SOUTH SHORE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC
Monthly News - May 2006

COMMUNICATION
Have you ever wondered what keeps some married couples together for decades?  Possibly the most important factor to a lasting relationship is communication. If a couple does not communicate well, their lives and relationships are going to be challenged.  The success or failure of any sports team is largely due to its ability to communicate. 

In baseball for example, teams have developed their own type of sign language for communicating the manager’s instructions to the players.  Imagine if the quarterback for your favorite football team were to give his teammates the silent treatment in the huddle. How would any of the players know where to lineup, which routes to run, which direction to block, who the ball was going to go to or even what the snap count would be? 

This lack of communication would obviously reduce the chances of this team winning or even performing at its best.  Obviously, communication is important in our relationships with others, both on the field and off.  But there is more, communication is also an important factor in the quality of our health.  For your body to reach optimal physical and mental harmony “health”, you must have good communication throughout your nerve system. 

For your internal environment to function properly, your brain and body need to “talk” to each other via signals sent over the nerves in your body.  Much like failure to communicate with a friend or your spouse can cause disorder in your relationship, failed signals between your brain and body leads to disorder in your body. One type of nerve interference is vertebral subluxation. 

Vertebral subluxation is the name given to a spinal bone that is misaligned and interfering with the nerve system.  Chiropractors assist your body in correcting vertebral subluxations, thus restoring the communication between your brain and your body.  Who do you know who is not having their spine checked regularly for vertebral subluxation?

-Dr. Bill