What is the Adjustment?
Our objective at Regitz Chiropractic is to correct vertebral subluxations to enable the innate intelligence of the body to be more fully expressed.
What Does the Chiropractor do?
After examining your spine, Dr. Regitz introduces a sufficient force into your body to set the subluxated vertebra into motion. Once the bone is in motion, the muscles and ligaments of the spine work to put the bone into its ideal position.
The adjustment or force introduced by Dr. Regitz is very simple, yet requires skill and accuracy. Anyone can move bones. You probably know someone who can "crack" his neck or back. Unfortunately, that takes no great skill. The skill and training required to locate misaligned vertebrae and to know when and where to make an adjustment makes the chiropractor unique.
All practice members do not necessarily receive the same adjustment. Through a spinal examination, Dr. Regitz determines which of the 24 spinal vertebrae are subluxated and in which direction. The adjustment is then given accordingly. It has been found that because of anatomical factors and the similarity of living habits among people, certain areas of the spine are more prone to subluxation than others, such as the upper neck area.
How Often do I Need to be Adjusted?
The simplest answer to that question is, "as often as your spine becomes subluxated." The problem is that you cannot know whether or not you need an adjustment.
You can guess that after falling down a flight of stairs you may well have subluxated your spine, but from day to day you have no way of knowing, unless you get your spine checked. This is why a schedule of regular visits to Regitz Chiropractic will be made according to your particular need.
Why Doesn't the Spine Stay in Place?
The spine is not an inanimate object. It is a living organ which is constantly in motion. When the first adjustment is given, a vertebra is set back into place that may have been subluxated for 15 or 20 years. It has become accustomed to being in the wrong position. The muscles and ligaments that should hold the bertebra in the correct position are stretched and weakened. They may have been deprived of their nerve supply for many years. Due to this weakness, the bone slips back out of place again, perhaps the very same day. As the spine is continually adjusted, the vertebra spends more and more time in the proper position. Consequently, the muscles strengthen and are better able to hold the bone in place.
Home