Most people have the misconception that chiropractors simply move bones and joints. In fact, the greatest benefit now being discovered of the chiropractic adjustment is the improvement in brain function. This improvement helps re-establish appropriate regulation of all the body’s systems and responses, including the response to stress. Current medical research states that 95% of all diseases/illnesses are caused by stress. Neurologically Based Chiropractic is brain-based chiropractic combining the best of neurological science and chiropractic.
Neurologically Based Chiropractic provides insight like we have never seen before. For example, consider two chiropractic patients experiencing the very same symptom of headaches. Everything about them appeared identical except their chiropractic outcome: one getting relief, the other not. Yet if you had to guess, do you think their nervous system handled stress in the same manner? Do you think that their response to stress - and ultimately their recovery from it - was the same? Not a chance.
You won’t see stress with an X-ray. You won’t see stress with a static EMG or a thermograph. Why is that? Because these exams are looking at one system (structure) or another (physiology) taken at a single point in time (static testing) under very controlled situations. Yes, they show if there are any abnormal structural alignments (X-ray), abnormal muscular asymmetries (static EMG), or abnormal temperature (static thermograph) readings. However, these exams do not objectively quantify the nervous system response/recovery, or lack thereof, during stress. Stress response is only accurate if measurable over time (dynamic testing). Neurologically Based Chiropractic watches in real-time the effects of stress on your nervous system, as well as the effects of chiropractic care on your nervous system.
The technology that provides this level of detail has existed for years- biofeedback. Though predominantly used by scientists and researchers, recent computer software and biofeedback development now enables the application of this technology at the clinical level monitoring seven different components of the nervous system during a 12 minute (dynamic) stress assessment: brain function (EEG), heart rate (EKG), respiration, heart rate variability (EKG in conjunction with respiration), galvanic skin response, temperature, and muscle tension (EMG).
Neurologically Based Chiropractic objectively monitors and analyzes these seven responses of your nervous system to stress, helping you improve brain function, re-establishing appropriate regulation of all the body’s systems, and hence, true well-being.
While the philosophy of chiropractic is almost unchanged from its origin, two significant things have changed since the early days. Firstly, we are more aware today the dangers of stress. Secondly, technology has finally caught up with the philosophy of chiropractic, making chiropractic more than a philosophy, and Neurologically Based Chiropractic provides the foundation for evidence-based care. This is not your father’s chiropractic.