the adjustment process, allowing greater coherence and balance within your system.

This adjustment process begins with listening to your story; a conversation about you, your life experiences, and how your body is functioning. Then, through connection, intentional touch and specific spinal indicators, your body will start to reveal the pattern it is holding on to; this pattern leads the way for providing input (energy and information) into the spine. The specific and honoring input provided into the spine sends electrochemical signals through the spinal cord to the brain. The brain then takes that information and makes changes in activity and function, creating an environment for us to shift out of the patterns that are keeping us in this lower functioning state. With the right environment the body has the ability to self-heal and self-regulate. “The power that made the body, heals the body.”

Through the adjustment, we meet the system where it is at, only providing input when there is perceived safety. It is in this state of  safety that our body can take the information and use it appropriately, creating structural and physiologic shifts. This safety is created internally when there is a sense of rapport, and allows the body to reveal the patterns, unwind, and let go, creating more freedom and ease globally. 

Chiropractic is rooted in the tone of the nervous system, and the tone of this system dictates the tone of your life. So, if we can change the tone of the nervous system then we can change our life.