Pain is NOT normal.
Pain means something is not working properly.
Pain is caused by soft tissues that have been damaged. Any damage will cause muscle inhibition through the flexor withdrawal reflex. Sometimes it is the inhibition that causes the tissue damage and sometimes it is the soft tissue damage that causes the inhibition. If, for instance, an inhibited muscle is affecting the way a joint works then the soft tissues around it may become damaged.The trick is to find the cause of the inhibition and remove the dysfunction. The goal of chiropractic is to restore normal function. Normal function does not hurt and because everything is working properly it makes you robust, strong and flexible.
This is done with Muscle Testing. By measuring the afferent input from muscles, chiropractors can find the cause of your inhibition and by precise and careful adjusting can restore you to your former glory.
Chiropractic is about treating the spine (neck, back and mid-back) but we also treat any other joint in the body – finger, wrist, ankle etc. Muscles are attached to joints and move them which means that muscle pulls, sprains, pains and aches can be caused by loss of joint function and can be treated by improving that joint motion. Nerves control all of our muscles movements and even the smallest movement can involve about 86 billion neurons so it is very important that the nervous system is operating properly. Any change of neural function can cause a muscle inhibition, a decrease in ability and put stress on other areas which may then also become injured. Chiropractic looks for neural inhibition and aims to restore full function to the whole neuromusculoskeletal system. The sooner you get treated the less the potential collateral damage.
You would be surprised how many people neither realise the range of areas we treat nor understand how much we can help them.
