What is the Chiropractic Philosophy?
What is the Chiropractic Philosophy?
The chiropractic philosophy is based on the belief that the body has an incredible and powerful ability to heal and regulate itself, which we call innate intelligence.
Chiropractic aims to optimise nervous system function by removing interference from the spine and body, creating a healthier flow of signals from the brain to all parts of the body.
Better balance and ease within the body facilitates the body’s natural ability to adapt, regulate, heal and repair itself.
The same intelligence that formed you is also able to heal you. Your body is constantly re-developing as old cells die off and new ones are formed.
What is innate intelligence?
Innate intelligence is the intelligence wired into you that governs every single act in your body. Every single chemical reaction, every tissue formation, and every immune reaction to external pathogens is controlled and coordinated by this innate intelligence.
Every living thing has an innate intelligence. That is what causes an apple tree, a tomato plant, or a sunflower to all grow out of a little seed. It is the innate intelligence in each one of those plants that causes them to be what they become.
How does it work though?
Though innate intelligence is in every cell of your body, it has a central headquarters in your brain and spinal cord. The brain and spinal cord or the Central Nervous System (CNS) sends and receives signals from the nerves out in the body or the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). Your nervous system is the communication network for innate intelligence.
The nerves that are attached to each body part (including every organ, muscle, tissue and cell) need to properly relay their signals through the PNS all the way up to the innate intelligence headquarters contained in the CNS. That information pathway travels from the brain to the spinal cord, then out a small space between two vertebrae in the form of a nerve which takes the signal all the way to its destination. Imbalances in the spine can be the most common way that these signals are disrupted.
The reason why so many people are helped with peripheral problems like muscle tension and weakness, even digestive issues, or other seemly non-related conditions with Chiropractic Care, is because it removes the interference in the communication network from those body parts to and from the brain. Chiropractic frees up those signals of innate intelligence to flow from your brain to the body, thus allowing it to properly develop, heal, and restore function.
Chiropractic’s main function is in supporting your innate intelligence. Sure we help many people get out of headaches, neck and back pain, but that is a byproduct of an adaptable nervous system!
