Why Chiropractic?
Your body is amazing. It can survive weeks without food, days without water, and minutes without oxygen. However, without proper nerve supply, it cannot last a second! The central nervous system controls all functions of your body, including health and healing. It is the critical master controller, linking all other systems and allowing them to communciate and work with each other properly.
Master Controller
Chiropractors understand that the cause of many disease processes begins with the body's inability to adapt to its environment properly. Misalignment or damage to the spine (termed vertebral subluxation) will interfere with the body’s own natural ability to govern health and increase the risk of pain, illness, and injury. When subluxation exists, nerve pathways are interfered with, and communication between systems is disrupted.
This faulty communication caused by vertebral subluxation results in a lower level of health.
Your spine and skull surround and protect your Central Nervous System, made up of your brain and spinal cord. Nerves branch off of the spinal cord, exiting through "holes" made by two spinal bones (called vertebrae), and extend to every part of you. Your nervous system is working non-stop to govern your health and function.
Consider This:
You can think of these nerves as the "wires" of communication from the CPU (or your brain) to every cell, tissue and organ in your body. Under normal conditions, your body communications back and forth perfectly as designed. Your brain acts like the central processor of a computer, routing, coordinating and responding to all the information sent from each cell, organ and system in your body. This information superhighway of nerves is responsible for overseeing ALL the activity of your body!
But, alignment and other issues can interfere with the ability of your Central Nervous System to to its job properly.
When nerves get irritated, messages traveling back and forth along the nerves get distorted and mixed up. This is often the cause of your lowered state of health. Painful symptoms and illness can show up throughout your body--either immediately or quietly over time.
That's Where Chiropractic comes in
As you can see in the illustrations above, distorted nerve supply from subluxation means that your brain and body cannot communicate properly. Additionally, your spine provides the underlying structure for the muscles, bones, and joints. Proper spinal alignment is the key to optimal range of motion, flexibility, and avoiding problems or injuries in the soft tissues.
You can also think of it like putting a rock on a watering hose. The water may still flow out, but certainly not at its most forceful potential. This is a crude illustration, but it gives us another way to visualize subluxation--an issue Dr. Swick will seek to correct.
The chiropractic approach to health is natural. Unlike medications, surgeries, etc, it does not attempt to suppress or stimulate normal body functions. Instead, chiropractic adjustments restore control to the body in order for it to begin functioning as it should.
The Root Cause
When you have subluxations, they can be the underlying cause of many symptoms such as headaches, numbness in your arms & legs, dizziness, fatigue, and back pains. Accidents, falls, stress, tension, overexertion and countless other factors can result in derangements of the spinal column. In many cases, these subluxations were the result of some trauma years ago. For instance, if you were in a car accident as a child and suffer weekly migraines today, chances are good that it's due to the misalignment of the spine which occurred in that accident.
Chiropractic Adjustments
Safe, specific spinal correction, called adjustments, restore the health of your nervous system, allowing for proper communication between your brain and your cells, organs and systems. Most importantly – a healthy nervous system improves your ability to maximize your health, the function of your immune system, and helps in the prevention and recovery of all symptoms and disease.
Doctors of Chiropractic, like Dr. Swick, have been carefully trained and have undergone years of experience in order to properly adjust the spine safely. Dr. Swick is a doctor who is highly educated in the detection and correction of spinal abnormalities. His job is to recognize and identify misalignments that diminish nerve supply, weaken the body, and cause poor function, producing symptoms of poor health. Chiropractic adjustments restore the proper alignment of the spinal column, thereby releasing the interference to the nerves. This means nerve supply must be addressed as the foundational challenge to living at your full potential.
For more than a century, chiropractors have successfully helped millions of people, earning chiropractic’s place as the largest drugless, non-surgical healthcare profession in the United States. The spinal cord is imperative for life, just as the brain is. Therefore it is important to consider the experience and credibility of the chiropractor you entrust. Getting your neck "cracked" by just anyone, is in fact very dangerous. Imagine getting a root canal from your optometrist or your electrician. While both may be excellent at their own profession, you would not want them to jump into areas they know nothing about!
Dr. Swick has not only graduated cum laude from Palmer Chiropractic College, but he has also owned and operated a successful, reputable practice providing health care here in Upstate NY for over 24 years. In addition, he attends regular seminars to continue his education, and keep up with the latest chiropractic technologies and techniques.
It's Your Health
You are unique. Dr. Swick will not guess when it comes to your health. When you come to our office, we take a complete health history, do a thorough analysis of your spine, including digital postural assessment, range of motion, orthopedic and neurological exams, and x-rays if necessary. We also offer sleep, nutritional and dietary assessment and recommendations. Dr. Swick will address your entire lifestyle, making recommendations to improve all areas needed in order to prevent and overcome illness.
We search for the root cause of your present or potential health problems using the latest methods available so we can improve the way you feel now, while also preventing future conditions. By focusing on the spine, chiropractic care becomes a comprehensive approach to whole-life wellness, releasing real relief and unlocking your full potential so you can live life to the fullest !
Doctors of Chiropractic are the only licensed health care providers who specialize in correcting nervous system subluxations.
Get your family checked for subluxations. Call to schedule your appointment today!
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