Los Gatos Chiropractic Headache Care

Chiropractors are often called "back doctors." While it is true that chiropractors

are doctors and it's also true that they treat back disorders, they are much more than "back doctors." Chiropractic theory begins with the spine, but a Los Gatos Chiropractic doctor points out that there's more to it than that.

Nobody denies that the spinal column is vital to our well being. It is, after all, the body's supporting structure and carries the bundles of ropelike nerve fibers that connect our brains to our bodies. If something goes wrong in the spine, it is likely that something will go wrong elsewhere in our body as well.

Sciatica is a good example of this. Sciatica occurs when two vertabrae are pushed out of alignment. When that happens, the soft disc that separates the vertabrae can become displaced and push against the large nerve called the sciatic nerve. This pressure is felt as extreme pain, usually in the leg.

An extreme example like this illustrates just how important our spinal alignment can be to our health. Headaches are another example.

Sometimes we get headaches because of accumulations of tension in our upper back and neck. This knot of tension can restrict blood flow to the brain and cause a headache. A chiropractor can often relieve the tension and thus the headache by manipulating areas of the upper back and neck that are holding the tension or by relieving the tension by working on certain trigger points in other regions surrounding the back and neck.

Chiropractors refer to spinal mis-alignments as "subluxations." Strictly speaking, a subluxation is a partial dislocation, so when the chiro speaks about a "spinal subluxation" he is referring to partially dislocated vertebrae. Chiropractors believe that many disorders can be effectively treated by spinal manipulation.

This is a brief and simplistic explanation of what a chiropractor does. Los Gatos California Chiropractic and other modern chiropractic doctors employ many techniques in order to help relieve their patients' pain and optimize their health and overall wellness naturally.

by: Mary Badder

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