Chiropractic's focus is to unleash the body's INBORN potential to heal ITSELF by ensuring that there is no interference between the brain and the spinal cord.
ALL healing comes from the brain's ability to communicate properly with the body.
For instance, when you have a fever, your brain sends a signal through the spinal cord, to the nerves, and then out to each and every single cell in your body, to raise your internal temperature. This creates an environment in which bacteria/viruses are unable to live.
Health comes from WITHIN the body, not from the outside.
However, misalignment of the spine (called SUBLUXATIONS) get in the way of your brain sending those proper signals to the body. Whether it be your stomach creating too much acid when you eat (resulting in heartburn) or nerve pressure sending shooting pains down your leg, we can remove that "interference" with precision, repairing that communication and restoring motion.
We pride ourselves on being the ONLY clinic in WNY that offers specific, hands-on adjustments utilizing the Gonstead system.
So what's GONSTEAD and why is it so different?
It is a technique that is custom tailored to each and every patient, on each and every visit.
In our analysis, we first examine x-rays of the spine. To adjust without an x-ray is like trying to fix a car without looking under the hood. An x-ray clearly depicts how each joint sits on each disc. Therefore, we can determine how to align the bone back over the disc properly.
Then we use a proven, reliable apparatus to check the temperature differentials of the spine in order to locate where there is pressure in the nervous system. (When there is pressure on a nerve, it becomes inflamed or swollen, and that area will have increased temperature.)
And lastly, we inspect each joint by hand, feeling for said inflammation or swelling, to indicate the specific misalignment that needs correcting.
Gonstead allows us to know EXACTLY where, when and how to adjust. But perhaps most importantly, it also lets us know when to STOP adjusting: We don't want to overstimulate the nervous system, we want it to achieve balance, the way it was meant to.
We at Honest Chiropractic understand that everyone heals at a different rate, and we never want to provide too much or too little care. We thrive at taking a scientific approach to working with the nervous system in an, honest, focused and detail-oriented fashion... Because everyone deserves to live life at their highest potential.
