Lifeline to Vitality: Recent Episodes
Jarek Esarco, DC, CACCP
Equilibrioception, or your sense of balance, requires a complex interaction between different sensory systems.
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Whether painful or not, is it OK to take an anti-inflammatory (NSAID) if muscles are sore following an adjustment? Let’s unpack this...
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The connection between the Hypoglossal Nerve and the Upper Cervical Spine.
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At all times, the brain is comparing what should be happening in the body to what is actually happening in the body.
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“If there is a breakdown in communication anywhere along that nerve cycle, miscommunication can happen throughout.”
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Ligaments of the upper cervical spine play a major role in proprioception and sensory function.
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Adaptability is an evident sign that the Nerve System is functioning optimally.
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The pediatric spine has particular characteristics that make it vulnerable to a vertebral subluxation.
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Let’s look at some research surrounding the question: Does a Chiropractic adjustment cause a stroke?
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Persistent muscle strain caused by a vertebral subluxation leads to a shift in the inflammatory response.
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A vertebral subluxation alters posture, exacerbates inflammation, and increases the production of stress hormones.
While Chiropractic philosophy and art are unique to the profession, its science is universally accepted in many healthcare disciplines.
Stress is a part of life, no matter who you are. The ability to overcome stress gives meaning to our life experience.
Chiropractic does not treat symptoms through physical, mental or pharmacological modalities.
If Chiropractic is unsafe, you would imagine that a Chiropractor’s malpractice insurance would reflect that. Let's take a look…
Chiropractic care is a preventive healthcare measure that can lead to long-term savings by reducing the need for costly interventions…
Adjusting the upper cervical spine does in fact produce great things when it comes to the health of the entire spine.
Mental stress can contribute to bodily ailments. And bodily stress can intensify mental conditions.
Chiropractic supports Nerve System function by removing a major hindrance to its expression.
Chiropractic care is focused on helping your body make the most effective use of your Nerve System. And this means all of your Nerve System; not just the nerves that modulate pain.
So where does Chiropractic care fit in the opioid epidemic? How does Chiropractic help manage pain?
I like to say that upper cervical care is your “lifeline to vitality.” What does this mean?
Stress will challenge the alignment of your spine. Stress will force it to make compensations and create a subluxation.
…no accredited Chiropractic college in the United States or Canada teaches the “Ring Dinger” manipulation.
The Pull-to-Sit Test is a simple but crucial test that assesses an infant’s neurological integrity and neck muscle strength.
If we consider the facts about the upper cervical spine, we can draw some conclusions as to why it has the potential to be misaligned.
If we look at the facts, a Chiropractic adjustment is one of the safest techniques available in the healthcare market.
Some think Chiropractors are not doctors because they don’t prescribe medications, perform surgeries or walk around with a stethoscope around their neck.
Chiropractic is not the source of health and wellness, but rather an instrument utilized to assist the body in its own healing process.
While disease and DIS-EASE look and sound alike, their definitions are somewhat antipodal.
A disrelationship between the two top bones of the spine and the occipital bone of the head puts added stress on nerves and strain on muscles to keep us balanced.
As a Chiropractor, I can’t tell where subluxations are on my own. I need scientific, objective tools to be my companion.
...whether classified as Psychosomatic or Somatopsychic, one will always effect the other.
The sensitive nature of the Nerve System allows the body to be adaptive to itself and its environment.
There are four attributes of a vertebral subluxation that contribute to brain-body ‘mismatching’.
How and why a leg length discrepancy is associated with an upper cervical vertebral subluxation, is based on biomechanical and neurophysiological compensations.
The Nerve System “talks” with the whole body through routes of communication other than a direct nerve impulse.
While we can’t eradicate sickness and disease completely, we can try our best to enhance the expression of life in the form of health and wellness.
Over ⅓ of all children suffer from one or more disorders that start with the letter “A”. Those disorders are Autism, Allergies, ADHD, Asthma and Anxiety.
Everyone with a subluxation can be adjusted. Not everyone with a subluxation SHOULD be adjusted.
When nerve function is interfered with, it creates nerve disruption. And nerve disruption negatively effects how messages about muscle movement, organ regulation, sensation and perception are controlled.
When adjusting someone who has any type of fusion, precautions are warranted. It will depend on the type of fusion, the location of the fusion and the individual situation.
The brain, like all other aspects of us, needs balance. Our body, and brain by association, can become imbalanced. A vertebral subluxation of the upper cervical spine can create brain and body imbalance.
The willingness of the Chiropractor to be specific determines how well the Chiropractic objective can be met.
Physiologically speaking, the connection between the brain and spinal cord is inseparable.
When the spine is better adjusted, the potential for the disc to wear down is actually minimized.
Whether you are pregnant or not, a properly applied chiropractic adjustment never harms, but always helps. That being said, pregnant women do merit special care and consideration when adjusting.
Generally speaking, there are two sides to the health coin. One side is the realm of potential health and the other is the realm of kinetic health. You can’t have one without the other.
Everyone is different. Everyone’s subluxations are different. Everyone’s “holding” potential for an adjustment is different.
Many medical doctors who still today “put down” Chiropractic are ignoring the medical man or woman in their own office mirror.
It’s not about one method working and one not. The real question is: What is each working at?
Chiropractic is the most natural approach to healthcare, but it is not a natural approach to treating disease. How can this be?
Fractures are outside the scope of practice for Chiropractors. Chiropractors can though adjust old fractures that have healed and are stable.
Don’t rely solely on things outside of yourself for your health. Just looking outside ourselves neglects the true source of health found within each and every one of us.
Yes, Chiropractors look at the world of health through a certain natural “lens” or perspective. But that perspective allows for choice, not coercion.
A tongue-tie is not the only cause of a latch challenge. Other negative influences are distortions in the cranium, a vertebral subluxation, lack of latch coordination and torticollis to name a few.
As a Chiropractor, I would not say that. Yes, there is a time and place for medical doctors and medicine.
Promoting your Immune System when you have COVID is not the same as treating the sickness of COVID.
Yes, there is scientific proof that vertebral subluxations exist. Now, accepting that proof is another story.
Yes, adjusting the spine can effect cranial nerves because a vertebral subluxation of the spine effects how the Nerve System functions overall.
A person should start seeing a Chiropractor when they realize that spine and Nerve System health are important for them and their family.
Yes, other bones besides the spine can misalign and create nerve pressure. But a misaligned bone is not the same thing as a vertebral subluxation.
In order to simplify things, we can say the differences between Chiropractic and Osteopathy rest on 4 main points.
The connection between Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction and the Upper Cervical Spine.
Generally speaking, yes you can. Now, before you go twisting and wrenching your spine all over the place, let’s discuss this concept a bit more.
“Tummy time” helps strengthen the upper cervical spine and nerves overall, especially input going into the brain.
The short answer is: Yes. But an adjustment is not predicated on the need to "twist the neck."
Now, if that was truly the case, 30 million people every year would have broken spines.
We can’t equate our health with the absence of symptoms, specifically pain. How can this be?
Not only can infants get vertebral subluxations, but they are more susceptible to getting them compared to adults. How can this be?
How can a relatively tiny system found in the inner ear have such an impact on our physiology?
The same concentration to detail and care is paramount in this special demographic to pinpoint these minute changes in biomechanics. X-rays help with this matter.
To reset without taking stock of the issues that plague you will lead to the same problems. Same garbage, different day.
If there is an imbalance in tone, there is an imbalance in “healthy elasticity and resilience.”
Although the causes of dystocia are clearly defined, it is a very complex condition that can be highly subjective, especially in ascertaining a diagnosis.
Telechiropractic could never be a thing because Chiropractic requires touch. And not just any touch, but a healing human touch.
The upper cervical spine and its associated muscles are unique in many ways compared to the rest of the vertebral column.
In our Western society, if we think there is a health problem associated with food, the problem is with the food alone and not with the eater of the food.
A ‘Birth Imprint’ is a stress event that effects the baby physically, chemically or emotionally.
Half of the cells that are found in and on you are not “your” cells at all, but are in fact thousands of different microorganism species.
Immunostasis is a branch of homeostasis that concentrates on the adaptive and resistive qualities of the Immune System and its role in health.
When it comes to health, two of the most important qualities we have are adaptability and resistance.
My Chiropractic evaluation is NOT based on what symptoms or sickness you have but based on what subluxation you have. Why focus on a subluxation and not on symptoms or sickness?
In general, 25% of all brain development happens during our first year of life with the greatest activity occurring in the brainstem.
It is often clinically noted that when there is an upper cervical subluxation present, a discrepancy in leg lengths is observed as well.
When we feed into fear, we protect who we are now at the expense of who we can be tomorrow.
If you stop and look around, you will notice that logos are everywhere and in everything we do.
The Righting reflex controls the unconscious position of the head. It's design is to help keep our brain, eyes and body in relative balance with each other.
The experience might seem a little daunting if you’ve never been to a Chiropractor before. But rest assured, the process is safe, easy and will be beneficial to your health.
Interoception explains the knowledge and status of every tissue cell of the body at every moment.
The Chiropractor is “not only a scientist” but “should be an artist; skilled with mind and hands.”
The ultimate goal of Chiropractic is not the adjustment of vertebral subluxations, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.
The most important objective instrument I use as an Upper Cervical Specific Chiropractor is the K4 Thermoscribe.
What is Pediatric Chiropractic? What do Pediatric Chiropractors do? Does Pediatric Chiropractic work?
Ever feel like your life is a little out of order? Especially after the holidays? Want to start off the new year on the right track? But where to start? Well, I’ve always felt that the best place to start is from within.
Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with ‘retained primitive reflex’? What does this diagnosis mean? Can it be fixed? If it can, how does one un-retain these primitive reflexes?
Can a government, political party, business, etc. take away your health insurance? Sure. But can any of them really take away your health? Only if you let them.
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘alternative medicine’? Why does the majority of society label Chiropractic as an 'alternative medicine'?
One of the first and more well-known times a parent takes their infant to a Chiropractor, is if the child is dealing with colic.
- To maximize their neuroplasticity
- To enhance their overall health and well-being
- To strengthen their immunity