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Chiropractic for Life Treatment Approach Articles about Our Work
by Arno Burnier, D.C. Contrary to popular belief, our physical body is never older than seven years! This is due to the fact that the body recreates itself constantly. Tissue cells die and are replaced by new ones. Every second we lose about three-and-a-half million red blood cells. There is nothing to worry about though, for another three-and-a-half million are born to replace the old ones. Ninety-eight percent of the atoms present in our body today will be gone within one year and replaced by new ones. The body is more like a river of constantly renewed tissues rather than a frozen sculpture of decaying matter. Skin cells live for seven days, heart cells for ninety days, while bone cells have a thirty-six month life span. There is a different life expectancy for every type of tissue cell depending on its function and location in the body. Life energy, the creative force, is constantly at work recreating our tissues and organs. Life energy or "human electricity" travels via the nerve system to reach every single tissue cell in the body. When nerves are compressed or irritated, there is loss of life, abnormal function results and the reproduction cycle of cells is altered. We either have a slower rate of reproduction which is degeneration or decay, or we have a faster rate of turnover which is uncontrolled growth or tumors. The question we must all ask ourselves is, what kind of body are we going to have next year? Is it going to be a healthier one or a sicker one? Is it going to replace itself normally or abnormally? Is it going to express more ease or dis-ease? If already in a state of degeneration and decay, is it going to keep going downhill, or is it going to rebuild itself? If a state of dis-ease exists, are we going to give our body the potential to heal itself, or are we going to allow it to express more dis-ease? Chiropractic is special in that it utilizes the adjusting of vertebral (spinal) subluxations or blockages that interfere with Life Force expression. The result is a body that has the potential to reproduce itself normally and recover by healing itself. Healing is creation, and the creative spark is life. Consistent chiropractic adjustments release Life Force by keeping the life channels open and free of subluxations. In time the body can recover and express better health. In seven years we will have a brand new body, but what kind is it going to be? Article taken from networkwellness.com
by Sue Brown, D.C. ...the true gift of healing is within each one of you. Chiropractic allows you to reconnect with that special gift. It allows you to reconnect with the wisdom that created you from a single cell; increases your temperature when overcoming infection; heals the bumps and bruises of life, both physical and emotional; retrieves memories of a birthday party or of a loved one lost; it inspires you to cry in pain or jump for joy. Over the years the theories and models of why and how Chiropractic works may change but the philosophy and intention remains the same. Within the body there resides an innate wisdom. This wisdom coordinates, inspires, heals and motivates every action and reaction. It is perfect and ever-present. The integrity of the various communication systems (the nerve system, the neuro chemistry and the electromagnetic field) of the body is vital for the transmission of that innate wisdom. The communications systems also being the memory and perception systems of the body, are constantly receiving and storing information from the internal and external environment. If at any point the body is unable to fully integrate the experiences of life, it will become overloaded and the experiences will be stored in the physiology. These stored experiences create what in chiropractic is called a subluxation. A subluxation is a distortion of the body which creates interference in the communication systems thus interfering with the expression of the intelligence of the body. Now, one or two subluxations will most likely go unnoticed. as they start to accumulate, however, the effects become much greater and therefore the body becomes progressively more rigid. The body's ability to adapt, self-correct and recover from stress decreases. Our perception becomes distorted, the natural healing ability of the body diminishes and we slowly become more of the past than the present now moment. THe cumulative effect of this stored tension or stored energy in the system, I believe, is the source of all dis-ease. What's amazing is that the body's ability to adapt is so great that it will continue to function even when greatly compromised. And what's more amazing is that the body's ability to heal is so great that even given the slightest chance to improve, it will self-correct. Getting adjusted gives your system that change, it allows the system to "move" toxins, emotions, distortions and moving is what the system does best. Just as the subluxations in your system accumulate bit-by-bit in your body, getting regularly adjusted gradually and progressively moves and releases those subluxations. with each adjustment your system becomes better able to adapt, better able to heal and self-correct. It gets closer to living in the now moment. Imagine if all your experiences could be perceived through a clear window instead of being colored by the past. Imagine if your body was flexible enough to flow with every stress instead of hitting it head on. getting adjusted takes you progressively toward the flexibility, the recoverability, the ease, the flow and the light of a child. Article taken from Essence News, Autumn 2004, vol. 23
by Susan M. Brown, D.C. I’ve had people say to me “I know you don’t want to hear about my symptoms, but.....” Enough people have said it lately that I thought an explanation of my view of symptoms was in order. It’s not that I don’t want to hear about symptoms or that you can’t tell me what they are, I just view them so differently. The current view of health holds that if we have symptoms, we are sick and if we are without symptoms then we are healthy. And so much of modem health care, especially that which is medical in its approach, is geared toward ridding the individual of their symptoms. Some of the sickest people are symptom free. They just don’t feel anything. Their bodies are so impacted with toxins and stress and injury (emotional and physical) that they have shut down. So lack of symptoms does not necessarily prove to be a healthy individual. As the reverse can also be true. A person with symptoms is not necessarily “sick”. Now at first, ridding the system of symptoms seems like a wonderful, noble thing. At least until you start to consider how the body functions. Many of the symptoms people experience are actually signs that the body is healing and stopping those symptoms can inhibit the healing process. For example, a normal fever rise is the body’s first line of defense against infection. Temperature goes up, which increases the body’s activity and signals the immune system to ‘turn on”. When we take something to decrease the temperature it compromises the body’s natural healing response. When we ingest something that the body considers to be toxic, nausea and diarrhea are healthy responses. When a joint is injured the body gives us pain to let us know to be careful, to avoid using it and re-injuring it. It swells to provide a natural splint to the area to protect the injured joint and gets hot as the body increases the circulation to repair and heal the injured tissue. The runny nose we get at the change of seasons is the body sluffing off the old respiratory lining, much like the trees sluff off their leaves and animals sluff off winter coats. Every symptom our body lovingly gives us is a message. The body can only speak to us in two ways, pain or pleasure, discomfort or comfort, ease or dis-ease. The words it speaks to let us know it is working or not working are what we have defined as symptoms. A heart that aches after years of abuse will signal us with chest pains. A stomach will flare up with an ulcer to let us know that we have let life get too stressful, that it is too much to bear. Our pulse will race with the anxiety forcing us to face the fears that have built up in our bodies. When symptoms occur, when our body is trying its best to communicate with us, do we listen to what it is trying to say? Or do we just try to shut it up, quite down or stop the symptoms. Do we ignore the body’s only voice and try to “shut it up” like putting our hand over the mouth of a screaming child. If our intention is just to stop the symptoms, then we miss the gift. It’s not that I don’t want to hear about the symptoms, it’s that my intention is not to treat them or silence them, it is to acknowledge them with something far greater than talking about them. My purpose and intent is to turn on the power of the body so that it can heal, and can integrate the experiences of life. Sometimes when the body is in flow with life it has no symptoms and sometimes it does. Sometimes we feel great, sometimes we feel the process of healing happening and sometimes we feel our body telling us that a change is definitely in order. Life is a process not an event and so is healing. When your body is speaking, listen to what it is saying, acknowledge it and answer it. Educate yourself as to the processes of the body so that you can help it to heal and understand the messages it is giving you. I think the body’s wisdom will amaze you and if you both listen and respond, the conversations you have will surely enlighten you. Article taken from bgiseminars.com
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