Healthy Foundation

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NUCCA is a form of healthcare that is answering the all important, yet commonly neglected question “Where does health come from?”
 

Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine (400BC), and D.D. Palmer, the father of chiropractic (1895AD) both came to the conclusion that health is produced from within the body. Hippocrates said, “Look well to the spine for the cause of disease,” and D.D. Palmer said, “Interference with the life force (nervous system) is the cause of disease.”

Mosby’s Medical Dictionary gives us the reason why nerves are critical to health by defining “nervous system” as an “intricate network of structures that activates, coordinates, and controls all the functions of the body.” Therefore, the body will be inhibited from maintaining health and repairing and healing itself when nerves are stressed.  This contributes to hundreds of joint, muscle, respiratory, immunological, cardiovascular, digestive, and reproductive health conditions, among others.

The spine has been the focus for thousands of years when it comes to contributing factors of illness.  However, only in the last 150 years has the focus shifted from naturally healing the body to forcing the body back to “normalcy” through the use of medications.  NUCCA Upper Cervical Health Care specializes in restoring nerve health, enabling the body to heal itself naturally without the use of medications that are often harmful to the body.

The NUCCA method frees the nervous system of interference for optimal communication using the least amount of force possible. It allows the body to realign itself and do its own healing. It is considerably gentler, more effective and less invasive than other methods used in chiropractic, where the whole spine is micromanaged and manipulated.  NUCCA holds that the brainstem and atlas vertebra (1^ST bone in the neck) are key to the balance of the entire spine. Once the head and neck are in alignment, the entire spine will follow suit and the nerve messages between your brain and body will travel free and clear without interference. This allows the innate intelligence and healing abilities of your body to unfold naturally.

The NUCCA adjustment is extremely gentle and precise. There is no twisting, popping, or cracking.  Because of the precision of the adjustment, very little force is required.  Members of our practice often do not know that the procedure has begun, let alone knowing it has been completed!
 

Upper Cervical Spinal Care is the cornerstone of your health foundation, and if not properly set the entire structure will start breaking down. As the upper cervical spine goes, so does the nervous system that controls your digestive system, your muscles & joints, and stress glands. A person can improve their diet, exercise more, and manage their stress; however, if the upper cervical spine is out of alignment the results can be negligible. In the case of exercise it can be down right harmful. The reason is when the body is out of alignment with one leg shorter than the other, the hips are twisted, and the shoulders are uneven it causes excess wear and tear on the joints of the body, especially the ankles, knees, hips, and lower back. An analogy is misaligned cars will start abnormally wearing the tires, and if go long enough you will be forced to replace the tires.  For us humans, we have to replace our knee or hip joints. Exercise is great and very beneficial as long as your upper cervical spine is in alignment resulting in entire body alignment. So do you have a short leg, twisted hips, or uneven shoulders?
 

NUCCA is an acronym for the National Upper Cervical Chiropractic Association. The Upper Cervical Spine is the most researched area within the chiropractic field, and is the one area in the body that can have the most devastating consequences dealing with health when damaged. On the flip side, the upper cervical region when properly treated by an upper cervical doctor can produce profound life altering healings.

I encourage you to take this information to heart, and take the action steps necessary for you to regain your health, and stay well for the future.