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Why Chiropractic
 Your
spinal column is made up of 24 vertebrae: seven in your neck (cervical
spine), 12 in your midback (thoracic spine) and five in your lower
back (lumbar spine). Your spinal cord, made up of billions
of nerves, lies inside your spinal column, protected on all sides
by bone. Nerves branch through openings between your vertebrae
and connect to your internal organs, muscles, joints, ligaments,
tendons, and other body parts. This connection is vital for
good health.
The vertebral subluxation complex, an often painless spinal distortion,
can irritate or damage your spinal nerves, interfere with your brain-body
connection and affect your spine, nerves, discs, muscles, organs
and overall health. Doctors of chiropractic specialize in
the detection and correction of the vertebral subluxation complex
- restoring the lines of communication within your body and improving
your overall body function, healing potential and well-being.
(Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, Vol. 16, No. 1,
January, 1993, pp. 43-46)
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