Subluxations - What Are They?

Anyone who has been a patient in our clinic has heard the term "subluxation". This is not however, a word that most people are overly familiar with. Many people even have trouble pronouncing the word. A subluxation is when one or more of the bones in your spine move out of their proper alignment and cause pressure or irritation on nerves. This results in interference with proper nerve function.

A few generations ago, many people probably never heard the word "cavity". But more than likely they all knew of the end results of cavities called "tooth aches". Only after years of public education by dentists, did the people come to understand what a cavity really was, and that it was the underlying cause of tooth aches.

The same is true for subluxations. Most people are familiar with the end results of subluxations, such as aches or pain, but many people do not realize that a subluxation had anything to do with that end result.  This is because a subluxation effects your nerve system function, which is a much more complex situation than a cavity on a tooth.

It is for this reason, that we often refer to subluxations as the fundamental underlying "cause" of your problem. The difficult thing to understand is that subluxations, unlike cavities in your teeth, cause different problems in different people.

No two people with subluxation will have the same health issues. It is nearly impossible to predict what types of health problems a person will get from the subluxations they have. But one thing is for sure, subluxations will create a health problem at some point.

It is our job as Doctors of Chiropractic, is to find subluxations that are affecting your nerve system and then correct or reduce them. Removing nerve system interference by correcting subluxations, results not only in a reduction of pain, but also in better overall function, and a healthier you.