What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a healing art which sole purpose is assisting individuals in gaining greater clarity in their mind, body, and life. 

Chiropractic is a science, philosophy, and art.  It is from these three that its effectiveness arises.  Philosophy is what grounds the work and gives it its meaning.  It allows us to choose what we will use as signposts for the science.  The science of chiropractic is only as valuable as its philosophical basis yet it sets out to verify the very truth from which its philosophy stems.  Finally chiropractic is an art, the form of which is distinct to each practioner. Just as every artist expresses themselves uniquely through their work so does each chiropractor through their various technique and approach.  Each art form is unique and differs in expression as the practioners themselves.

Chiropractic is a health care discipline that emphasizes the inherent recuperative power of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery.

The focus of chiropractic care centers on restoring mental, emotional, and physical well-being to optimize human potential. This is achieved through the delivery of the chiropractic adjustment with the intent of clearing nervous system patterns and electro-magnetic fields of imbalances that are the result of traumas in all their varied forms.  The role of chiropractic is one of restoring balance in the human body in order that the inherent-intelligence-within may function without interference.

There is a state that persists long before symptoms become manifest and disease occurs.  It is in this state before signs and symptoms appear in the body that there is a lack of ease.  This lack of ease or “DIS-ease” is the state of the body in which things are not functioning at their highest level.  In this state a level of communication has been lost between the brain, spinal cord, and cellular tissues.  It is this condition of DIS-ease that chiropractic facilitates to free up interference within the body and allow integration of the body-mind to ensue.

Subluxation is the term used to denote such interference and describe the state of the individual in which energetic flow is not at its optimal performance.  When broken down to its meaning it means less-light-expression.  Light being the quality of kinetic energy and a result of particles in motion.  We can thus say that motion is life and what is set in motion stays in motion.  Once vital life force energy is released the healing intelligence of the body is unleashed.

There is an inner intelligence within the body which coordinates, communicates, and heals all facets of the body.  It is this inner intelligence that heals a cut, orchestrates the release of millions of hormones, sustains a beating heart, and restores cellular damage all in perfect harmony.  This intelligence is with us from birth to death and it is this reason that we refer to it as Innate.  Innate intelligence is what allows the body to be in balance and in a state of homeostasis with the external and internal environments.

 

What is BGI?

(excerpt from Sue Brown D.C.)
Bio-Geometric Integration (BGI) is a conceptual understanding which enhances the chiropractor's knowledge of the human body.  BGI provides an understanding of the innate geometry of the body and force dynamics surrounding the creation and release of subluxations. Through understanding the innate geometry of the body, the chiropractor is able to more effectively and gently release the subluxation and assess the effectiveness of the adjustment.  The geometric understanding of the body also serves to bridge the gap between the many techniques of chiropractic by providing a common language and understanding from which to converse.

In life, each moment we are bombarded with input.  This input comes in many forms ranging from all we see, hear, smell, taste and touch to accidents, arguments, and weddings.  As varied as all these experiences or stressors are, the one consistent aspect is that they are all energetic in nature.  Our senses perceive the energy of the experience and then our system interprets it and changes it from frequencies and tones to words we understand, objects we recognize and impacts we feel.

Our senses perceive a particular energy, with a particular frequency or tone.  The tone of the energy determines the information carried by the experience.  The information processing systems of the body then interpret the tones and initiate the appropriate response and the energy of the experience is utilized in the body. This energy utilization and tone interpretation suggests that there is an integration of this energy and tone (information) into the system. To integrate is to make whole or unify by bringing together parts. So when an experience is integrated, essentially what happens is the tone of the energy becomes part of us.

Quantum physics has shown that we are but a multitude of synchronized/organized frequencies. In other words, we are a musical symphony physically manifested and walking around on earth. When we integrate an experience of life we’ve simply added another note to the music that we are, increasing the complexity of our music ever so slightly. Our structure is determined by our music. If the music changes, the structure changes. Thus if we increase the complexity of the music by integrating a new tone (experience) we increase the complexity of our structure. This, to me, is what evolution is, simply the integration by living systems of frequency upon frequency over billions of years. Viewing the experiences of life in this way opens the door to see every experience, no matter what it is, as an opportunity to learn, grow and evolve.

So what if the experience (tone) doesn’t integrate? If the system can’t integrate the experience then, instead of the new tone becoming part of the integrated whole, it is stored in the body. The system perceives it as a foreign, dissonant tone. It’s like the experience of someone yelling and screaming at you and you don’t know why. You can’t integrate the experience because it is too big and beyond comprehension. Therefore long after it is over you keep playing it repeatedly. The more you think about it, the more uncomfortable you get. And years later you see this person who verbally assaulted you and you get agitated, nervous and defensive.

These unintegrated tones create dis-ease in the body and the dissonance of the tone distorts the body’s natural geometric structure and alignment. This is the subluxation, an unintegrated energetic experience which distorts the music (and geometry) and interferes with our innate expression. This is what causes tight muscles, misaligned vertebrae and the tension on the nerve system. There is the bad news! The good news is that it’s all just stored energy which gives us a second chance. The subluxation contains the information of the experience. If the body didn’t store the experience in the form of a subluxation, then the possible learning contained in each experience would be lost. All those overwhelming experiences would wreak havoc and then be lost forever with no possibility to learn, grow and evolve. In storing the unintegrated experiences, the body keeps the potential of every experience.

In BGI, the chiropractic adjustment releases that potential energy giving the system a second chance to integrate the energy and information of the original experience, thus providing the opportunity to grow, learn, evolve and heal.

Chiropractic for all ages.

Chiropractic care exists so that everyone can function at the highest level possible, be at their top performance, and strive for optimal health.  It is these reasons that the Café of Life offers care for the entire family.  Adults as well as children and infants benefit from a free and clear nervous system.  In today’s world children amass a vast array of falls, emotional events, and environmental exposures that can lead to interference within the body.  Some children and infants may be still carrying trauma from birth which can impair cognitive function and proper physical development.  Having a clear nervous system helps them to adapt to external stresses and promotes strong internal resistance which helps boost immunological functions and promotes a greater sense of wellbeing.