All healing in the body is self-healing. Examples of self-healing are the repair of broken bones or cuts on the skin. No treatment of any kind can heal these tissues; only the healing forces within the body can heal damaged tissues. Other bodily tissues are no different in this respect.

Yet, self-healing requires a perfectly functioning nervous system free from stress and interference. One that can feed all bodily systems with a normal electro-chemical flow thus promoting optimal health.

Some spines will correct to a normal position with one spinal correction and stabilize virtually forever. Some correct to normal with one adjustment and require several more corrections before they will stabilize for weeks, months, or years. Sometimes the misalignments will only reduce initially, misalign again, and reduce more each time they are adjusted until they are corrected to normal, and stabilize. Having the spine corrected as few times as possible is optimum, recovery continues as long as the correction holds.

Once the spine has been misaligned (causing body imbalance) and later corrected, a weakness remains for the spine to potentially misalign again. The vertebral joints surrounding the brain stem are supported by the muscles of the neck and back. Fatigue of the spinal muscles from physical, emotional, or chemical stress can overload and allow the spine and the body to begin to give way towards the original misalignment. The muscles tighten to support the weakness. Within a few days, either the spinal muscles resist the fatigue and return the spine and body to normal, or the spine and body break down and body imbalance re-occurs. One of our goals is to educate the patient on the importance of them being able to tell if they are in balance or out of balance. The NUCCA upper cervical patient who is savvy to the changes before and after care will be able to tell the difference.

Physiological Changes