Blair Upper Cervical Chiropractic
I chose to study this method of chiropractic for two reasons.
1) I was looking for a way to adjust my patients where the benefits they received in my office would last longer than a few days. I came to understand that the real power of Upper Cervical chiropractic was not in the “getting of an adjustment” but rather the period of time where you did not need to get adjusted. This “Period of Holding” your adjustment was when you actually received the benefit and real healing took place.
2) I had too many perspective patients shy away from the wonders of chiropractic because they were afraid of the idea of getting their necks twisted, popped, or cracked. Although general chiropractic techniques are wonderful, I chose to focus on a method that was low force. This took the fear right out of people.
My mentor, Dr. Daniel Clark explains upper cervical better than I ever could:
Brain messages control all body functions!
That part of the body that fails to receive proper
brain messages cannot function in a normal manner.
MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HEAD/NECK MISALIGNMENT WITHOUT EVER KNOWING IT.
There are many ways this critical head/neck area can become misaligned; a fall, an accident, a bump on the head, bad sleeping habits or poor posture. Misalignment can even occur during the birth process. Forceps used as a birthing aid, or a simple twist of the head during delivery can bring on misalignment! Any type of misalignment, regardless of how it occurred, restricts or distorts brain to body messages in this critical area at the top of the neck. Left unchecked this misalignment can cause pain and symptoms to develop and increase during one's lifetime.
When the head is shifted off the center of the top of the neck and held in a misaligned position by muscles of the neck, it can prevent brain health and healing messages from getting through to some part of the body.
Regardless of how misalignment occurs, it can prevent the body from sending “S.O.S.” messages to the brain when in need of help. That part of the body that cannot effectively communicate with the brain will begin to develop symptoms and health problems.
These health problems will grow worse until the misalignment (bottleneck) is corrected and effective brain to body communication is restored.
This is How You Fix it
The Upper Cervical Doctor's specialty is THE UPPER CERVICAL SPINAL CORRECTION, which is barely felt by the patient, requires NO forceful pulling, twisting or jerking motion of the neck.
It is specifically designed to correct head/neck misalignment, to restore body balance, and to re-activate brain communication to the areas affected by misalignment. As soon as the correction is made, muscles begin to relax, blood and oxygen circulation increases, the immune system gains strength and vitality and the body's natural, self-healing process begins.
This natural self-healing process continues as long as the head/neck alignment is maintained and the brain can communicate without interference to all parts of the body.
HEAD/NECK MISALIGNMENT IS ALWAYS PRESENT BEFORE PAIN AND SYMPTOMS APPEAR.
Since the body has self-healing properties, WE SHOULD GIVE IT MORE ATTENTION because many of our daily activities can cause misalignment to occur. Upper Cervical Doctors are committed to help patients maintain head/neck alignment in order to prevent any interference in brain to body communication.
To keep functioning without illness and pain, our bodies need periodic checkups. Just as we visit our doctor and dentist for regular checkups, checking for and correcting misalignment is the secret of insuring a better quality of life, retaining good health, and living pain free.
Upper Cervical preventive and corrective health care is truly one of the world's best kept secrets. It is a natural and effective way to living pain free without the use of drugs and is safe and effective for people of all ages.
Copyright © 2006 Daniel O. Clark, D.C.
