What is Chiropractic

Most people turn to chiropractic on the advice of friends or family. Some have searched out many types of health advice to no avail, then turn to chiropractic. And yet others wait until they have a health crisis. Now more than ever people are compelled to make health and life style changes before they have a problem. These people are motivated to stay healthy, take a proactive approach to their health and are interested in the highest quality of life they can create.

As a wellness chiropractor Dr. Albanese is doing more than realigning your spinal misalignments. He helps infants, children, and adults achieve greater levels of health and well-being.

Health is something you are given at birth and should maintain throughout your life. We are all born with a genetic health potential and if we understand what can interfere with that potential and avoid these interferences we can enjoy high levels of health. However if there is constant interference to our health potential, the result will be a lowered state of health and well-being.

Unlike a car that comes with an owners manual that instructs us how to maintain it so it functions at an optimal level and with minimal problems, we don’t come with an owners manual to tell us how to maintain an optimal level of health. Most of the decisions we make with regards to our healthcare is based on what we have been taught by our parents, who also didn’t have the “how to health manual”.

To know how to obtain and maintain optimal levels of health we must know what the essentials of health are. The three main essentials of health are also the essentials of life; air, food, water and nerve impulse (brain and nervous system). If there is any interference to these essentials, there will be a decrease in your level of health as well as to your quality of life.

A Chiropractor's primary focus is to locate any interference to the nervous system. One of the major causes of nerve interference is a spinal misalignment. The spine consists of twenty four vertebrae that protect the spinal cord and nerves that enter and exit between the spinal vertebrae. When one or more vertebrae is misaligned and causes interference (a choking like effect) to a nerve, a condition called spinal subluxation develops. Spinal subluxations cause interference to one of the essentials of life (nervous system) which leads to a decreased health potential.

Subluxations can be the result of falls, car accidents, sports injuries, heavy backpacks, poor posture, emotional stress, strenuous work, childhood falls, even the birth process. Because most people experience some of these types of stresses on a daily basis, it is important to maintain the proper alignment of your spine with chiropractic adjustments. Unfortunately some people only address the symptoms that result from problems that spinal subluxations create. This causes problems to continue to develop over time. Neglecting anything that requires maintenance increases the risk of developing problems, which later leads to crisis. Much like maintaining your car or the health of your teeth, your spine requires proper maintenance to allow your body to express itself in a healthy manner. By only covering up symptoms, problems are left uncorrected, like those on the “Spinal Nerve Function” chart below.

Chiropractors correct spinal subluxations (misalignments) by performing chiropractic adjustments. Dr. Albanese regularly performs chiropractic adjustments to infants, children and adults. Chiropractic adjustments are comfortable, safe, and highly effective. Years of training, education, and experience enable chiropractors to determine if you and your family are candidates for chiropractic care.

Call our office today and schedule an appointment for you and your entire family and find out how you may benefit from chiropractic.