Learn What Role Function
Plays In Good Health
The nervous system is he
master control for all of the bodys functions. When
all of the organs are functioning properly, health is possible. A
loss of health takes place when there is a loss of function. When
the stomach is not functioning properly one can suffer from indigestion,
ulcers and even cancer. When
a bone is broken it has lost its ability for normal function.
Health may only be regained
when the part of the body that is not functioning properly has
been restored to its previous
state of normalcy. According to Grays Anatomy, the nervous
system is the controlling entity in all of the bodys functions.
As in any illness or injury,
symptoms may not develop for days and in some instances years,
even when function
has been partially lost already. For example, if the heart
lost 25% of its function it may take years before high blood pressure
and symptomatic pain occurs. This is the reason that most heart
attacks are the first symptoms experienced by heart disease sufferers.
Illness falls into three
categories: Traumatic,
Receptiveness, and Functional.
Trauma may be physical
or chemical in nature, ranging from cuts to actual ingestion of
chemicals. These forms
of trauma alters normal function, and at times stops normal function
completely. A person who experiences this kind of function
impairment usually finds themselves in the emergency room for
needed treatment.
Another manner in which
the body develops illness is through receptiveness to infection. To be infected, the
person must first be receptive and susceptible to the infection. If
a persons body is not functioning properly, resistance is reduced
and sickness is likely to take place. If having proper function
can keep sickness from taking hold, then restoring proper function
when one is sick would assist in strengthening the body so that it
can dispose of the sickness or infection.
The functional category
of illness is the most prevalent one of all. This is the loss of function of an organ
or tissue due to that organ or tissues loss of function. This
type of illness would include asthma, colitis, ulcers diabetes and
psoriasis. These are conditions that are termed incurable,
but may respond to treatment oriented to restore normal function.
Misaligned vertebrae that
interfere with the nervous system and cause nerve stress are called
vertebral subluxations. This
interference interrupts the information and energy flow to the various
parts of the body and lowers our natural resistance to sickness and
disease. Chiropractors are trained to locate and correct vertebral
subluxation through examination and spinal adjustment. The
adjustments relieve the nerve stress and assist in restoration of
body function. Proper functioning of the nervous system through
chiropractic treatment is one of the best defenses against sickness
and disease.
Chiropractic
is not a treatment for the disease and illness, however it
does assist in raising resistance against the illness and disease. Spinal
nerve stresses damage the nervous system and can lead to disease
of all kinds. Chiropractors locate and free the body from spinal
nerve stress. Studies have shown that there is a relationship
between a healthy nervous system and a healthy body.
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