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OUR CLINICAL METHOD
What is Orthospinology?
First things first: What is Chiropractic?
In case you are new to chiropractic, here is a brief description.
Chiropractic is the science of detecting and correcting interference to the nervous system caused by
spinal misalignments. It is a natural health care system based on 3 scientific principles:
- Your body is a self-healing organism under the control of the nervous system.
- Spinal misalignments cause nervous system interference.
- Interference to the nervous system can cause pain or other health problems.
What is Orthospinology?
Orthospinology is a specialty within the chiropractic field that utilizes a precise instrument adjustment
for a gentle, painless correction. The correction is mathematically calculated for each patient, according
to the misalignment of your spine. This specific adjustment is designed to remove interference from the
spinal cord and restore body balance.
What is "body balance", and why does it matter?
To understand body balance, you must understand what body imbalance is. Body imbalance is misalignment
of the head and neck area of the spine, which in turn creates postural distortions in the head, shoulders,
lower back, and hips. This imbalance also causes a functional short leg on one side and muscle spasms
in the neck and back.
Body imbalance is often caused by:
- accidents
- falls
- bending and lifting
- birth trauma
- athletic or exercise injuries
- poor sleeping habits
- excessive stress
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How do we determine if you have body imbalance?
Body imbalance or postural distortion is determined by:
- Leg length measurement (shoe illustration) - In a lying down position, the leg lengths may differ
as much as one-half inch.
- Posture Analysis - A head tilt, low shoulder, hip distortion, spinal curvature or other improper
biomechanics.
- Infra-red scan - a computer generated diagnostic test to measure how the spine and nervous system
is functioning based on the amount of infrared heat emitted from the body.
- Mathematical x-ray analysis - We take 3-dimensional x-rays and measure the degree of spinal
misalignment.
- Scanning palpation of the spine - muscle tension and spasms in the neck can indicate spinal
misalignment and imbalance.
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