What Is Vertebral Subluxation?

The nerves of the central nervous system emerge from the openings in the spine between two adjacent vertebrae. When two vertebrae are out of alignment they can pinch one of these nerves. This can result in negative symptoms in one or more of the body areas controlled by this nerve. This mis-alignment is known as a "Vertebral Subluxation". Subluxation, if left untreated can lead to long term health problems in the parts of the body affected. The movie below shows what a typical veterbral subluxation might look like.

Vertebral subluxation is primarily cause by 3 main factors:

1. Trauma, i.e. auto accident, sports injury, repetetive stress, childbirth, bad posture

2. Toxins, i.e. poor diet, medication, pollution

3. Thoughts, i.e. stress, depression

Subluxation movie (Windows Media), Subluxation movie (RealPlayer)

To find out which parts of the body might be affected by subluxation at specific vertebrae take a look at our Spine Explorer.

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