Orthospinology
Introduction
Orthospinology is a natural health care system that creates more optimum body function by restoring body balance. A specialty within the Chiropractic field, the Orthospinology procedure is a painless spinal correction, which restores body balance and reactivates the body's natural healing ability.
The Importance of Body Balance
Roger Sperry, Ph.D. discovered that 90% of the brain's activity is used to balance your body within the gravitational field of earth. If your body is mechanically distorted, it will affect the other 10% of the brain's activity, which controls all the other body functions such as breathing, digestion and cognition.
If the body framework (bone structure and spine) is in an off-balanced or misaligned position it can impede or block the electrical and chemical transmissions of the nervous system, which controls all of your body's functions. This interference to the nervous system can cause or contribute to all kinds of symptoms and illnesses (in other words, the feeling that "I am hurting or I am sick").
Published research studies indicate that when body balance is restored, the body enters a healing cycle that alleviates pain and symptoms, elevates the immune system, increases blood and oxygen circulation, normalizes nervous system communication and creates more optimum body performance ("I feel good again").
Orthospinology Restores Body Balance
The Orthospinology spinal correction is a precisely calculated adjustment (correction) of the bone structure of the head and neck. The correction is designed to remove interference from around the brain stem. The brain stem is where the brain and spinal cord meet at the top of your neck. This area of the nervous system controls your body's automatic functions, such as breathing, blood circulation, digestion and elimination, sexual activity and posture. If the bone structure around the brain stem is misaligned and compressing that area, it creates postural distortion (body imbalance) and can negatively affect physical, emotional and mental performance.
The Orthospinology spinal correction balances the bone structure of the head and neck, removing interference around the brain stem, restoring body balance, relieving pain and symptoms and reactivating the body's natural healing ability.
Determining Body Balance
Body imbalance or postural distortion is determined by bilateral body weight difference, leg length disparity, visual inspection and improper biomechanics.
In a prone or supine position, leg lengths may differ as much as one inch. Postural measurement can reveal head tilt, low shoulder, pelvic distortion or improper spinal curvatures. Restricted neck movement or other decreased joint ranges of motion reveals improper body biomechanics.
Calculating Orthospinology Spinal Correction
Precise X-ray analysis, using physics and mechanics, is used to calculate a patient-specific formula for each spinal correction. Then the Orthospinology spinal correction is utilized to re-align the bone structure of the head and neck, removing brain stem compression and restoring body balance.
After the spinal correction, a post X-ray analysis is performed to determine the degree of success. The Orthospinology X-ray system minimizes patient X-ray exposure. After the initial spinal correction further X-rays are usually unnecessary.
Orthospinology Spinal Correction is Painless
The Orthospinology spinal correction is painless and barely felt. Because of the precise X-ray analysis, a correction can be made without any forceful, jerking or twisting movements.
Quick Relief
Most patients will see immediate results on the first correction. Many patients notice instant relief of pain or headaches, a warm feeling in the painful area, or experience a feeling of relaxation and increased range of motion.
After the first correction, a patient will enter a healing cycle that lasts four to six weeks. During this time most patients can expect 85% or better results and a return to normal activities. Periodic checks are recommended during this time to ensure permanent results. As long as a patient retains body balance no further correction will be necessary. On average, patients may receive one to four spinal corrections during this period and less after that.
Symbol of Healing
The Orthospinology Logo is designed to represent the base of the skull, perfectly aligned with the C1 or Atlas vertebra (it is bow tie shaped.) Below the C1 vertebra is the perfectly aligned top of C2 or Axis vertebra. In the center of the symbol is consecutively joined rings that represent the interference free communication within the spinal cord between the body and the brain.
Before Treatment
This X-ray shows the misalignment of cervical vertebra.
After Treatment
The treatment has restored cervical alignment, allowing free communication within the spinal cord between the body and the brain.