F.A.Q's

Why Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is the #1 most used traditional health care in Canada.
The general public views Chiropractors as spinal specialists. This is true, but Chiropractors also look at a person as a whole and can assist with healing of all the systems, muscles and organs of the body.

What do Chiropractors really do?

Chiropractors are not bone doctors, Chiropractors primary focus is on the function and expression of the nervous system. The nervous system is the most important system in your body. The messages that pass through your nervous system are vital to life. Without those messages the heart would not beat, you could not breathe, heal, think, move, talk, feel or essentially "be alive". It is the flow of information/ energy through the nervous system that makes us "alive".

Chiropractors are known as "back" doctors because the spine and nervous system are intimately related. An adjustment to the spine affects the function of the nervous system. The purpose of an adjustment is to improve the flow of information from the nervous system.

Therefore, the spine is a vehicle for making change to the nervous system!!
By having a healthy nervous system and spine people can experience high levels of energy, vitality, clarity, love, expression and longevity. Chiropractic alone is not enough to for people to experience all of the above. That is why Chiropractic is part of a wellness lifestyle. Any person wanting to experience a HIGH-LEVEL health should be having their nervous system adjusted regularly and engage in other wellness practices.

How does my health go from good to bad?

Our state of health and well-being is greatly influenced by physical, emotional, chemical, social, spiritual, and environmental factors. Studies show that when stress arises in any of these areas dis-ease patterns can develop in our body/mind and be reflected in the shape, tone and tension of our spine, our tissues and emotions. This tension can reside in our tissues and accumulate throughout our lives starting from childhood. It is no wonder that over time we feel stiff, have less energy, and our body doesn’t function as well.

Is Chiropractic safe?

100% safe and gentle. At The Source Centre our Chiropractors use gentle manual contacts along the different regions of the spine allowing your body to unwind from stress and tension safely and naturally.

What are chiropractors doing when they adjust my spine?

Chiropractic is based on the absolute science that every function in the human body is directed and coordinated by the nervous system. It is through this science that we know without a doubt that the body is a self healing and self regulating organism that knows how to heal itself from inside the same way it knew how to grow from 2 cells into organs, glands, muscles, joints, eyes, ears and eventually into YOU! The Power that made the body heals the body! The body heals itself through the communication of the nervous system to the tissues in your body and guiding the correcting of any problems with the building of new tissue. It will do this as long as there is no interference in the nerve flow to the tissues in question.

The chiropractor's primary goal is to help the body tap into this amazing, internal healing wisdom by removing interferences to this nervous system called "Subluxations", which are changes in the dynamics of the bones of the spine, choking, stretching or irritating the delicate nerve tissues.

What are subluxations in my spine?

A Subluxation is a term to describe an area in your spine and nervous system which is not functioning properly. A subluxation consists of a multiple of components. It is created as thousands of muscle fibers attached to your spinal column contract and shorten, creating a spasm. The muscles pull on your spinal bones (vertebrae) that are aligned on top of one another and shift them out of alignment. The spinal nerves that branch out from your spinal cord and exit through your vertebrae en route to your body, get “kinked” and the messages that are being relayed from your brain to your body and from your body to your brain get short-circuited. During this process, your spinal cord also becomes abnormally “stretched” and affects the delicate tissues surrounding it.

When this happens, communication is altered and your body’s systems fail to work properly. It is similar to a short circuit in your house that was created by overwhelming the electrical system. The power shuts off and leaves you in the dark, literally! The presence of spinal subluxations in your body is an indicator that you are “locked” in a pattern of stress and defense.

Subluxations…Short Circuits In Your Spine

What causes Subluxations?

Physical Causes

Many people experience subluxations from physical injuries to their spine such as a whiplash injury from a car accident. Stiffness associated with a spinal injury is an indicator that there is some residual nerve irritation due to a subluxation. Subluxations develop as early as during the birthing process. Even in a natural birth, the delicate spinal structures can be considerably stretched, then we learn to walk, play in the playground, learn to ride a bike, growing up to play sports our spines are under constant physical stress.

Chemical stresses

Foods we eat, pesticides and preservatives we use all contribute to chemical stresses to our nervous systems. Stimulants such as nicotine, caffeine and alcohol cause stress in our systems. Environmental pollution, our work and living environments can be toxic; products we use- cleaning and personal products can be stimulating our nervous systems in adverse ways.

Emotional Causes

Emotional stressors such as work, family, relationship, financial all accumulate whether they are past stresses from childhood, present situations or fear and predictions for the future. The “emotional charge” associated with stressful events has to be sent somewhere to be dealt with at a later time when it was safer for you to experience it. Usually the emotional charge ends up in your spine. It’s no surprise that about 80% of the population has back problems!

What do subluxations cause?

The results of Subluxations cause sickness and symptoms in the tissues where these nerves go. For some the symptom is pain or headaches, in others it is leg pain and numbness, others Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Asthma. In children Subluxations may cause a block in the draining of the ear and cause Ear infections or bedwetting. If a Subluxation is left uncorrected it can affect the structure and function of the joints of the spine, and thus lead to Scoliosis, or start the cycle of Spinal Arthritis.

What is the cracking noise?

Air being released in joint space

What happens when I adjust my own joints?

You are moving areas which are excessively mobile because they are compensating for the areas next to them which are “stuck” or subluxated. By adjusting your own vertebrae it only gives a temporary release because the area you are moving is already excessively mobile- therefore a few hours later you experience the same tightness and feel the need to adjust your self again.

How long will I need to keep going to a chiropractor?

More and more people are making long term commitments that are consistently improving and evolving their quality of life, life enjoyment, physical well-being, mental/emotional well-being, and chemical well-being.

Continually making choices that evolve our level of health and well-being is called a wellness lifestyle.

Our care at the Source Centre is part of a wellness lifestyle.

Is it expensive?

That depends on how much you value your health. If your health is your highest priority, than regular Chiropractic care is inexpensive and affordable.

If your answer is no to three or more of these question then you may consider that health is not your number one priority.

1. I eat fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, legumes, chicken and fish mostly. (yes, no)
2. I drink filtered water. (yes, no)
3. I do not regularly drink caffeine beverages, pop or alcohol. (yes, no)
4. I do not smoke cigarettes. (yes, no)
5. I take a daily vitamin/mineral supplement. (yes, no)
6. I am active 3 times a week (yes, no)
7. I practice relaxation techniques (yes, no)
8. I take frequent breaks and vacations (yes, no)
9. I spend quality time by myself and with my family (yes, no)

I hear that Chiropractic is risky

http://www.mercola.com/2000/jul/30/doctors_death.htm

I heard of someone that was worse after seeing a chiropractor

At the Source Centre we use a very gentle approach to your nervous system. There is no risk of harm.

We can assist people of any age, any disease, any condition.