Is Chiropractic Safe After Back Surgery? - Dr Ekberg

Is chiropractic safe after spinal (or back) surgery? And why would you want to get

adjusted after spinal surgery? I'll explain. Hey I'm Dr. Ekberg with

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so that you don't miss anything. Is chiropractic safe after spinal surgery a

lot of people ask that we get phone calls some people wonder but before we

can answer that question we need to understand what chiropractic truly is

because chiropractic is not about twisting and popping and cracking the

spine that is not the mechanism by which chiropractic works so how does it work

well in the body there is a passive system so the bones they can be aligned

or misaligned but only based on how the muscles are acting on them and the

muscles are only going to act on the bones based on what sort of information

what kind of signals the regulating system or the brain is sending to the

muscles so if we have a misalignment in a bone it's because we're lack of

movement in a bone it's because the brain is not sending the right signals

so that's either because the brain is incapable or because the brain doesn't

have the true picture it doesn't know what to do because it's misinformed or

confused so the brain controls everything in the body but it can only

do that based on feedback because the brain is essentially blind it's never

seen or heard or touched or felt anything all the brain knows is based on

the signals the billions of bits of information that the brain receives that

paints a picture for the brain so that it knows what the world looks like if it

has a true picture of the world it can act perfectly if it doesn't know what

the world looks like it has to guess and once we understand that everything is

about signals that the brain regulates by sending out signals it

understands the worlds by receiving signals we also have to look at what are

the different factors that can influence signals so the human body mind is

chemical structural and emotional we have chemical aspects we have structural

aspect we have emotional aspects to our body to our physiology and all of these

things can influence how signals are processed so in addition to getting

chiropractic and moving which is the structural mechanical influence we also

need to understand how to take care of our emotions by relaxing by meditating

by feeling good and not least by getting proper nutrition and not being toxic so

this is the triad of health this is what influences signals the brain runs on

signals the body runs on signals so what does that have to do now with spinal

surgery the movement the movement of the joint the movement attention and

movement of a muscle these receptors from joints and muscles provide about

90% of all the information that gets to the brain and that's the purpose of the

brain is to receive that information if the brain gets plenty of information it

is being stimulated it's being activated it's like a muscle that's being made to

work out if you work out a muscle it stays healthy and strong if you're a

couch potato where you get your arm in a cast then that muscle atrophies the same

thing happens in the brain if we don't send it a certain amount of signals then

it's going to atrophy so when you have spinal surgery you are typically going

to fuse one or more segments together to two or more segments together and the

motion that used to generate signals for the brain is no

longer there so now the brain is suffering the brain is starving for

signals and the brain starts atrophy so you're essentially starting to get soft

spots of degeneration in the brain so what can chiropractic do for that well

it's not just the moving of bones or moving of joints that generate signals

it is also any kind of pressure or activation of muscles and receptors in

the tissues surrounding the bones and the joints so we can't move the joint if

we think that chiropractic is moving the bone then obviously then this person's

not supposed to have chiropractic because a fused joint is never moving

again but if we understand there's many other ways to activate receptors there's

still plenty that we can do for that person so not only is chiropractic safe

but it is more important than ever because there's less movement in the

spine there is less stimulation from the brain and the brain is starving we need

to do everything we can to get as much signals as much information as possible

up to that brain so that it can function and manage the rest of the body best it

can so if you know someone who has had spinal surgery then make sure that they

get to share this information that you you share this information with them so

that they can start understanding this and then go look for a good chiropractor

understands the neurology of the adjustment don't go to someone who

thinks he's gonna crack that joint that has been fused obviously that's not

going to happen but find someone who can use a gentle adjusting method like

activator or arthri stem or some other tools some other adjusting tool so this

is very important information it is life-saving and if you enjoy this kind

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