Give Your Nervous System a Boost for Improved Performance
As you probably learned in elementary school, the nervous system is your body’s information super highway. It’s the path by which your brain sends and receives information about what is happening in and around the body. This system, made up of the brain, spinal cord, and all the nerves of the body, controls innate functions like food digestion and heartbeat, as well as learned functions like walking and talking.
For optimal health, your nervous system must be operating at its best. Chiropractic care can give your nervous system the boost that it needs for improved performance.
“If your spinal vertebrae get out of alignment, even slightly—which injuries, poor posture, and many other life stresses can cause—the vertebrae may act as resistors to the distribution of your nervous system energy. The misalignments interfere with the transmission of nervous impulses and diminish the body’s ability to stay healthy.”
When chiropractic adjustments are performed, they affect the nervous system. By removing spinal subluxations, slight misalignments inside the spine that might compress spinal nerves and could lead to a variety of illnesses, chiropractors alter how the brain communicates with the other parts of the body.
Chiropractors can gradually work vertebrae back into alignment, giving your nervous system a boost, and allowing nerve function to be at its peak. When your nervous system can effectively communicate with the rest of your body, you can enjoy better health and improved performance overall.
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Read the full article, from Pathways to Family Wellness magazine, Issue #54.