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NERVE & LIGAMENT DAMAGE

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Chiropractors practice the art of analyzing and adjusting subluxations of the spine. According to Oxford's Dictionary of the English Language, subluxations are less than complete  dislocations and involve a tearing, stretching and sometimes rupturing of ligaments. The ligaments are what bind the joints of the spine together but  still allow movement to occur.

Most everyone has either witnessed a person spraining their ankle ligaments or has experienced this quite  painful injury themselves. The over-stretching, swelling and inflammation creates limitation of movement and irritation of the nerves that sense pain. When dislocations occur in the bones or joints of the neck, the person can  become paralyzed or may even die. Many patients are dependent on respirators because the nerves to the diaphragm coming from the neck are injured.

Subluxations of the  spinal bones (vertebrae) can also cause severe injuries but are generally less severe than dislocations. When nerves to the organs are injured, then the person might experience symptoms such as pain or other dysfunctions. But sometimes the  injury is silent and the organ does not function at an optimal level with the person experiencing little short term effects. Over time however, these minor  problems can develop into greater problems so your chiropractor should be consulting early in life (as a child) rather than after many years of nerve  system neglect.

Subluxations irritate and compress the nerves coming out of  the spinal column. The injuries to the spinal joints can cause the sending  nerves of these structures to send abnormal impulses to the brain. The range of  nerve injury depends usually on the amount of trauma the patient  experiences.

For example, an  automobile injury with whiplash of the neck can cause severe injury whereas simple posture positions sustained for a short period only cause minor stretch  of the ligaments.

One way to determine if  damage to the spinal joints person's back when a subluxation occurs. Your chiropractor examines the joints of the spine by touching the different structures of the back and using different testing procedures such as xray, to  arrive at an accurate diagnosis of where the subluxations are in your spine and what their effects are on your health.

Since subluxations (sprains) of the spinal joints interfere with nerve impulses traveling from the  brain down through the spinal column and out to all reaches of the body,  chiropractors can be thought of as nerve doctors.

Subluxations are one of  the most common forms of nerve injury a patient can have. These nerve injuries  or problems can effect a wide range of different tissues since nerves control all functions of the body. Although many patients with organ problems such as  wheezing (asthma), indigestion and heart burn, infant colic or ear infections seek chiropractic care, it is impor. tant to address the original nerve problem  and subluxation when it first occurs. Consult your doctor o chiropractic for a plan to improve your neurological health.

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