The purpose of chiropractic care is not the treatment of conditions or disease; rather, it is the restoration of normal body function. As chiropractors at Free Spirit, we work with the nervous system via gentle spinal adjustments. The goal is to reduce stress related interference to the nervous system, thereby enhancing overall body function. All the systems of the body — circulatory, digestive, eliminatory, hormonal, glandular, immunological, muscular, reproductive, respiratory, and skeletal — depend on the optimal function of the nervous system.
VITALISTIC APPROACH
Our conventional healthcare system is mechanistic in that it views the body broken down into its distinct mechanical parts and there’s a specialist responsible for caring for each individual system. A healing model based on vitalism, however, believes that the body is a dynamic, ever-changing organism, continuously changing and adapting to its needs and desires. Vitalism also assumes that there is an intelligence and order within the organism that is designed to heal the body, and every system in the body coordinates functions with each other system.
Chiropractic is designed on the concept of vitalism. It is believed that the body has an Innate Intelligence to healing, and dis-ease occurs when the body’s natural ability to adapt to life’s forces (stress, environmental toxins, traumatic events) is interrupted. The thing that disrupts this communication pathway is called a subluxation, which interferes with the normal function of the nervous system. By removing subluxations through a very safe, specific, and controlled force applied to a joint, the interference is released and the body’s nervous system is able to function fully and properly. In essence, with chiropractic, true healing is coming from within the body rather than from the chiropractic adjustment.
Conventional medicine is based on an outside-in approach where healing comes from something being added to the body, such as medicine or surgery, while chiropractic is based on an inside-out approach where healing occurs when the body’s own healing powers are unleashed.
nervous system focus
We live our entire life through our nervous system. Every movement, sensation, emotion, and organ function is under the guidance of the brain-body connection.
At Free Spirit Chiropractic, we use the INSiGHT scans to accurately report on the efficiency of your central nervous system. On your first visit, we get a baseline during of how your body is reacting to stressors. Then, we continually look deeper and monitor the ongoing stress on your nervous system every step of the way to a wellness lifestyle.
The INSiGHT scans are made up of the three most important spinal-neural tests: Heart Rate Variability, Surface EMG, and Thermal - which work together to tell us how stress is impacting your overall health and well-being.
Heart Rate Variability: measures how well you are adapting to life stressors.
Surface EMG: measures how much energy is needed to maintain your health and how it distributed throughout the muscles and body.
Thermal: measures differences in temperatures along the spine, which is an accurate indicator as to where stress is building up and how deeply it affects nervous system function.
All three INSiGHT scans work together to give a “snapshot” of how your body and nervous system are adapting and precisely detect where and how deep the problem is.