The chiropractors assess your spine and pelvis to make sure the bones are in their proper position or as chiropractors call it, "aligned." Chiropractors check the alignment of your spine and pelvis because they house and protect an important part of your nerve system, the spinal cord. Your nerve system is made up of your brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and 95-100 billion neurons.

Well it is! Your nerve system is in control of how your body operates. The brain coordinates everything in the body - organ functions, muscular movements, breathing, heart rate, body temperature, sleep cycles, release of hormones and the list goes on and on. Your spinal cord, located inside your spine and pelvis, is the pathway for the signals that go back and forth from your brain and body. Your peripheral nerves carry the information from your spinal cord to your entire body from the top of your head to the bottom of your toes.

when a chiropractor checks your spinal alignment, she/he is assessing the movement of the vertebras and seeing if they are subluxated. A subluxation is when a vertebra becomes fixated in a misaligned position. This causes decreased nerve function because the nerves are irritated by the improper position of the vertebra. Therefore, all of the organs, muscles, tissues and cells that receive information from those nerves have decreased function as well.

Contact Us:

Hands of Hope Chiropractic & Wellness Center
Address: 2001 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Phone: (540) 369-3864
Email: info@handsofhopechiropractic.com