Most of us have experienced that sensation when we first stand up or get out of our car that our muscles are resentful of our effort to move them. We chalk up these aches to the combination of long periods of immobility or the effect of our getting older. Certainly each of these contributes to the feeling of discomfort we occasionally experience, but neglecting these warnings is unwise. A quick visit to a Chiropractic clinic could do away with these sensations and let us feel refreshed again.

When we are young, we take only as much care of physical needs as is necessary, as we are largely focused on the excitement of learning and experiencing life. Our body is resilient and for the most part takes care of itself with little conscious effort on our part. Certainly extremes like very long airplane rides can cause us to feel stiff and uncomfortable, but we can shake it off pretty easily without help or interference from outside sources.

When we do get something that makes us feel sick, the normal reaction is to visit a doctor who will examine us and decide what is causing our problem, and give us something to eradicate it. If it something more serious, he may even decide we need to have something physically excised to make us well again. Both of these approaches are intrusive to our internal environment, and require that we recover from this as well as the original complaint.

This approach has seen many advances and techniques developed to help us. The century old discipline of Chiropractic takes a different tack on the approach to helping facilitate our return to wellness. Instead of seeking a foreign influence on our physical body, the focus is on bolstering our natural ability to take care of the situation ourselves. This approach has been in use since mankind has been able to identify the condition of ill health.

All disciplines dealing with health recognize the expansive ability we have to keep ourselves healthy despite an onslaught of potentially serious attacks on our health. From viruses and bacteria to cancer, we have a complex internal response system to fight on our behalf, and we do not have to do anything special to get it to work for us. A chiropractor uses this knowledge of our innate capability to heal ourselves in the effort to help us be well.

The concept of innate intelligence defines the natural means of organisms to tend towards a state of wellness. This is the idea that left without interference, our systems will cleanse themselves of impurity and eradicate attacking elements in the course of their natural functions. When we experience sickness we should recognize it as a sign that there is something wrong with our normal systemic function.

Since the nervous system is housed largely in the spinal column, the alignment of the complex series of vertebrae has a significant impact on the spinal chord. This is a likely source of any difficulty we might be encountering. Frequently most of our aches and pains can be ameliorated simply by adjusting the alignment of the bones in our back, or through the manipulation of muscle fibers to release pent up chemical byproducts amassed during our daily activity.

When we first consider the idea of going to a chiropractic clinic, it is usually either because we have a serious malady and a friend recommends one from their own experience, or the thought comes to us after regular medical care has been insufficient. It is a shame we do not make such a visit a natural part of our health regimen, because regular examination too ensure the spine is properly aligned can eliminate a lot of problems before they even begin.