What is a Subluxation?

Simply put, a chiropractic subluxation (or vertebral subluxation) is the result of spinal bones with improper motion or position affecting nerve communications between your brain and your body.

A vertebral subluxation is a stress response. Muscles go into spasm. Spinal bones lock up. And adjacent nerves are choked or chafed. This interferes with the control and regulation of your body and can be an underlying cause of many common health problems such headaches, neck and / or back pain.

Chiropractic assessment & examination helps identify any vertebral subluxations and corrects them with “chiropractic adjustments” reducing their effect to your spine, body and health.

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For a more in depth look at ‘subluxation’ we can look at:  The 5 Component “Vertebral Subluxation Complex” Model (Developed by to Kent, Dishman and Lantz in 1982) looking at the 5 components associated with vertebral subluxation:

1. Kinesiopathology – spinal pathomechanics, including alignment and motion irregularities
2. Neuropathophysiology, Neuropathology – compressed or facilitated nerve tissue
3. Myopathology – muscle spasm, muscle weakness/ atrophy
4. Histopathology – inflammation, edema and swelling of tissue, usually local to the traumatized area
5. Pathophysiology, Pathology, Biochemical Changes – pathophysiologic and pathoanatomical changes due to the previous four components usually seen locally as degeneration, fibrous tissue and/or erosion local and peripherally as a loss of global homeostasis.