Where is the Health?

We live in an amazing time withregards to health. There is aninexhaustible amount of information at our fingertips. We take more medication, have more surgeries,and see doctors more often than at any other time in human history. However, chronic diseases have reachedepidemic proportions. According to the Journal of the American MedicalAssociation one in two children has a chronic health condition. Obviously more drugs and surgery are notcreating more health. So, where is the Health? The answer lies in understanding truehealth. Dorlands Medical Dictionary states that health is a state ofoptimal physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence ofdisease and infirmary. Health is not the absence of disease-it is the expressionof optimal function. According to Greysanatomy text our brain and nerve system are responsible for controlling thefunction of all the tissue, organs, and systems of our body and adapting ourbody to the environment. What we see isthat proper function requires a healthy brain and nerve system. The spine isthe primary protective mechanism of the spinal cord and nerve roots. Healthy brain function requires proper spinalalignment and motion. Unfortunately, acondition known as Vertebral Subluxation Complex can occur in your spinecausing abnormal nerve system and brain function. This can often be the silent underlying causeof many health problems. At MillsChiropracticCenter we specialize incorrecting these underlying problems (vertebral subluxations) allowing yourbody to return to a proper state of function and health. Our goal is to correct the interferences toyour body allowing you to return to your natural state of health and vitality.