{"id":7447,"date":"2016-01-06T19:56:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T00:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brain-bodyhealth.com\/?p=7447"},"modified":"2019-03-06T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T18:53:53","slug":"how-do-chiropractic-adjustments-relieve-pain-chiropractor-in-holland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brain-bodyhealth.com\/how-do-chiropractic-adjustments-relieve-pain-chiropractor-in-holland\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Chiropractic Adjustments Relieve Pain? \u2013 Chiropractor in Holland"},"content":{"rendered":"
Heroin addiction came up in the Democratic debate before the holidays. All three candidates acknowledged that prescription opioid pain medications, such as Vicodin and Oxycontin, often open the door to heroin abuse, and we need to tighten up regulations on opioid prescriptions.<\/p>\n
Tighter regulation is a great start, but that only solves half of the problem. The thing is, people are in pain. They choose pain medications with serious side effects, because they are not aware of or are apprehensive about alternative methods for pain relief, including chiropractic adjustments.<\/p>\n
Traditional chiropractors tell their patients that chiropractic works by realigning the spinal bones and removing pressure on the nerves. This statement is, at its best, an outdated and oversimplified view of human body.<\/p>\n
Current research suggests that a mechanistic model does not adequately explain Chiropractic, and we ought to take neurophysiology into consideration.<\/p>\n
Chiropractic adjustments introduce a mechanical force to a joint that, in turn, kick starts a chain of neurological reactions. (1) Think about a chiropractic adjustment as the force needed to activate certain sensors of the nervous system, rather than the force to move a bone. I know the mechanical, bone-aligning concept is much easier to grasp, but reality is more complicated.<\/p>\n
Our nervous system has a peripheral (yellow) and a central (purple) component. The long, skinny purple portion represents the spinal cord, and the rest of the purple part is the brain. Evidence has suggested that chiropractic adjustments affect ALL three parts of our nervous system.<\/p>\n
An animal study (2) had found that one single adjustment was able to significantly reduce inflammatory proteins (cytokines) in the blood. These cytokines stimulate sensors on nerve fibers that cause one to have pain and increase sensitivity to pain. (3)<\/p>\n
Chiropractic adjustments activate sensors in the muscles (Golgi organs and muscle spindles) (1) that send signals through large sensory fibers. These large sensory fibers are thought to inhibit pain fiber signaling at the spinal cord level. (4)<\/p>\n
Advancing technology has allowed us to directly observe brain activity by measuring blood flow. This gives us direct evidence of how a specific therapy affects the brain. A recent study (5) using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) had observed that chiropractic adjustment changed the connectivity between brain regions that process pain.<\/p>\n
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