Thanks to Gwen Gardner, DC of Quakertown, PA
Can you hear me now?
How about now?
Can you hear me now? Are you getting weary of those TV advertisements for cell phone service? I haven't seen as
many of them lately as when they first came out. But they are a great analogy for nerve impulse, subluxation and chiropractic.
Oh admit it - you're not surprised.
Let's start with nerve impulse. A nerve impulse is similar to a cell phone signal traveling from
one place to another...carrying a message. Instead of traveling on the airwaves, nerve impulses travel on the nerve
system. They go from the brain to the body and back to the brain carrying important messages about what is going on
in the body and what the body needs to do. Every single message carried on your nerve system passes through your spine.
Having a vertebral subluxation
(I know you know what this is but I'll remind you) - a misaligned vertebra that occludes an opening and puts pressure
on the nerve system interfering with its function) - is like being in between cell phone towers and not getting any reception.
The message is being sent from one phone but not getting through to the other phone. Sometimes you get through but you
can't really hear the entire message or it is garbled beyond recognition.
This is just like subluxation. With subluxation the
messages are either not getting through entirely in extreme cases or are garbled and incomplete in most cases. Either
way, it is not a good situation. Getting the messages through properly is really very important for every single part
of the body. Think what would happen over time if your heart, lungs, pancreas, liver, kidneys, muscles, stomach, bones,
etc. were not getting the correct message. It would be chaos and eventually things would begin to break down.
This is what happens
when we have long standing subluxation. Things begin to break down. Subluxations rob us of our energy, our vitality,
our health and our capacity to live our lives to the fullest.
Don't let subluxation interrupt your signals. Don't leave your body
saying, "Can you hear me now?"
Keep your spine checked regularly.
