The brain is the master control system for the whole body. It sends and receives a complicated frequency of signals from the body, which dictate the functions of the body. When there is interference in this neurological feedback loop, it alters the environment the brain perceives itself to be in. This ultimately changes the adaptation process the brain orchestrates throughout the body. Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to enhance the sensorimotor integration of the brain with the body. Consequently a visit to a good chiropractor can significantly boost this coordination between the brain and the body.

Many chiropractic experts like Crossgates chiropractic practitioners have hypothesized that increased stress cycles in the body generate the environment for lack of ease and eventually disease within the body.

Stress can come from a variety of sources in the mental and emotional form, chemical form and of course the physical realm. When the body is under increased stress it responds by increasing its sympathetic tone. This means that the body shunts itself into a “fight or flight” survival based mode by changing cardiovascular and endocrine function to get itself ready for dynamic activity.

A good chiropractor would tell you that increased sympathetic tone causes a release of stress hormones such as adrenalin, epinephrine and cortisol. This is the same response we have when we are anxious or exercising and is usually okay for a short period of time; nevertheless, when the stress lasts longer than expected it exhausts the body and causes a state of dis-ease to manifest itself

Chiropractic practitioners will also tell you that when the brain sends information to the organs, muscles and tissues of the body is called efferent neurological flow. In return the body sends afferent flow of information which includes all the messages sent to the brain from the skin, muscles, joints and organ receptors. A chiropractor will tell you that this afferent- efferent neurological loop is how the body is able to respond and adapt appropriately to its environment.

The ramifications of increased stress hormones in the body include; overworked adrenal glands, lowered immunity, decreased digestive functions, fatigue and blood pressure disturbances. Chiropractic care takes control over increased cortisol levels, which cause ligament laxity by stripping critical proteins from the tendon and ligaments structures, relieving joint weakness throughout the body including the spine and extremities, making them less vulnerable to injury. Additionally a chiropractor such as Slidell LA chiropractor would tell you increased long-term stress on the body greatly accelerates the degenerative processes of the spine and joints leading to osteoarthritis.

Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to normalize spinal afferent-efferent processes to their proper resting tone. A chiropractor’s adjustment can stop the stress response and reinstate normal hormonal and cardiovascular function to the body. Allowing the body to reset itself and begin healing the damage that was done in the body due to chronic stress cycles.

Chiropractic adjustments enhance sensorimotor integration, which is the body’s ability to sense where it and effectively coordinate complex movement patterns. A chiropractor like Chiropractor in Slidell LA will tell you that this improves function in both the brain and the body. Improved spatial intelligence translates into better physical and mental balance, coordination and mobility.





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