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These 5 ideas emerge from our Wellness and Prevention Paradigm. They each explore different aspects of the age-old idea of nature vs nurture – how much are genes responsible compared with how much is the environment a cause? And by environment here – we’re talking both the actual environment us as humans (in which we … Read more

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Subluxation can increase stress hormone levels, contributing to chronic illness. One main effect of subluxation is a change to the ratio of nerve signals that get to the brain to be processed and acted upon – specifically an increase in the body ‘stress’ signals that tell the brain of actual or possible harm. The most … Read more

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There is a clear relationship between Vertebral Subluxation Complex (Subluxation for short), sedentary living, negative body thoughts, somatoneurophysiology™, and less-than-ideal levels of health, or increased levels of illness. Somatoneurophysiology™ Somatoneurophysiology™ is a term coined to show the clear relationship between somato- (the body wall or body ‘structure’) neuro- (the nerve feedback messages from theses structures … Read more

Dentistry as model for preventative healthcare - comparison to chiropractic

Why is subluxation pandemic in industrialised (‘western’) societies? “Sitting is to the spine, as sugar is to the teeth” – Dr James Chestnut Many people never see a chiropractor, and often those that do come only as after trying everything else, and usually because they want help with a pain or a symptom. What most … Read more

Energy flowing through lightbulb - metaphor for chiropractic

If you are more engaged by a more esoteric or ‘energetic’ explanation of this world, you will likely appreciate the following article. The chiropractic subluxation can be described in many ways; this one has more esoteric overtones: While chiropractic subluxation can be described in very mechanical terms, the meaning of the concept or model of … Read more

Once we understand my definitions of Health and Sickness, it follows that healthcare can be defined as ANY approach or intervention aimed at helping a state of sickness move toward wellness by improving cellular function. Any intervention that identifies cells which are not operating at 10/10 function – and then works toward removing, reducing or … Read more

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If you understand and accept my definition of Health based on the balanced function of all the body’s cells, then the way we define sickness (in terms of cell function) becomes a simple idea. My definition of SICKNESS states that anything LESS than 100% perfect health…anything less than 10/10 on the health scale…is sickness. This … Read more

What Are They?? Vertebral Subluxation Complex (VSC) –  or ‘subluxation’ for short is what Chiropractors call the areas of interference to your nervous system that we locate within your body (most often, but not exclusively in your spine); these areas of interference alter or reduce the communication quality between the cells of your body and … Read more

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