CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS When a chiropractor detects a subluxation, he or she will then correct it with a chiropractic adjustment. There are many techniques a chiropractor might use to adjust a subluxation. In my office, you get it the old fashioned way - contact the spine; quick, painless thrust; loud pop; voila: subluxation corrected. I find that the loud pop is what really unnerves some new and unsure patients. I think that understanding whats happening physically helps ease the mind and helps make the entire process go over that much smoother. To begin with, a chiropractic adjustment is not bones cracking. Chiropractors do nothing with the bone except set up on it. When an adjustment is administered, its the joint thats opening up - we call it gapping the joint. When a joint opens up, think of it like pulling apart two surfaces that have been stuck together by a sticky substance - when they release, you hear a pop. THE POP! The actual pop is called a cavitation, and its the release of gas that makes the popping sound. The joints of the spine are called synovial joints and they produce a fluid called synovial fluid. Synovial fluid lubricates the joint (for movement) and nourishes it. The byproducts formed in the production of synovial fluid are gasses - oxygen, nitrogen and CO2. When a joint is gapped, or opened up, the gas is released and you hear a distinctive popping sound. Its very similar to the release of gas bubbles when you cork a champagne bottle, and equally pleasant in its after effects. Speaking of after effects, what happens next? Once the joint is opened up, the synovial fluids re-lubricate the joint surfaces and normal motion is restored. Anybody who has ever had a stuck joint and has been unable to move properly (probably everybody reading this) knows exactly what follows the adjustment - relief. True, depending on the situation - how severe the subluxation is, how long it has been festering and how hot or acute it is - determines how complete the relief will be, but without a doubt, most people feel better almost immediately. Please join us at our office this Saturday, April 12th, 12:00-2:00 for a POP Party! We will have lots of things that go POP!
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 20:13:28 +0000
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