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Why does chiropractic work?

Chiropractic works because your nervous system, consisting of your brain, spinal cord and all the nerves of your body, controls and regulates every cell, tissue, organ and system of your body. A chiropractor locates and reduces areas of nervous system compromise (usually along the spine) so your capacity to heal is restored. Chiropractic works by helping your body work as it was designed.

Are chiropractors just concerned with the spine?

Our interest in the spine is because it covers the major communications conduit between your brain and your body. As a Bozeman chiropractor my job is to locate areas (usually along the spine) that interfere with proper nerve communications to and from your brain. Chiropractic adjustments help restore nervous system integrity. In this way, chiropractic care can affect the function of your entire body.

Anxiety Disorders

If you know anyone who suffers from the effects of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), you know their life is anything but normal. The disorder involves obsessive recurring thoughts that result in compulsive habitual actions to try to alleviate the obsessive recurring thoughts.

Common obsessions include:

• Fear of contamination through contact with other people’s germs
• Fear of disorder, so everything must always be in the same place
• Fear of inflicting some type of harmful behavior on yourself or others
• Superstitious thoughts or fears

Common compulsive behaviors include:

• Frequent handwashing
• Compulsive cleaning and tidying up
• Counting systems, such as locking and unlocking the door a certain number of times
• Double and triple checking of things (i.e., that the iron or coffee maker is turned off)

OCD is characterized as a medical disorder, having to do with the production of a chemical called serotonin in the brain. Certain types of stress can seem to trigger the condition, including becoming a mother for the first time, a change in residence, major life transformations such as marriage or divorce, problems in school or with a job or any stressful event.

However, some think OCD may be genetically transmitted and may be caused by certain types of illness as well. Strep infections are thought to trigger the onset of OCD in children.

There are non-drug treatments for OCD that include exercise, massage therapy, proper diet and nutrition, and relaxation techniques to relieve the anxiety associated with OCD.

Chiropractic care has been known to help some people with anxiety-type disorders, such as OCD, because it focuses on the integrity of the nervous system and how it operates through the brain–body connection. And while chiropractic isn’t a treatment for OCD, a more normally functioning nervous system can help anyone, regardless of their specific health complaint.