How Does Chiropractic Treatment Affect the Nervous System?

How Does Chiropractic Treatment Affect the Nervous System?

The nervous system is like your command center. It is a complex system of nerves that control involuntary responses, such as breathing and other processes like thinking, feeling emotions, reading, memory, and digestion. It also controls brain development and growth, including sexual growth during puberty.

Without the nervous system, you would not move or control your body. Also, you would not know what is happening around you. Chiropractic treatment has a healing effect on the nervous system. When illness or injury affects the nervous system, chiropractic care can help restore its function.

What Does Chiropractic Treatment Do?

Chiropractic treatment focuses on the spinal cord, which comprises the central nervous system. As such, the nervous system is very responsive to chiropractic care because of its focus on the spine.

For instance, chiropractic treatment can:

• Boost thinking and clarity

• Ease or alleviate body pain

• Lower your heart rate and control respiration

• Improve digestion

• Increase mobility and flexibility in the spine

• Eradicate migraines and headaches

• Improve coordination and balance

• Improve your sleep

• Boost energy

All these functions work to restore and revitalize the nervous system. So while your nervous system controls your body's functions, chiropractic treatment keeps it functioning optimally.

What Does Chiropractic Treatment Involve?

Chiropractors keep your body working well by treating pain and strains. If you have a problem that involves your muscles or nerves, your chiropractor can relieve your discomfort without using medicine or surgery.

Chiropractic treatment involves:

Adjustments

Your chiropractor may use a small device or their hands to gently move your joints into proper positions. Adjustments help realign the spine to reduce pain and improve mobility.

Stretches and Exercises

Your chiropractor may customize stretches and exercises to your needs to restore your joint function. They help make your joints stable and more mobile.

Muscle Therapy

Muscle therapy relieves inflammation, stiffness, spasms, and tension in the muscles and surrounding tissues.

Integrative Treatments

Your chiropractor may refer you to other medical experts for guidance on boosting your health. For instance, your doctor may work with a nutritionist to offer you nutrition tips for your needs. Likewise, your doctor may refer you to an acupuncturist or physical therapist to alleviate pain and promote health.

Benefits of an Enhanced Nervous System

Numerous chronic and progressive medical conditions impair the nervous system. Research shows that chiropractic treatment is very effective in treating nerve problems such as:

• Cerebral palsy

• Vertigo

• Epilepsy

• Multiple sclerosis

• Ataxia

• Parkinson's disease

• Autism

• Tourette’s syndrome

Are There Any Risks?

After chiropractic treatment, you may feel sore or tired. It is normal to feel that way because your body is adjusting to the fresh way your nervous system is responding to the treatment.

Before your treatment, your nervous system may have been trapped in dislocated joints or strained muscles. It will therefore need time to adjust after the tension or strain on the nerves is removed. You might also have dull headaches after chiropractic treatment.

In rare cases, the treatment may cause complications like pinched nerves in the lower back, herniated disks, and stroke. You have a higher risk of complications if you receive treatment from untrained and unlicensed people. Only a certified chiropractor should attend to you.

For more about how chiropractic treatment affects the nervous system, call Ogden Wellness Center at (801) 406-3949 to reach our office in Ogden, Utah.