What a Unique Service!

In this short article, I’d like to get a little deeper into what makes chiropractic so special.

The beauty of chiropractic philosophy is that it teaches us that chiropractic is not meant to have all the answers. The adjustment is not designed to treat, cure, or alleviate any of the symptoms of disease. The purpose of the adjustment is to enable the inner wisdom of the body which is coordinated by the central nervous system to be better expressed. Once the recipient of the adjustment understands and is comfortable with this explanation, only then can they really grow and truly understand the deeper benefits of receiving regular adjustments.

Chiropractic is intellectual and practical. While our objective is metaphysical, enabling the innate intelligence to be better expressed, it is also practical. What part of improving the function of the nervous system is not applicable to life? Or perhaps better said, what aspect of life is not improved if the nervous system functions better, since nerves control everything inside us?  Chiropractic is pertinent and relevant to every human being in every activity of life. So chiropractic really is about your life and how well you live it.

Human beings cannot reach their full potential in health or any other area when vertebral subluxations(nerve interference) are present. This controlling conviction comes from the deduction aspect of our philosophy. If subluxations interfere with the function of the nervous system and if proper function of the nervous system is essential to every function and activity, then it logically follows that a person can’t reach their potential in any one or maybe all aspects of life without having their subluxations corrected. This deductive reasoning makes it so simple for folks to grasp the true meaning of living a subluxation free life. Improper spinal alignment and improper nervous system function (subluxations / nerve interference) are not always accompanied with pain or disability.

The thing that really excites me is the idea that adjusting spines in every man, woman, and child can make every one of them a little healthier and a little better in dozens of ways. What could be more rewarding than this? Every time someone walks out of my office after an adjustment, they will be better off in some way than they were before they came in. This is truly a unique service.


Thanks to Dr. Joe Strauss for sharing some of these great philosophical facts from a recent text book of his.