What is a Subluxation?
It is not uncommon for me to tell my patient – “There is it; the major subluxation that is impacting your quality of life.” This is shortly followed by the patient’s questions – “Doc, what is a subluxation again?”.

Sub- [Middle English] – under, below, secretly

Lux [Latin] – light

-ation [Latin] – the action of process of doing something

To put this all together: “A process in the body that is reducing the light in the body”

Yes, alright; the Father of Chiropractic was a bit philosophical… So let me explain this.

Gyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology states that the Nervous System interconnects the different parts of the body and helps to keep them all operating in unison. From this we can understand that 100% communication from the brain [nervous system] to the body leads to 100% function of all parts of the body. Later in Gyton’s Textbook is says...it [the nervous system] can receive thousands of bits of information from the different sensory organs and then integrate all these to determine the response made by the body. This response determines how we interact with our environment and therefore determines our quality of life:

100% communication = 100% function = 100% expression of life [Light].

Though complex brain dynamics (not to be explained here), the posture of the spine regulates the communication between the brain and the body. Therefore each vertebra plays an important role in the function of different parts of the body supplied by that vertebra. The technicalities of a Chiropractor’s job is to check each of the 6 planes of movement of each of the 26 vertebra for the Subluxation interfering with this important communication. Therefore there are 156 different switches (forgetting the combinations that can occur) for all the functions in the body.

If a switch is off you have a subluxation; that process in the body that is reducing the communication in the body and therefore deteriorating the function in the body over time. Initially a subluxation does not usually lead to symptoms; it is only once the function in the body has deteriorated to such an extent that it is affecting your expression of health. The greater the deterioration, the greater the symptoms and the harder and longer it takes to restore the body.

If all the switches are on, then your communication is clear and you have a great foundation for your true health and happiness.

Visit your Chiropractor today to have a clear chance at health!