Wellness

At Reed Chiropractic, we believe wellness care is any activity that is designed to promote, stimulate, and maintain optimal health. Health is not just the absence of disease. You may not have a disease or pain, but this does not mean you are healthy! True health can only be achieved if you have a fully-functioning nervous system that is free of subluxations. As your #1 chiropractors in Tempe, Dr. Reed and Dr. Hood understand that adjustments are just one component of true health. Our wellness plans incorporate all five components of the Fundamentals of Health program (Chiropractic Care, Nutrition, Emotional Health, Rest, and Exercise). Following these guidelines will help you achieve optimal health; now and for the rest of your life.

The Importance of Chiropractic Adjustments and Restoring Proper Motion to the Spine

Chiropractic care assists in restoring health and maintaining health by removing restrictions in spinal joints and thereby allowing the controller of all cell, organs and systems (the nervous system) to function in homeostasis.

According to the Journal of Rehabilitation and Development (March 2006), “Spinal motion plays a significant role in maintaining upright posture and balance and reducing shock transmission to the head during gait.”

Not only does proper spinal motion allow for proper biomechanics like walking straight and to keep from falling over while standing or moving; it assists in healthy physiology.  Dr. Roger Sperry (Nobel Prize winner for brain research) stated, “Ninety percent of the stimulation and nutrition is generated by the movement of the spine.”

When the spine and spinal joints do not move properly muscular and neurological degeneration begin within fourteen days.  These dysfunctions begin the inflammatory process, soft tissue and joint malfunction and nerves mis-communicate information to/from the body.  Symptoms are expressed in posture, balance, coordination, learning, attention, focus, memory and feeling of wellbeing.

Researchers in Clinical Biomechanics (1987) journal related immobilization of the spine/spinal joints as a “factor in musculo-skeletal degeneration” and that spinal joint restriction “is not only the cause of osteoarthritis but that is delays the healing process.”

Hippocrates (450 BC) attributes proper movement as a primary prevention of disease.  He is quoted, “If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.”

“What makes chiropractic so effective is the importance of segmental motion with respect to neuromusculoskeletal and overall health and quality of life”, stated Dr. James L. Chestnut MSc, DC, CCWP.  Based on his review of peer-reviewed literature, spinal adjustments affect nociception (pain) and proprioception (movement) pathways to the brain.  He also found that lack of spinal motion is a stressor causing negative effects on overall health.

Restoring and maintaining proper movement to the spine improves overall heath.  As researched in Neural Plasticity, they demonstrated “the way the brain (pre-frontal cortex) works and show that spinal function impacts brain function.  One of them most interesting things we observed was that the pre-frontal cortex is responsible for behavior, goal directed tasks, decision making, memory and attention, intelligence, processing of pain and emotional response to it, autonomic function, motor control, eye movements and spatial awareness.”

As you can see, restoring and maintaining proper spinal motion is the foundation for the quality of life you have an inherent right to.

Reed Chiropractic Wellness Adjustment Protocol

1-2 times per month depending on one’s individual lifestyle stresses and prior health history.

**It typically takes 6-8 weeks of Acute Chiropractic Care (2-3x/week) to reach wellness or maintenance status**

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