Frequently Asked Questions

Health: Physical, social, mental, and emotional well-being, not merely the absence of symptoms, disease and/or infirmity.

Sick(ness): Emotionally, mentally, or spiritually unsound, disordered, or corrupt; To be unwholesome; disordered, weakened, or unsound

Stress: A physical, chemical, emotional factor to which a person fails to make a satisfactory adaptation, and which causes physiological tensions that may be a contribution to the cause of disease.

Subluxation: Etiology of the word = to produce less light. Subluxation is the "End Product" of an overwhelming amount of physical, chemical, emotional, mental and social stress. As a result of overwhelming stress, the body will distort the tone of muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, meninges, and connective tissue to lock the subluxation into our anatomy (structure). At this point, our body is limited in its ability to adapt or adjust to both the internal and external environment. Chronic (long term) subluxations are produced when our body remains in this state. We have many layers upon layer of subluxation patterns stored within us.

Integrate: To process and work through, thus allowing the opportunity to learn, adapt and evolve.

Adjustment: The bodies natural inborn ability to adapt. Chiropractors say they adjust the body, but in actuality, the only thing we do is introduce the proper amount of force application, with the proper intent, to allow the body an opportunity to adjust itself. With that, the possibilities for vitality expand.

Vitality: The amount of self-expression; The quantity of spirit expressed via the body.
Establishing Continuity: Bringing awareness back into the body such that the tension patterns of : subluxations are spread equally and in the same manner throughout the entire body.

Flexibility: When we talk about flexibility, we mean all aspects: Flexibility with our physical anatomy, emotional expressions, mental processes, and social experiences; all of which have to do with our ability to integrate experiences. As the body reaches an ultimate state of flexibility, it could integrate experiences completely and become efficient in handling the many layers of stresses that modern society provides. So, in our center, we promote greater flexibility and well-being.

Incoherent: Chaotic; disorder; unbalanced; confused; all over the place

Coherent: Balanced, Centered, Harmonious, Grounded

Physiology: The study of how a body functions

Retracing: Retracing is a phenomenon that may occur as the healing process unfolds. Many times, before the body can get well, it must first backtrack to where it started losing its normal state of health. During the backtracking process, the body may experience or exhibit many of the symptoms or characteristics it displayed on its way to sickness and disease. This normal process is called "Retracing." This means that your physical body may relive the old injuries, symptoms, or ailments, as it starts to let go of the old, non-constructive patterns caused by the initial trauma. You may re-experience symptoms that have "gone away" a long time ago. When a person retraces, it does not mean the person is sick again. It is simply the body's way of expressing itself in the most expedient way. Whether or not your body retraces…correcting the cause of your problem will lead you to the highest state of health possible.