No drawing or illustration can adequately represent the astounding complexity of the human nervous system. Nerves go everywhere, even into the most remote and far distant areas and cells of the body... a body so thoroughly saturated with nerves and twigs of nerves that if we could wish away all the body's bones, muscles, and other tissues, we would still have a ghostly form of the body composed only of nerves.


Healthy nerves utterly vital

We humans are almost totally dependant on our nervous systems to tirelessly monitor, integrate, direct, modify, and unify the countless functions of the body's systems, organs, and glands. EVen the circulatory and glandular systems, persuasive harmonizers of bodily functions in their own right, depend heavily on instructions from the nervous system. In a word, the nervous system tells the body what to do and when to do it.

Nerves branch out from the spinal cord. Before extending to various parts of the body, the nerves exit between vertebrae which are stacked around the spinal cord to protect it.


Pinched nerves disease conditions

However, if one or more vertebrae are misaligned, the exiting nerve root may be pinched and normal nerve function may be altered. This "pinching effect" may cause pain, discomfort and disease conditions not only in the back , but in bodily parts, organs, or glands served by the affected nerves.


Chiropractic doctors "adjust" vertebrae

Being specialists of the spine and nerves, chiropractic doctors are able to adjust misaligned vertebrae into proper alignment and thus rid the affected nerve of the irritation. Then the nerve can perform properly again and help the body heal its own problems and maintain its own health.


Interactive Spine

Please view our interactive spine to find out the results of nerve pinching/impingement of different areas of the spine, click here.