A vertebral subluxation complex is a misalignment, slight to severe, of the bones protecting the nervous system’s spinal cord. Causes of subluxations are thoughts, traumas, and toxins. Traumas can be macro traumas like a motor vehicle accident or microtraumas like sitting all day at a computer. Toxins can either be something we take in that is not good for us or not inputting something that we need – thereby, creating a toxic environment. What happens to the carriage of someone who is really toxic – like ill with some bacterial or viral infection? What do people who don’t get Vitamin C experience? Scurvy, a very nasty insufficiency that can be eliminated with intake of foods rich in Vitamin C like citrus. Thoughts can cause misalignments? Have you ever really studied a negative person? How do they carry themselves? Do they have good posture?
A subluxated segment always wants to go home. Sometimes it tries so hard that you end up with pain in other areas trying to compensate and where you think the problem is is not the actual location, kind of like a leak in a roof - the point at which the water begins dripping through your ceiling (pain) may be very close or very far away from the original source of the leak (subluxation). You may have a leak (subluxation) for a long period before you actually see the evidence on the ceiling (pain).
A Doctor of Chiropractic may use one or more of the techniques below to find a subluxation:
- Static palpation
- Motion palpation
- Subluxation Station manufactured by CLA
- Muscle testing
- Leg length testing with challenges