Its amazing how our bodies can adapt to stress! I was telling one of my patients just yesterday how important this adaptation to stress is. With out it we would probably all have one disease or another! In my post doctorate studies in chiropractor neurology we called this adaptation plasticity. It is the bodies ability to mold to its surroundings. This "plasticity" is what causes one of my computer engineer patients to come home at the end of the day with a pain in her neck. Her body has literally molded into the poor posture that she had been sitting in all day and is causing un-needed stress.
Now these changes due to stress do not happen over night. Some take years and years to happen, but I can assure you, if the bones of the spine loose their normal position this will cause problems. Problems such as headaches, stiff and painful neck, sinus pain, jaw pain, etc... can all be the result of this process called plasticity. The good news is that the plastic nature of the body can also be a good thing! I work with plasticity of the human body every single day. As I am helping my patients regain the normal position of their spines, we are making changes in a positive direction.
The important thing to look at is if plasticity has taken place in your body. Odds are, if you work in Bellevue at a computer you have developed what I call Bellevue Neck. If you have neck pain or stiffness by the end of the day, or have chronic headaches you have developed plasticity in your system and need to find a Bellevue chiropractor. A chiropractor can help to reverse the damage that has taken place and help to regain the normal positioning of your body.
Another sure sign that plasticity has taken place in your body is if you have ever been in a car accident. Car crashes are huge stressors to your system and can speed to process of plasticity taking place. If you have been in a car accident any time in your life please call a chiropractor today.
If left untreated plastic changes can create massive degenerative changes in your spine. I see this take place every singe day in my office. Call my office today to discuss if you are a candidate for chiropractic care.
Dr. Weir is the treating physician at Back in Action Chiropractic in Bellevue, WA. If you would like to schedule an consultationwith Dr. Weir please call us today at 425-635-0495.
Comments on this entry are closed.