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In medicine, a subluxation is a partial dislocation. In chiropractic medicine, a vertebral subluxation is described as a situation in which a spinal vertebra has lost its correct juxtaposition with one or both of its adjacent vertebrae to a degree less than a luxation in such a way as to impinge upon nerves and get in the way of the transmission of mental impulses, thus upsetting general health and causing "dis-ease."
There are as many methods to correct subluxations as there are chiropractors. When you experience a structural insult, you usually have a bone that has been injured and forced from its normal position "A" to abnormal position "B."
But the chiropractor hardly ever makes an adjustment that moves any bone back from B to A. In the more typical case, the chiropractor makes an adjustment that "begins the movement of bones and joints." It remains to be seen if acupressure mixed with spinal manipulation can be a beneficial addition to this.
The Centers for Disease Control quoted the following figures in its 2002 National Diabetes Fact Sheet: - Six percent of the population - seventeen million people - have diabetes - The total medical cost of diabetes in the United States is $132 billion - Diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death on US death certificates in 1999 - Heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease, nervous system disease, dental disease, difficult pregnancies, and amputations are some of the complications of diabetes - More than 60 percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations were performed each year among people with diabetes
The most disturbing news about diabetes is that one major form of the disease - Type II diabetes - has reached epidemic proportions. The facts and figures relating to diabetes are sobering. Diabetics can live longer, healthier lives and considerably decrease health problems connected to their ailment by using thorough diabetes self-management approaches that include following a program of exercise, nutrition, medication and self-monitoring under the supervision of a health-care team.
Chiropractic care provides an extremely important function for diabetics, and the outcome is nothing less than amazing. Spinal nerve interference has been acknowledged in scientific literature to be a contributing factor of endocrine and metabolic disorders including diabetes. Chiropractic health care is founded on the principle that a good working nervous system is vital to the general well-being and function of the human body.
One of the most often named causes of diabetes is spinal injury. The nerve supply to the digestive organs is compromised by stress on nerve centers in the thoracic area of the spine. Most often the problem is in the 5th - 10th thoracic vertebrae. Thus, spinal adjustment is a primary therapy for the treatment of diabetes.