I enjoyed his attention to describing what the root words for chiropractic stand for (Greek meaning ‘done by hand’). While the methods shown here are different than what we offer in our office, you can appreciate the fact that chiropractic is helping the body to heal itself – as the chiropractor in this video discusses.

When we remove the interference to the nerve system, the communication between brain and body is able to fully express itself and you are able to heal and function at your optimum.

So, enjoy this video of a recent Dr. Oz show where he talks about the spine and why you can benefit from chiropractic.

Much like in the upper back region, the nerves exit the spinal cord through the openings between your spinal bones and then regulate function to the tissues that are innervated by those nerves. In other words, all the cells, tissues and organs in your body need the nerves to send their messages and regulation to function properly. Without proper nerve communication, your body will not function at 100% and your health will suffer.

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Now, if the affected nerves (subluxations) interfere with the function of your legs, you may notice cramping, low back pain or tingling and numbness.  If this progresses, you may even notice a weakness and inability to move your leg and feet properly.  Sometimes, this shows up as frequent tripping, falls or a type of slapping of your foot on the ground as you walk. If you or someone you know is experiencing these symptoms, it’s time to get it checked out! Like, yesterday!!

These are serious indications that your body is shutting down. It is also imperative to make sure that your nerves are functioning at their best because it is these SAME NERVES that coordinate function among the organs in your abdomen and sexual function.

Recently, the main stream media channels were running stories about how chiropractic care can help women with infertility and other conception issues. How can this be, you may be wondering.  Again, once you understand that the nerves relay messages between your body and your spinal cord and brain, it just makes sense that you need to keep these messages flowing freely throughout.

Other issues in the gastrointestinal system, like irritable bowl syndrome and Crohn’s disease, are also highly affected by stress and how well your body is communicating by way of your nerve system. Chiropractor’s don’t treat these conditions, per se, we address your spine for subluxations that are signs that your body is trying it’s best to adapt to the situations you are experiencing in life.

Subluxations in the spine is the term we use to describe the interference with this innate ability that we are born with.  A variety of physical, mental, emotional or biochemical stressors can affect your body’s ability to adapt effectively. In the short term, you may get muscle spasms, changes to your posture and signals such as pain.

These are all changes that take place as your body attempts to keep you ‘safe and protected’ from what you could not effectively adapt to at the time the stressors happened.  However, if you do not correct these underlying issues and subluxations, your health will suffer and you will end up with more chronic pain and long term consequences you certainly don’t want to entertain.

Dr. Mike is a chiropractor in Gilbert, AZ and helps many people living with a variety of conditions and health concerns. If you’d like to talk with him regarding your health concern, please feel free to contact our office to schedule your initial consultation and exam. We look forward to helping you get your life back soon.

The Power of Self-Healing: Unlock Your Natural Healing Potential in 21 Days! Most of us are no strangers to health problems, illness, or pain, but what if there’s a solution to restore our well-being that doesn’t involve drugs, surgery, or other medical procedures? Well, there is, and you’ll find it within your own body. That’s right! Your body has a built-in capacity to heal itself-a remarkable system of self-repair that works day in and day out-and improving its ability to heal is within your control. Yet most people don’t fully grasp the body’s incredible power to heal itself, largely because traditional medicine has led us to believe that health comes from the outside in and not from the inside out. Did you know, for example, that approximately 50 percent of all illnesses, when left alone, will eventually heal themselves? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Fabrizio Mancini, an expert in self-healing medicine, shows you how to tap into your body’s own healing powers through:  Simple substitutions to your daily diet-foods called “strengtheners”-that can inspire your ability to self-heal The latest breakthrough supplements that can strengthen the self-healing capacities of your body New insights into how physical activity floods your body with natural healing substances The latest non-drug, non-invasive technologies that can bring you back to health The power of the mind and spirit to heal the body Inspiring stories of real-life self-healing A 21-day program to unlock your self-healing powers If you choose to take care of your body every day, it will reward you a thousand times over-improving your odds against everything from heart disease, cancer, and diabetes; to arthritis, allergies, colds, late-winter flu, and more. Remember, you have the power to be and stay healthy because healing truly comes from within. The Power of Self-Healing will help you accomplish all this and more!

What is exciting about this to me, as a chiropractor in Gilbert, is that he is bringing the powerful message that healing comes from within to a much wider audience. With this exposure, many more people will get an appreciation for how they may benefit from chiropractic care. In fact, maybe you never realized that your thyroid gland was regulated by branches of  the same nerves that control motor function in your upper back and arms. Likewise, the digestive system’s function is regulated by the nerves that are in the area of your lower mid back (thoracic) and upper lower back (lumbar) regions. Gives you a whole greater appreciation for why that lower back pain should be addressed, doesn’t it?!

See, the thing is, chiropractic is not just for back pain, it’s for nerve function and health. When there are spinal subluxations (interference with the messages being carried along the nerves in your body), it affects the function of ALL systems in your body. This includes muscles, tissues, glands and organs. Pain is often an indicator that something is off in your body and needs to be addressed. When the nerves are ‘off’, your body is not functioning at 100%.

In fact, the term ‘subluxation’ comes from the root words ‘sub’ – less and ‘lux’ – light. So, really, subluxation means less light. Your health and ultimately your quality of life is dimmer when your spine has subluxations.  More and more health care practitioners are embracing these concepts. The reason is clear; the world is embracing these concepts!  

If your doctor still just wants to treat your symptoms with drugs, physical therapy or surgery, then they are practicing an old and out-dated model of healthcare. This is no longer the standard of care. Holistic medicine (sort of an oxy-moron) is the future of healthcare, no matter how it is implemented or debated in the national political climate.

As Dr. Fab talks about, health is a function of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions. A positive frame of mind, healthy diet, physical exercise and proper spinal health and function are all critical components to optimal health. Dr. Mancini’s title of the book recognizes one of the most powerful principles as it relates to your health.

Your own health is governed by this fact that your body is self healing. Every 5 days or so, the lining of your stomach is renewed. Every 120 days, your red blood cells are replaced. Taste buds every 11 days. In fact, 98% of all the cells of your body are replaced each year. The important point to consider is that this process follows a very exact program that it was designed to carry out.

Subluxations in your spine are signs that this program has gone awry and needs intervention to help you get back on track to better health once again. The good news is that your body is self healing! So, it doesn’t need any outside help, just no interference.  This is what chiropractors do – and we’re the only health care professionals that do it!

I’m not bragging, I’m just so passionate about this! I became a Gilbert chiropractor to help people live more pain free, healthier and happier lives. When the larger, more national media outlets pick up stories like this, it allows me and my colleagues to be of greater service to our community.

If you or someone you know is experiencing pain, tingling or numbness, problems with their GI system, Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or a host of other symptoms and conditions, you may have subluxation(s) in your spine affecting the nerves that control the function of these areas. The only way to know is to have your spine examined.

Contact us at Infinite Healing Arts Center to schedule your consultation and examination to see if you would be a candidate for our unique care. We’d love to help you feel and function your best again! All the very best to you and your family!

You may notice neck pain, but this will often be simply the first symptoms to arise. Similarly, upper back pain, shoulder tightness and tension are often the first symptoms to arise when there are subluxations and spinal interference in your lower neck area.

Here is an artistic representation of the connections among nerves.

If this subluxation is allowed to remain uncorrected, then further dysfunction will be expressed in a variety of ways. The next thing you may be aware of is tingling and numbness in your arm, hands or fingers. When your hands begin to fall asleep, we call this paresthesia and this is a sure sign that your nerves are not functioning at 100%. Sometimes, these symptoms can be mistakenly diagnosed as carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

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Along with these symptoms, you may also be aware of your hands feeling tight or swollen, making it harder to put wrings on and off.  Feeling your hands and fingers being colder can be another sign that there is a problem with your nerves. Raynaud’s is a disorder where the hands and fingers are colder and sometimes painful. This may or may not be related to the condition you are experiencing.

Finally, if you do not address this issue with your spinal nerves, you may begin to notice weakness and difficulty doing overhead activities like doing your hair, putting on your shirt, lifting your kids and putting things away in your cabinets or up in the garage. You may also experience hand or finger weakness and find that you’re dropping things more frequently Have you noticed any of these things?  This is not normal!

Now, besides the fact that some or all of these symptoms are all being expressed, these same nerves are also the ones that control your vocal cords and thyroid, among other tissues and glands. Some of the symptoms of these organs being affected include having to clear your throat much more often and problems with voice pitch (if you are a singer you may notice this more).

When the thyroid is affected by these nerves, you may experience changes in energy levels, mood, have weight loss or gain, anxiety and racing of your heart. There are also blood test changes in cholesterol and thyroid hormone levels that will show up. If you’ve noticed any of these symptoms, you’re heading down the wrong path.

How Can Chiropractic Help?

This is really the ultimate question and, as a chiropractor in Gilbert, one I hear often. You can see how a variety of symptoms, like muscle spasms, weakness and altered sensation can be the result of spinal subluxations affecting the nerves that control the muscles and skeletal system.

Then, we discussed how these same nerves also regulate organ function, like the vocal cords and thyroid gland. In other articles, we discuss how the gastrointestinal (GI) system and other bodily organs can be affected in the same manner.

How chiropractic care can help you is by removing the interference to the function of your nervous system so that your body can function at its best. Now is the time to change the course that you’re on. You can reverse many of the changes that have taken place by having your spine properly evaluated, then having your subluxations corrected. Spinal degeneration is a reversible process if it is corrected in time. Looking forward to helping you soon!

Another study has come out recently that reports how chiropractic care can lower blood pressure and improve cardiac function. Again, you’re probably thinking ‘chiropractic and the heart, what’s that about?’ or something along those lines.  You’re not alone, because many people have not been exposed to the truth about what chiropractic care is really all about.

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Chiropractic is for the optimum functioning of your nervous system.

In order to get how this premise and these recent cardiac studies relate, we’ll need to do a bit of physiology – just a bit, don’t worry.  You see, the heart has an area that sets the beat.  This area is a region of heart cells that fire an electrical charge that causes the other regions of the heart muscle to contract and perform its functions.  This region is called the sino-atrial node (SA node).

What’s unique is that this area is under the regulation of the nervous system. Specifically, it is regulated by branches of the autonomic nervous system.  This is the part that helps you digest your food, unconsciously helps you breathe, regulates hormone functions and a host of other important bodily system functions.

There are nerve fibers that feed this area in either a ‘up-regulating’ or ‘down-regulating’ fashion.  We call these the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, respectively.  You could also think of them like a gas pedal and brake pedal.  When our bodies are experiencing stressful states, the gas pedal is pressed, causing the heart rate (and blood pressure) to rise.  When the stress is gone, the brake pedal (parasympathetic system) is active and heart rate and blood pressure drop.

What happens is that stress or tension that your body cannot properly adapt to will cause tension to build within your muscular and connective tissues, most notably those around the spine.  Because of the way these tissues relate with the spinal cord and brain stem areas, this tension can lead to an alteration in regulation of the autonomic nervous system.

The answer lies not with simply trying medication in an attempt to somehow control these issues.  The way to ultimately resolve this issue with the underlying tension on these tissues is with appropriate chiropractic care.  When this underlying tension is addressed, a more variable and flexible state within your nervous system can manifest.  This will allow your body functions to be at their best.

Dr. Michael Funicello is a Gilbert chiropractor who utilizes a gentle and effective approach known as Network Spinal Analysis to help his clients regulate their level of spinal and neural tension.  This means that they have greater flexibility, adapt to stress and improve their life – all while being moree pain free.  You can too!…all you have to do is contact us today.

Reference:

1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16690380

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Chiropractic is about your nervous system. Period.

Simple but true.

It always has been, too.  It’s just that it is easier to explain that the bones of your spine move and can become misaligned with respect to one another.  This doesn’t change the fact that along with these spinal contour changes comes alterations in function of other tissues, organs and even brain function!

For the purposes of this article, we’ll be focusing on the relationship between chiropractic and cardiac function and blood pressure changes.  Various chiropractic techniques have been demonstrated to show improved cardiovascular function as a result of appropriate chiropractic care.

What does this really mean?  What we’re really saying is that by working with your spine, we affect the function of your nervous system.  The nervous system is comprised of both up-regulating and down-regulating elements.  Specifically, there are two branches of the autonomic nervous system, known as the sympathetic (up-regulating) and parasympathetic (down-regulating).

These work in harmony to keep your body in a state of dynamic balance.  You can think of it like a gas pedal and a brake pedal.  You need both for your body to function at its optimum. When your body is able to adapt effectively, because of a flexible and adaptable nervous system, your body feels and functions better.

As it pertains to cardiovascular health, the vagus nerve helps to regulate the sinus rhythm of your heart and this relates with the overall tone of your blood pressure.  Of course, the kidneys, hormones and other pathology factors may lead to changes in cardiovascular function as well.  Keep in mind, however, that the other organs and tissue systems also have nerve system input and regulation.  It has also been shown that postural changes are associated with hormone function, breathing, heart rate and headaches.

In another article about heart rate variability, we’re discussing the benefits of chiropractic as well.  Briefly, the idea is that when your heart rate has a more variable frequency, that this is a reflection of a more dynamic and adaptable nervous system.

It’s a similar end result in terms of what happens, increase health and well being, it just depends on what you’re looking at or measuring. In the case of cardiovascular health, blood pressure is often one of the measured variables.  So, studies that show that chiropractic can lower blood pressure are the more published findings.

If you know anyone who is concerned about their blood pressure, cardiovascular health or is currently taking medication for same, but is looking for effective alternative approaches, have them contact our office.  We’d be happy to introduce them to the care that we provide and see if appropriate chiropractic care can lower their blood pressure.

I want to help you understand how something so gentle – that involves none of the traditional manipulation associated with chiropractic – can create large changes in relatively short periods of time.  That is, given the fact that you’ve likely been experiencing your pain or discomfort, tension and frustration for weeks to months, maybe even years, this gentle care can be amazingly effective – and rather quickly, in most cases!

Let’s define quickly for a moment, just to allay any misconception.  Many people experience changes in their symptoms within the first few weeks to month of care.  This is with several visits per week in the beginning of care.  In some cases, yes, people experience relief in just a few visits.  But, just the relief of pain does not indicate that we’ve fully addressed and dealt with your underlying factors that have lead to your pain in the first place.

This is what we’re really both after, isn’t it?  After all, you don’t want to settle for just chasing your symptoms around, finding temporary relief, only to have it return again and again.  This is why we see so many people leaving the traditional medical model behind.  It’s an old way to address health and well-being.

The irony or ‘proof’, if you will, is that even Western medical practitioners are seeking alternative methods of health care for themselves and their OWN family.  If we were seeing your doctor for care in our office, talked with them about their organic dietary choices, noticed that they were practicing yoga and the like, don’t you think it would be harder to accept their recommendation that YOU should take drugs, do physical therapy and get a surgical consult? Just something to think about.

Okay, here’s how it works in a nutshell…

The gentle touch that we use is all that is necessary to help cue your nervous system to create a connection with your brain.  This ‘connection’ has to to do with the fact that when our bodies cannot adequately handle the stresses from life – physical, mental/emotional or biochemical – it creates a tightening.  It tightens the tension being exerted on the nerve tissues of the spinal cord.

Because of how this tissue connects with your spine and other tissues surrounding it, your body will begin to tighten, creating more tension.  This whole process is known as adverse mechanical (spinal) cord tension (AMCT) and was described in the 1970s by Dr. Alf Brieg.  These models were then applied to the clinical application of Network Care to help explain how it is that such a light force can produce such a profound change in someone’s body.

This gentle touch or entrainment, as it is called, is applied to areas on the skin overlying areas of the spine where this tissue attaches to the spinal cord and spinal bones.  The force cues the brain to create a change in physiology to unwind the tension – this occurs through a change in breath and subtle movement of the spine and related tissues.

As you progress in care, you will notice other changes occurring in your body, your health and your life.  This is what all the research supporting Network Care shows and is reflected in my private practice since 1998.

So, that spinal degeneration that you’ve seen on your Xrays or the MRI findings showing those bulging discs of yours reflect the fact that this tension and the underlying reasons for your current pain have been going on for some time.  Not to worry!  You see, it’s never too late to get a handle on your health and well being.

To learn more about Dr. Michael J. Funicello, a chiropractor in Gilbert, AZ or to find out how we can help you, contact us today.  Thank you.

You see, if you’ve read my office blog for any length of time, you’d notice that there are relationships between a healthy spine, a healthy life and a healthier and happier you.  You might think this is a bit strange, I mean chiropractic is about your back, right?  Only partly.  What the spine is, is a conduit of information and your perception of how to experience the world around you.

Avenues like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other ways of more easily sharing these types of stories, videos and information have greatly helped bring these principles to more and more people’s consciousness.  In some respects, it is common sense.  That is to say, we know that our bodies are self-healing, we understand that a positive attitude is important, but there are few disciplines that deliver on the promise of actually helping you achieve these things.

As a Gilbert chiropractor, I get to work with families all the time.  Children respond very well to gentle Network Care because their developing nervous systems have an amazing ability to process new information.  The care we provide to children and families helps kids to more effectively develop the internal strategies and resources to be sensitive, receptive and attuned observers within their own body and to the world around them.  You might think of it like fine tuning an amazing instrument to then listen to the music that it brings to the world!  Beautiful thing to behold!

I’m so grateful to be able to bring this care to my community and I hope that this video and book by my friend in chiropractic, Dr. Demartini, helps you to discover your inner health, well being and inspires you to manifest your destiny!

This can be the best way if you know nothing of the doctor, the type of person they are or the type of care they provide because you trust your friend or family member.  So, rather than boast that “Dr. Mike Funicello is the best chiropractor in Gilbert, Arizona”, you be the judge.  Read on to learn how our office might be the perfect fit for you.

Who Is This Dr. Mike?

Here I am sitting on my grandpa's lap while he plays me the harmonica.

That’s me, sitting on my grandpa’s knee many years ago.  I decided to be a chiropractor when I grew up!  My dreams of playing harmonica in a traveling band were changed for a higher calling. Ha, imagine that! Follow this link to learn more about me and what we do in our office.

I’ve been in private practice in the field of chiropractic since 1998.  I’ve also has been serving the communities of the southeast valley for that period of time as well. That’s close to 14 years at the time of this writing. Looking forward to many more!

The point is, I’ve been doing this work for quite some time.  During that time, I’ve come across hundreds of different types of conditions, symptoms, complaints, struggles, healing or life challenges and other issues facing my patients.

You’re not just some folder or ‘case’ that gets filed away after you’re feeling better.  You actually become part of something, part of our ‘office family’.

Maybe it’s part of my Italian family roots thing, but it’s just the way I care about the people who come to be for help. That might sound corny to you, but it’s true.  I take as good care of you as I do my own family, which you may also run into and meet in my office as they regularly come in for care, too.  If you’re looking for an office with this type of atmosphere, then Infinite Healing Arts Center is your answer.

Affordable Chiropractic

I can tell you right off the bat that if you are just interested in a quick pop or crack, then you should definitely keep looking for that cheapest chiropractor in Gilbert.  But, do you really want to go to the cheapest doctor in town?

This shouldn’t confuse you into thinking that our fees are so high that it isn’t affordable.  In fact, the office fees allow us to provide affordable chiropractic with the highest level of service and caring around.  That sounds like some kind of sound bite or slogan as you read it, but I will openly put my level of care and dedication to helping you against any doctor in the Valley.

In fact, our office is one of only 10 (at the time of this writing) in the entire state offering the type of care we do.  Our office is convenient for people living in Mesa, some parts of Chandler (you know how the roads can get), Tempe, Scottsdale and obviously Gilbert.  We have people that drive to see us from Anthem and Maricopa because of the care they receive with us.  There’s plenty of examples of these personal success stories on our site for you to read if you like.

What Makes Us Unique?

There is a ‘What to Expect‘ page on our site above that was created specifically to help address this question, because I think it is that important. The only thing I can say is that the care you receive comes from the heart.  That’s easy to say, it’s another thing to completely express and share that with all of your being.

People come to us for ongoing care to continue living their best life because they understand how regular care is as important as the food they’re eating and the exercise they’re doing.  I simply will not give up until you are living a better, more enjoyable, healthier life!  No matter what it takes, I will commit that to you.  This doesn’t mean more care, more supplements, a different type of adjustment, therapy or latest gadget to use on you.

What it DOES mean is that you are a whole person, with emotions, habits, concerns and stresses that live outside of our office.  It would be unfair to you and incomplete care, in my opinion, not to help you get those aspects addressed as well.  You’ll get a sense of this when you complete your comprehensive health assessment intake forms.  We really want to know what is going on in your life so that we can get to the very bottom of what is happening.  This way, we can best help you.  Makes sense, yes?

Do I Have to Come Forever?

This is a fair question.  It’s one of those ‘urban myths’ of chiropractic that we’ve done a poor job of answering directly.  The only way to completely answer the question is to give you some personal examples and analogies and then let you come to your own conclusions.

If you thought that you only had a bone that was out of place, then you might think “once this bone gets put back, I’ll be fine and don’t need to come back”.  Sounds about right, yes?  Well, yes, IF that was what was going on, I’d agree.  The problem is, this isn’t what is going on, it is much more complex.

This is the story or example that many chiropractors use because it is just much easier to paint a picture of this bone squeezing your nerve, causing your problem.  While this does occur, as in the case of a herniated disc that is protruding into your nerve root exiting your spinal canal, it is just not the most common reason to have back pain, neck pain, headaches or any number of other symptoms.  In fact, many people with a herniated disc, have no symptoms.  How can this be?  It is because there are ‘other’ factors to consider.

A better analogy would be one of having your teeth checked and cleaned regularly, eating a healthy diet or exercising.  What do all of these have in common?  That’s right, you do them on a regular basis to achieve the results you want and expect from them.

Chiropractic care is the dental care and hygiene of your spine.

Since your spine is intimately connected and related to your nervous system (including your brain, spinal cord and all of your nerves extending throughout your body), it only makes sense to keep it functioning well.  So, you should only come as long as you want to have your nervous system working its best, most optimum level.  My family and I – and a large majority of my practice, I might add – choose to receive this care regularly, too.  It’s not just because I told them to either.  It’s because they see the results of receiving care! 

This is what really matters to you anyway, right?

Your nervous system is what helps you to adapt more effectively to stress and the demands of life, whether those are physical, mental, emotional, psychological or biochemical. If you don’t work, have a relationship made in heaven, have no kids, have all the money you could imagine, feel supported in all aspects of your life and are otherwise perfect, then you will probably respond really quickly and have the need for much less care than other people who live on planet Earth.

If you are someone who skates by in life, then you probably don’t pay much attention to your diet, physical fitness or things like dental hygiene.  It wouldn’t even matter how much research or ‘proof’ we could provide to you – you’d still make poor choices regarding your health.  While I’m not trying to judge this type of lifestyle, I’m just saying that this type of person is not a good candidate for our office.

The reason is because we care for the heck out of you and if you don’t do this for yourself already, then we won’t make a great team.

Okay, I can tell this article is getting quite long and I’m starting to ramble a bit away from the point of who the best chiropractor in Gilbert is.  As you can tell, I can’t give you the answer to that question.  You have to answer it for yourself.  Online reviews, rating scores and other searches won’t give you the answer either.

The best place to answer the question is from within.  Ask your friends who they see.  We probably see some of them.  We’re the best kept secret in the city!  If this isn’t enough of an answer for you, just bookmark this page and continue on your search.  You’ll probably find that this is where you’ll keep coming back.

I just can’t help myself, I love what I do and am just this passionate about helping you get the results that you’re looking for, too.  I’ll tell you that I also have other chiropractors as patients. Who is the best of the best in Gilbert?  I’ll leave that up to you.  To get started, contact us and set up your initial visit and evaluation.  Looking forward to seeing you real soon!

Pay special attention to the spaces between the vertebrae – the disc spaces (dark) – as they become shorter in height. Notice how the spinal bones lose their smooth uniform shape around the edges to form more spurring and roughened sharp edges. Also, you’ll notice how the natural curve in the neck disappears and creates a more flattened and straightened appearance.

These changes can FEEL like less range of motion, a stiff or painful neck, headaches, tingling or numbness in the arms, hands or fingers – mimicking carpal tunnel syndrome. It could also present as upper back pain, a ‘hump’ in the upper back and a head carried forward on the shoulders posture.

What you’re seeing is simply the result of the types of physical, mental, emotional and biochemical stresses that we talk about in the office manifesting themselves as these long-term, degenerative changes to the spine. Understand, it isn’t postural problems that CAUSE these changes, it is a combination of the stressors just discussed.

Your posture is simply a REFLECTION of – or RESULT of – long-term stress and tension in the body. So, how do you help prevent this? Chiropractic care, of course! Specific, effective and gentle chiropractic is the approach we take in our office to help you.

What this care does is assist your body in unwinding the tension that builds within the tissues and muscles surrounding your spine that would lead to such degenerative changes. For the purposes of this article, understand that this video demonstrates how the spine changes shape due to these subtle, yet ‘real’ stressors of life.

Dr. Michael Funicello is a Gilbert chiropractor and has been serving the communities of the Southeast valley since 1998. He continues to help people of all backgrounds and health conditions find relief from their pain and regain their life again. If you’d like to find out how we can help you, contact us today!