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Dr. Morrisroe Asks...

What's the difference between sick care and health care?

Sick care is largely about relieving or suppressing symptoms. Health care is about improving performance. While sick care is about how you feel, health care is about how you function. Sick care is what you do to treat an obvious problem, and health care is what you do to avoid the problem and advance your well-being.

Where do most Portland residents get their first vertebral subluxation?

Being born in a hospital is a common source of vertebral subluxation. Trauma from forceps delivery has been replaced with drugs, vacuum extraction, Cesarean section and births that are "scheduled" to fit the workweek routines of Ob-Gyns. That's why we recommend a chiropractic checkup for every Portland newborn.

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Before and After Changes

Notice the huge postural changes in these people. The patients in these photos were asked to simply "breath in, breath out and let there bodies relax." Theses photos are taking just prior to and just after the patients first adjustment with Advanced Bio-structural Correction.  The photos have been cropped only (so all sizes are the same) and have not been altered in anyway.

Notice the head position as well as the shoulder position. Patients appear more relaxed because the tension has been lifted from the shoulders and neck muscles. Almost everyone also notices that they can breath easier and deeper, bend and move easier and several people report that the room appears brighter - as if their vision has improved. If you examine the photos carefully you may even notice the difference in facial color, almost everyone's face is noticeably more colorful and the color is more symmetrical.

Improve Your Posture, Improve Your Health

From a chiropractic standpoint many studies are missing a key factor: spinal movement. When the spine moves in a balanced and relaxed manner many things happen that calms the body’s natural stress response.

Positive motion nerve impulses from the spine go to various parts of your brain. This lowers your blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, blood glucose, muscle spasms, anxiety and several other natural stress responses. This positive nerve supply allows you to think clearly, learn better, have a better outlook on life, heal faster and enjoy yourself.

It is funny how we keep looking outside ourselves for a cure for something that is inside. Maybe, if we focused on who we are and what we are capable of then we could be the healthy garden that other people see.

Understanding Human Biomechanics

The joints and muscles of the body function most efficiently when they are in physical balance. Principles of engineering have shown that with any physical entity, whether it is a bridge, a building, or the human body— Structure dictates function.

The body is a biomechanical kinetic chain where abnormal movements at one line, or joint, can interfere with proper movements at other joints.

During standing and walking, our bodies are subjected to natural forces and postures that can inflict mechanical stress and strain throughout the interrelated chain of joints and muscles. When imbalance is present, there is a negative impact on the knees, hips, pelvis, and spine. Some patients must have these abnormal forces reduced before they can achieve improved spinal function.

It’s a chain reaction.

Healthcare professionals know alleviating pain in one part of your body often requires treating a different part. The pain you feel in your neck could be caused by a misalignment in your spine that is caused by unbalanced positioning in your feet. See? It’s a chain reaction.

Call our Portland office to schedule your personal consultation today.