Causes of Subluxations

At my Chiropractic office in Plantation, many patients often ask how do I get subluxations?

Sometimes a bad day at the office is all it takes to interfere with your nervous system.

Not only must your spine help you stand erect, it must allow you to move while allowing the vital nerve communications between your brain and your body. Your spinal cord and nerve roots are the most vulnerable part of your nervous system. That’s why we’re so interested in your spine. If your spine isn’t working right, your nervous system probably isn’t either—even if you feel great and don’t have any outwardly noticeable symptoms!

There are many causes of spinal subluxations, which fall into three broad categories. Here are some of the causes our patients have mentioned:

Physical

Being born
Learning to walk
Raking leaves
Shoveling dirt
Car accidents
Getting into your car
Sitting on your wallet
Hotel beds
Contact sports
High heeled shoes
Sweeping the garage
A bad pillow
Mental

Getting bad news
Tomorrow’s deadline
Stress
Feeling rushed
Job interview
Frustration
The holidays
Paying the bills
Being late
Your mother-in-law
Funerals
A speeding ticket
Chemical

Drugs
Muscle relaxers
Alcohol
Pain pills
Cigarette smoke
Paint fumes
Sleeping pills
Preservatives
Allergic reactions
Too much coffee
Anesthesia

One or more of these may be a cause of the headaches and neck pain you've been suffering with for months now! A car accident or sports injury are obvious causes of subluxations - but sometimes it just takes a bad day at work.

If you are interested in having your spine checked for Subluxations, please call my Chiropractic office in Plantation office at 954-693-7601.

Pain Is Not The Problem

Many people begin chiropractic care because of an ache or a pain. Pain can be distracting, debilitating, irritating or annoying. Pain can be chronic, acute, intense or intermittent. Pain can be sharp or dull. And pain can be localized or general.

Pain may be a pain, but pain is not the problem!

Pain is a symptom. A signal. A sign. An indicator. A warning. Pain is no more a problem than a traffic light or your alarm clock jarring you awake.

If there's a problem, it's the meaning we attach to the pain.

When we meet patients who are in pain, our first thought is that they must have exceeded some physical, chemical or emotional limit to which they can no longer adapt. So, while we're interested in the pain, we're even more interested in what was the underlying cause of the pain. Did it just happen? Has it been present a long time? What circumstances brought it on? Plus, what change(s) should be made to avoid this in the future?

Do you know someone who lives in the Plantation area and thinks pain is a problem? Please send them our way. Because in our Chiropractic office in Plantation, pain is never a problem!