Can Chiropractic Relieve Pain?

This is my response to the question of whether or not chiropractic can relieve pain, with or without the aid of drugs.

In order to address the question, let me start by saying; yes, chiropractic care will benefit your body by allowing your body to function better. If your body functions better, your body will better handle whatever situation comes your way. Note, I said chiropractic will help your body. Your pains may go away and they may not. Either way, your body is better off under chiropractic care than not.

You must understand that chiropractic is based on the premise that the body is a self-striving entity that strives for balance. In other words, your body is always doing the best it can under the circumstances provided, whether you want it or understand it. It just makes sense to provide your body with better circumstances no matter what.

Regarding the pain; ask yourself, “Who put the pains there?” The correct answer is; “Your body put the pains there as a result of the circumstance you have provided, for example, carrying a tv up from the basement. Improving the circumstance makes more sense than addressing the pain. The pain is your body making you aware that something is happening. Chiropractic contributes to your circumstances by removing interferences in the nerve system called vertebral subluxations which will allow your body to heal better. Time will tell when the pain will go away.

Regarding drugs for the purpose of eliminating pain, since the chiropractic objective is to increase function and drugs are designed to alter function, drugs are outside the scope of chiropractic.

Understanding that all body parts are controlled by the brain, and the body is dependent on the brain’s messages reaching all the body parts without interference, it behooves us to keep our spines free from the interferences called subluxations. This allows our body to do what it already knows how to do; strive to express health. The body needs no help in healing, what it needs is no interference in that process.

I hope this open up a thought process for you to help make decisions about your health and healing as opposed to addressing only sickness.