There are many methods of correcting misaligned spinal vertebrae that block the nervous system. All have their happy followers. The Grostic method for the upper cervicals was developed in Ann Arbor, Michigan with the assistance of engineers from the University of Michigan. Its philosophy contends that the more accurately and completely the top cervical vertebra is realigned, the more bony interference will be removed from the brain stem area. Then as a result of more nerve tracts being released, more remote areas throughout the body will be affected.
The system was developed to accurately ascertain the point of dead center for the top vertebra in relation to the skull. The method was so consistent and reliable, that doctors all over the country were able to use one another's calculations on a case. With the perfect centering equipment, a doctor could reposition his patient for follow-up films precisely the same way each time, and reach exacting comparisons for the effectiveness of his adjustments.
This precision ability made three things possible:
1. By taking a comparative film, the doctor could confidently know that his cervical adjustments were in fact moving the segment towards center.
2. He had a measuring method by which to judge if any other techniques he might know, corrected this spinal mis-alignment as well as the Grostic adjustment.
3. Such accuracy made it possible for him to very effectively release nerves. (And this meant all the nerves, not just the ones causing the patient's sore back complaint. Nerves to all areas of the body could and would now be released.)
The chiropractic claim is that if the controlling intelligence of the brain can be kept in free-flowing communication with each remote part, then every organ or tissue, wherever it is, will have its best chances of performing in a healthy, appropriate manner. The blood circulation to each part for food and waste exchange, must also be kept open. The central coordinating intelligence sees to this by sending its messages over the nerves to the artery beds supplying each tissue. In turn, every single tissue thus properly wired, and with its blood flow fully regulated by the brain, has its best chances to be strong and resist disease.
The Grostic chiropractor dedicates his professional career to teaching the profound idea of the body healing itself from within, and practicing an approach consistent with such a teaching. This approach says the only reason for adjusting a vertebra must be for the sole purpose of removing interference to the nerves! He does not want to treat your disease particularly, or your "catch" in the back. He wants to establish in your being, the complete freedom of your inner intelligent force, to flow and manifest itself to its greatest potential for you. (This would not only help your catch, but introduce you to a complete system of natural and overall health care.)
It follows that the chiropractor should use various instruments and tests to determine if every bit of knowable interference or blockage to nerves has been removed. These tests would be done each time before the patient leaves the office. (Presumably the doctor would not consider him/herself even finished on a given visit until all nerve interference proved gone.) Judgment would not be made on an improvement in "pain", as normally with most nerve interference, there is no pain at all as a convenient warning.
The original chiropractic was based on the principal of nervous system release to restore the complete flow of the intelligence that runs the body, not simply pain treatment. Obviously having interference to any and all nerve pathways removed each visit, would allow the Grostic chiropractor to produce ramifications throughout the body for any areas that were sick, not just the pain spot that motivated the office visit. Pain relief is probably the least important aspect of this work, (general health being far more important) even though its precision accuracy generally makes pain more likely to go away and faster!
Patients come to the office first for pain relief, then for a short intensive series to have the misaligned segments corrected and their ligaments trained to hold them in place. The checking instruments are very important for determining the days when the patient can eventually come into the office checking "clear" (without nerve interference). It is highly important to leave the spine alone if no interference is present! Working on an area when it is not blocking nerves could both re-block some, and tend to keep the segments loose, rather than reach stability in their corrected positions. Reaching clear days is actually the goal. The chiropractor is trying to train the ligaments and muscles to hold the segments in the corrected position for months or more at a time! His purpose of total nerve-release is profound! Chiropractic is not some continual loosening-up treatment to make you feel nice for awhile.
Grostic accuracy providing freedom for a greater number of nerve pathways, allows our practitioners an edge in allowing the body to heal certain recalcitrant cases. Secondly, accuracy in correction makes permanent stability a much more likely possibility.
In the Grostic atlas adjustment, a corrective force is applied to the side of the top vertebra in precisely the right direction. This direction has been calculated to be the very path or channel the segment followed when it was originally jarred out of position. Because of this, the adjustment is unbelievably gentle! Further, because such accuracy meets with no resistance by the body, there is no binding of the articulations, so a forceful "snap" is not required.
Most Grostic cervical specialists also have the training and facilities for working on the entire spine. They will tell you, however, that they and their patients have found that when the upper cervical area is corrected, the healing power of the body takes over, and because of this, what were previously unattainable corrections in both the lower back and many other areas of the body begin healing from within.
Consider Grostic chiropractic. It may solve your health problem and give you long life.
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