What Does A Subluxation Do To Me?

Subluxations can have major detrimental effects to our bodies, especially if they are left alone. Fortunately, we can alleviate back pain and pave the road to a healthier lifestyle by taking care of our nervous system and allowing it to send life-giving messages to our body. In this article, I will explain the five components of damage that our bodies experience from subluxations and how you can help neutralize the damage.

Stressed Vertebrae and Body Compensation

The component first deals with the joints (vertebrae) of our spine. Subluxations cause the vertebrae to be out of proper alignment, which leads to increased stress on the joints, discs and ligaments. This also creates a reduced range of motion in our spine and a loss of balance and posture. Our shoulders, hips, knee and feet compensate for this postural imbalance, which adds extra stress to these body parts. Quite commonly, this creates fatigue or a loss of energy in people due to the additional energy needed for the compensation.

Nerve Alterations and Damage

The second component is the resultant nerve damage from the vertebrae being out of alignment. Nerves become compressed, stretched or “pinched.” As a result, the nerves function abnormally and lead to pain, altered internal organ function, changes in behaviour and other conditions.

Soft Tissue Damage

When the nerves are changed, tissues damage follows. The abnormal pressures on joints and nearby soft tissues lead to swelling, soft tissue damage and many areas become painful and tender to the touch. Unnatural wear and tear from the added stress also causes arthritic changes to the joints and nearby tissues.

Muscles, Cartilage, Ligaments and Tendons

Muscle damage is inevitable in these conditions and becomes the fourth component of a subluxation. Muscles are considered one of the soft tissues and as a result are under compounding stress from subluxations. They become tense, spastic and are always tight. If subluxations remain untreated, the muscle begins to weaken which creates pain, and postural distortions. As time goes on, this weakness creates more stress on the surrounding cartilage, ligaments and tendons and as a result, they wane as well.

Health and Lack of Wellness

The fifth component holds the biggest effects of all, overall health damage. Damaged nerves lead to damaged muscles, organs, and systems of our bodies. As time progresses and Subluxations are left untreated these effects grow. The effects lead to dis-ease (generalized weakness in health), accelerated aging, chronic fatigue, a lessened ability to respond to physical and emotional stress, and lowered resistance to disease, joint degeneration and possible organ malfunction.

Pathological Changes

Autopsies performed by a well-known pathologist showed that all age groups exhibited multiple “pinched nerves,” organs that were supplied by these nerves showed pathological changes. The more serious the nerve damage, the more serious the organ damage.

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