Millions of Americans have found relief from pain, but also a pathway to health and wellness through chiropractic. Chiropractic care is a natural, drug-free approach to healthcare.

Your spinal column consists of 24 independent vertebrae. Your body moves, twists, and bends with the aid of a healthy spinal column. In addition, your spinal column encases and protects the delicate central nervous system that controls and coordinates every muscle, tissue and organ of the body. This is why we believe a properly functioning spine is the first step to achieving an active lifestyle.

When two or more vertebrae aren’t functioning together properly, chiropractors refer to this as a subluxation or a misalignment. These subluxations are actually joint dysfunctions that can cause you to experience pain, discomfort, decreased mobility, or many other symptoms and conditions. Joint dysfunctions often go unnoticed and can lead to miscommunication between your brain and your body.

This dysfunction and miscommunication may eventually lead to symptoms in other parts of the body as well. Such pain symptoms are your body’s only way of letting you know something is wrong. Unfortunately, the absence of pain is not an indication of health. By the time pain and symptoms appear, your health problem may have been present for months, even years. Through chiropratic care, you can help prevent these types of symptoms and conditions, and take back control of your healthy lifestyle.

The research about chiropractic care is growing. According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, recent studies show that spinal manipulative therapy performed by a chiropractor, along with exercise, relieves neck pain more effectively than medication. Furthermore, the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics reported that an integrated approach to health care — including chiropractic care — results in a 51.8 percent reduction in pharmaceutical costs and 43 percent fewer hospital admissions.