Inner Balance Chiropractic

Chiropractic Care

 Three fundamental chiropractic truths:

1.) The body is a self-healing, self-adapting organism
2.) The nervous system is the master control system of the body—Everything is processed through the nervous system
3.) Interference with the function of the nervous system creates dis-ease

A chiropractor’s job is to locate, analyze and remove and interference in your nervous system and enable the body to heal itself. Symptoms such as pain, sneezing, coughing, upset stomach and fatigue are the body’s way of warning us that something is out of balance and needs to change–it’s a brilliant survival mechanism.

“Disturbance” in the nervous system is caused by physical, chemical, or mental/emotional stress….we call this interference a subluxation. For example, physical stress can be a result of an injury, car accident or birth. Many of the foods we eat today are pumped full of hormones and anti-biotics, sprayed with herbicides and pesticides, and pose significant stress to our bodies. Home life, work, and relationships can also cause stress in our lives, and result in subluxations that interfere with our innate intelligence.

When you combine all of these stressors, the body sometimes has difficulty clearing the subluxations created within communication pathways of the nervous system. The result is a displacement in the spinal column that needs to be addressed with a chiropractic adjustment (a specific force to the body) to clear the pathways and allow the body’s innate intelligence to heal itself.

Chiropractic care is a way of caring for the body as a whole to facilitate its maximum LIFE potential, without the use of drugs or surgery. This allows the body to move closer to health and away from dis-ease.

Kids and Chiropractic

Jeanne Ohm, D.C.

Many parents bring their children into our office asking us to treat their ear infections. My first response is that the purpose of chiropractic care is not the treatment of conditions or diseases; rather, it is the restoration of normal body function. I explain that as chiropractors, we work with the nervous system via gentle spinal adjustments. We reduce stress related interference to the nervous system, thereby enhancing all overall body function. I further explain that all systems of the body—muscular, glandular, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, eliminatory, hormonal and immunological—depend on the optimal function of the nervous system. With chiropractic, we focus on nerve system function to enhance all the body’s systems.

Because many parents are unaware of the variety of options available for the treatment of ear infections, I continue, “As a parent, you have some choices to make. You can either treat the ear infection, or not—that’s your right as a parent. Even the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends a watch-and-wait approach, because the evidence-based research about antibiotics is showing that not only are they ineffective at treating ear infections, but they will actually lead to repeated ear infections in your child.

As a parent, you can choose to treat or not to treat. “If you do choose to treat, you again have some options. You can treat the ear infections allopathically (the typical medical/ drug route) or naturally. If you choose to go the usual route to a pediatrician, she may take a watch-and-wait approach.

More likely, she will prescribe an antibiotic. If, however, you would prefer to treat the ear infections more naturally, there are several options for you to consider. A naturopath will explore herbs and nutrition; a homeopath will assess your child for a specific remedy; an acupuncturist will work with specific meridian points for healing.

“It is so important that you as a parent realize you have choices, and the right to make these choices for your family.

“Regardless of the choices you make, the chiropractic approach will improve your child’s inherent ability to function. Doesn’t it make sense to have your child function at an optimal level for healing no matter how (or if ) you choose to treat? We will assess your child’s spine, make the necessary adjustments to improve nerve system function and offer lifestyle suggestions to reduce nerve system stress for your child. We will also support any decision you make in your choice to treat the infection or not. This is your right as a parent, and we stand behind informed choice.”

It is important that parents realize the role chiropractic plays in whole-body wellness. So, too, is it important for parents to know, when reading the following testimonials, that chiropractic adjustments have allowed these children to express a greater state of health and wholeness, and that their systems were able to overcome repeated infections because neuro-immunology function was restored.

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