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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
The nervous system:
This is the body's vital electrical information transfer
network. In a living organism, organisation functions best if it can rely
on a nervous system that will instantaneously deliver information to the
parts that need it. By removing a form of interference in your nervous
system (subluxation), you enable this organisation to be improved, sharpening
its ability to meet the increasing challenges of today.
The nervous system is the body's most important organ. It is employed
for the purposeful transfer of information around the body. It allows
organisation of growth and development. It houses the mind, processes
the senses, enables action and reaction, and allows expression of personality
and purpose.
The nervous system allows awareness and enables a person
to be. Nerves arise in the brain, travel down the spinal cord where they
branch off through openings between your vertebrae, and connect to every
part of the body. This connection is vital. The brain sends mental impulses
to each of the body's more than 100 trillion cells, giving them direction
on how to function properly. At the same time, each part of the body is
sending the brain information concerning the body's internal and external
environment. These mental impulses are transmitted to and from the brain
by way of the nerves passing through the vertebrae of the spine.
The Brain:
Chiropractic affects the brain. Studies show that chiropractic
adjustments affect brain function and have whole body implications.
Proper
and adequate spinal neural interaction is necessary for proper and adequate
brain function. Chiropractic care improves brain efficacy and efficiency.
The
brain and the nervous system, like other parts of the body, pass through
a critical period of development from conception to around age two. Therefore
ongoing chiropractic care is critical for infants. It is also essential
for children because neural development continues until around the age
of ten.
Chiropractic
improves brain function. The body has a wonderful ability to self repair
and regenerate. This is a normal function of the body. The brain and spinal
cords of children especially have a huge capacity to repair due to the
presence of neural stem cells, cells which grow new nerve tissue repairing
damage and allowing neurological recovery. This fact would be especially
important for the parents of brain damaged children, vaccine damaged children,
and those children with developmental and/or behavioural problems (attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD, autism). This fact would also be
of interest to victims of stroke and neurological dis-ease like epilepsy
or multiple sclerosis. Chiropractic improves brain and nervous system
function, irrespective of diagnosis allowing the body to work better,
faster and improving vitality and quality of life.
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Brain Anatomy
The brain can be simply divided up into the brain stem, the cerebellum,
the limbic system, and the cerebrum.
Brain Stem
The brain stem is continuous with the top of the spinal cord. It contains
the vital centres controlling reflexes for breathing, along those for
cardiovascular, visceral and organ tone. These centres are described as
vital because they control functions essential for life. Each and every
adjustment fires off centres within the brain stem. This affects both
visceral and organ function and background muscle tone, -improving response.
Cerebellum
The cerebellum is that part of the brain at the back of the brain stem
and tucked under the cerebrum at the back. It was originally thought to
simply control only co-ordination of movement. Recently however, it has
been found to be responsible for one's ability to think and problem solve
as well as one's ability to be emotionally stable.
The cerebellum processes the information from the spine
regarding its mechanics, function, alignment and ability to move. This
is hugely important for chiropractic because input from chiropractic adjustments
go through the cerebellum and so everything affected by the cerebellum
is affected, in turn, by the spinal adjustment.
Limbic System
The limbic system is the portion of the nervous system responsible for
a state of well being and emotion. In mediating well being and emotion,
the limbic system effects autonomic, hormonal and behavioural functions.
The limbic system includes the amygdala, the hypothalamus,
and the dorsal roots of the spinal cord at each vertebral level. In this
regard a direct connection at every level of the spine to the limbic system
has been established. Consequently, the ability of the limbic system to
function and express itself without interference requires a subluxation
free spine.
Cerebrum
The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain. It is covered by a six-layer
cortex, which is unique to humans and is what essentially makes us human.
The cerebrum controls consciousness, intelligence, reasoning, memory,
personality and awareness. Cerebral function depends upon the quality
of the function and information from all other areas of the brain and
spinal cord.
Improved input leads to improved output. Chiropractic
adjustments improve the function of the spinal neural system. The result
is improved function of the brain stem, the cerebellum, the limbic system,
the cerebrum and the cortex.
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