07/16/2025
WHAT IS A SUBLUXATION?
The Chiropractic definition is much different than the medical definition and is not the same thing.
The Chiropractic definition is when one of the five components that makes up the subluxation of Vertebral Subluxation Complex (VSC) is present.
That causes an interference to the normal functioning of the nervous system. If these interferences are left unattended it leads to dis-ease or disease.
Those components are nerve involvement, muscle involvement, inflammation, joint dysfunction, and development of scar tissue/ degeneration.
Unfortunately, clinical observation reveals that in 95% of the cases the VSC cannot be felt by the patient, so how you feel has little to do with if a subluxation is present or not. Chiropractors are trained to detect and correct subluxations. Elimination of them is the key.
Layers of damage develop over the years compromising your health. We like to call them the silent dangers because they often go unnoticed as a muscle ache “that just went away.”
But did it? Often not. The body just compensated without correcting the problem. You can turn off the fire alarm, but it doesn’t mean you put out the fire.
Subluxations can be caused by all the things we do in life. They can be from physical, emotional, or chemical stresses.
It may begin with birth traumas (delivery, forceps, suction, and C-section). It may be falling while learning to walk, not to mention all the trips, falls, and accidents along our way. Then there are the repetitive motions, bad postures, back packs, using iPhones, tablets, computers, etc.
Emotional stresses such as grief, anger, fear or depression to name a few. Or chemicals, like drugs (medical or recreational), alcohol, other toxins we come into contact with every day.
Environmental issues like pollution and poor diet and lack of exercise can also cause subluxation. No one can go through life and avoid them all.
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