Chiropractic focuses on the relationship between the spine and nervous system. The chiropractic belief is that your body has the ability to heal itself, provided there is no interference. A great example of this is when you cut yourself. Your body forms a protective scab and gradually you heal and the scab turns back into normal skin over time. Biomechanical Joint dysfunction interferes with your body’s natural healing ability and your body will not function at its optimum unless this interference is removed.
What is Biomechanical Joint Dysfunction?
- Your vertebra is less mobile than it should be. This makes it difficult to bend, twist, and/or turn.
- Your nerves are irritated. This gives you a feeling of pain, tingling, numbness, and/or pins and needles.
- Your muscles are in a state of spasm. They may also be weak or overly sensitive or even have active trigger points which refer to other areas in your body.
- You have swelling or inflammation. This may make the area feel warm, pulsating, or inflamed. This can affect your discs, cartilage, ligaments, and organs.
Chiropractic does not specifically fix the health issue; it restores the communication between the systems so that the body is more able to heal itself.
What causes a Biomechanical Joint Dysfunction?
They are caused by stress. This may be obvious stressors such as car accidents, falls or sporting injuries, or repetitive movements and sustained positions that gradually wear you down such as bad posture, emotional stress, or prolonged sitting. Other less obvious causes include emotional stress or chemicals such as preservatives in the food and chemical cleaning products.
What is a Chiropractic Adjustment?
The Chiropractic adjustment is the technique a chiropractor uses to correct the Biomechanical Joint Dysfunctions . This ‘adjustment’ is creating movement in the jammed or locked vertebra.
