The most difficult part of the NeuroStrucutral cases we accept in our office is not whether we can make a single correction. It is whether the body has the ability to hold and stabilize that correction in order to make a long-term sustainable solution.

Patients usually come in with structural and physiological baggage from having a Structural Shift that has been left uncorrected for a long period of time. This makes it harder for patients to HOLD their adjustments.

Most commonly, we see Secondary Conditions such as disc degeneration, spinal arthritis, headaches, neuropathy, and muscle pain as a result of unchecked and uncorrected Structural Shifts in the spine.

This is exactly why we check children in our office for underlying Structural Shifts.

Most children have very little baggage and can have easier corrections then adults who have a history of degeneration and detrimental muscle memory.

Children that get checked avoid most of the Secondary Conditions that afflict our adult patients

AND

They need FEWER adjustments and hold their corrections for LONGER periods of time.

Our specific correction is tailored to each patient – adult or child – and as a result is safe and effective.

The most common signs for children with a Structural Shift are digestive issues (constipation/diarrhea/reflux), difficulty concentrating, and headaches.

As Benjamin Franklin once said, “An ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure.”

Fall has arrived and with the cooler temperatures, many people have been asking us about ways they can avoid the usual aches, pains, and ailments that usually accompany the shift in weather.  In our daily lives we are bombarded by a lot of information about the best methods to keep our kids healthy at school, fight off a cold or cough, or avoid getting the flu.  Were we supposed to feed that fever or starve it?!  How do we know if our body is working as hard as it can to stay healthy?

Bolstering immune function is important to everyone – from infant to elderly, everyone benefits from an immune system that is running optimally.  At Precision Chiropractic, we receive calls all the time from parents and patients asking if they should reschedule their appointment because they have the sniffles or a tickle in their throat.  Our answer is always the same – if you’re able to make it in to get checked, then you should.

This may seem counter-intuitive, but allow me to explain.  Since our focus is on NeuroStructural Corrective chiropractic care, our goal is not just placing a Band-Aid over a bigger problem – it’s to make a lasting correction to an underlying Structural Shift of the spine.  Oftentimes, this Structural Shift is responsible for creating secondary conditions, or symptoms, including feeling run down or getting sick more often than those around you.

In order for the immune system to work at its highest capacity, the nervous system must also be free to work at its highest capacity, since the nervous system governs the function of all the other systems of the body.  Because we perform a specific NeuroStructural analysis on each and every visit, we are able to know without any doubt if a Structural Shift, or Subluxation, is preventing your nervous system from working at its best.  If YOU were feeling under the weather, wouldn’t you like to KNOW that your immune system was fighting as hard as it possibly could to get you back to normal?

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Structure and Function

Conventional chiropractors are well known for their goals of decreasing muscles spasm, increasing range of motion, and temporarily relieving pain through spinal manipulations. The focus of a conventional chiropractic approach is mainly structural. However, the NeuroStructural care at Precision Chiropractic also addresses the function of the body with specific NeuroStructural Corrections.

If you ask any engineer or architect they will tell you that structure determines function. It’s no different in the human body – our hands are designed with opposable thumbs for grasping objects, our teeth have different designs based upon where in the mouth they are located to perform different jobs like tearing or grinding of food, and even on a cellular level, the shape of our individual proteins determines if they will function as a transporter of molecules, control growth, or even transmit nerve impulses.

 

When does care end?

As a Chiropractor I meet a lot of people in the community with the question, “ If I go to a Chiropractor, do I have to go for the rest of my life?”

This is a very good question and most CONVENTIONAL chiropractors would say yes.Lifetime care is suggested in maintaining a healthy spine.

In the modern age of medicine we have more options for treatments than ever before in human history. But do more options lead to better choices? From general physicians to specialists you can find anything you want as a consumer.  Conventional chiropractors also play a role in this modern medical landscape by offering temporary relief for neck and back aches.  But who is offering the option of prudence? The saying “less is more” might be truer than ever before in a world where there are more medications, more surgeries, more interventions, more adjustments.  Is there a time and place for medications, surgeries, and other types of interventions?  Yes, of course, but the important point is knowing when and where.

At Precision Chiropractic, our goal is to identify and stabilize the underlying shift in the spine. Instead of adjusting 4-5 different vertebrae on every visit, our diagnostic tools allow us to identify the specific vertebrae that need to be adjusted. More importantly, the same tools allow us to know when a vertebra is still in place and when an adjustment is NOT necessary.  If the bone were in the correct position, an adjustment would be worst thing that could happen.  Is the goal to get as many adjustments as possible? Or is it to have the underlying shift corrected AND stabilized?  Does your wound heal quicker if you pick at your scab?

My advice? Leave well enough alone.

Farm-To-Table, It’s A Lifestyle

By Sam Forbes

 

Over the years we’ve seen many food fads, diets, and heath trends whose objective is rarely on actual healthy living and more on trimming the fat quickly.  Finally there is a movement sweeping our nation whose focus is on a healthy lifestyle.  It’s called farm-to-table, also referred to as farm-to-market or farm-to-fork.

 

Farm-to-table’s focus is on just that: food coming from local farms, gardens, and farmers directly to our table.  While conventional produce is often harvested green, coated in wax, and shipped from all over the world to sit in a warehouse for weeks before it reaches the shelves of the grocery store, farm-to-table fruits and vegetables are actually picked fresh from a local source at the peak of ripeness.  The benefits of eating local produce go beyond freshness, though. Some foods lose nutrients during shipping, so buying produce directly from a local source ensures the greatest nutritional value.  Buying local produce also allows you to become acquainted with the growing practices of each local farm, ensuring that your food is organically grown, without chemical pesticides, and is GMO-free (not genetically modified).  Farm-to-table stimulates the local economy by keeping your food dollars within the community, and decreases your environmental impact because food doesn’t have to travel as far to reach your table.

 

At The Savory Market, farm-to-table is our way of life.  We are delighted to offer a variety of local produce, supplied by farmers around the state and as close as within Nassau County.  In keeping with the growing season here, our selection may vary, but you can always expect fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables.  Stop by our store to see what’s new from our farmers today!  We are located at 474380 E SR 200, Fernandina Beach, FL, and are open Tuesday-Saturday from 9 am-6 pm.

Condition Spotlight: Hypertension

It is estimated by the Center of Disease Control that Hypertension cost the United States $47.5 billion yearly in health care services. The CDC also estimates that one third of Americans have high blood pressure and another one third of Americans have pre-hypertension.  So if you do the math the majority of Americans have or will have hypertension.  The most common method of controlling hypertension is via chemical means or medication. It is estimated that 7 in 10 U.S. adults that have hypertension use medication to treat the condition.  Medications are especially usefully for emergency situations where immediate care is necessary. However, a recent study done by the Cochrane Collaboration Hypertension group, indicate that long term use of medication failed to show long term benefits for patients.

This makes sense IF your hypertension is caused by an obstruction to your autonomic nervous system.  A medication can temporarily affect blood pressure but it cannot undo a physical obstruction to the autonomic nervous system. The autonomic nervous system does many things in your body particularly the functions that happen “automatically” including your blood pressure.  For some people that have hypertension, the problem isn’t hypertension itself but a poorly functioning autonomic nervous system.
At Precision Chiropractic, we focus on the relationship between your spine and nervous system, and how its effects how you live, work, and play. We look for abnormal shifts in the spine that can cause obstruction to your nervous system, once we find those abnormal shifts; we correct and stabilize those shifts so that our patients can have a sustainable long term solution to their health conditions including hypertension. If you are interested in finding out if your hypertension might be a secondary condition to an abnormal shift in your spine give us a call at 904.310.0064 or visit our website at www.precisionchirofl.com

The number one stress on your body is not traffic, family or your job. Most people don’t recognize this stress because it is constant, beginning with our first breath outside the womb. Without this stress our bodies would be weak, our bones brittle. You probably have guessed that the stress that I am talking about is gravity. Astronauts that return from space have a seven to ten day recovery period because of their time in zero gravity. In just that short amount of time without gravity, astronauts lose calcium from their bones and mass from their muscles and equilibrium. All of this to say, without stress our bodies would be weak. Stress is not our enemy and in most cases stress even makes us stronger. Let’s use running as an example. The physical stress from running forces the heart to work harder. Your body, through a process called anastomosis, responds by creating more blood vessels around the heart so that it can be supplied with more oxygen. Without the stress from the cardiovascular workout there would be no need for a more complex network of blood vessels around the heart. So which heart is healthier? Is it the one with more oxygen supply or the one with fewer blood vessels? When our body is functioning properly it can meet the demands placed upon it. It would make sense then to focus on not stress itself but our body’s ability to adapt to stress.

What can we do to help our body adapt to stress?

1. Get a good night’s rest. ( Allows your body to recharge)

2. Eat nutritious foods. (Gives your body needed building blocks to recover from stress)

3. Drink lots of water. (It is the key component in many of our bodily functions)

4. Make sure your nervous system is functioning properly.

At Precision Chiropractic, we focus on the relationship between the spine and the nervous system. When there is an abnormal shift in the spine it can cause an obstruction to the nervous system. For your body to adapt to stress properly, the nervous system must be able to organize the body to respond properly to the demands put upon it.

By keeping the nervous system healthy, you don’t need to be stressed about stress.