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Chiropractic treatments not lasting are a particular problem for many PWCs. The treatments help, but within a few days or weeks the old misalignment returns.
There are 3 main reasons why this can happen: Magnesium deficiency, sensitivity to cold, and/or bracing.
Muscles nees Mg in order to relax. Without Mg they stay contracted. In addition to causing fatigue, this also can pull the back out of alignment again in some individuals. Mg supplementation is needed.
Cold can do the same thing. When a person is cold, muscles tend to contract, thus throwing the back back out of alignment. The back in particular can be very sensitive to cold. Some people are so sensitive to cold that sweat evaporating off their skin can be too chilling and cause muscles to contract. Such a person needs to be careful about staying warm enough and address the reasons why s/he is so sensitive to cold. TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) usually is best for addressing problems with being too sensitive to cold.
Chronic bracing also can cause the back to be pulled out of alignment and chiropractic treatments not to last. SR (Skilled Relaxation) and getting in touch with one's feelings are needed in these cases.
Judy
In Reply to: Why chiropractic treatments don't last for some people posted by Judy F. on October 04, 2001 at 14:05:04:
Interesting. But what do you mean by chronic bracing?
In Reply to: Why chiropractic treatments don't last for some people posted by Judy F. on October 04, 2001 at 14:05:04:
Thanks, Judy F.
This was the first thing that made me realize that we needed an SR trainer and a masseur in our team. The Chiropractor's adjustments were not "holding" and bracing was the first thing we learned was causing that.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: Why chiropractic treatments don't last for some people posted by Margie on October 04, 2001 at 23:24:25:
Imagine for a moment that you're scared. Your muscles tense and your breathing becomes swallow. There often are changes in the biochemistry of the brain and body. The body is geared up for "fight or flight". If you've actually been assaulted, there may be "guarding" of the area. Your entire way of carrying yourself changes. This is "bracing". Any inappropriately processed emotion - anger, grief, etc. - can lead to bracing.
Some people - in particular those who have been subjected to long-term abuse - be it verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual - will be chronically braced. Even though the actual threat may be long past, they're still on guard for blows (verbal or physical) that never come. They're in a constant state of "flight or fight."
There are too divisions of the autonomic nervous system - the parasympathetic and the sympathetic. Like Yang and Yin, they're in a constant state of give and take in normal people. The parasympathetic is dominant when a person is at rest and peaceful. The pupils constrict, salivary secretions increase (help digestion), heart rate decreases, bronchioles contrict, intestinal secretions increase (favor digestion), and blood flow to the stomach and intestines is unimpeded (helps digestion). The parasympathetic is Yin in nature, favoring rest and relaxation. Calmness.
In contrast, when the sympathetic division is dominant, the pupil dilate (better to see enemies and danger), salivary secretions decrease (bad on digestion), heart rate increases and bronchioles dilate (better for fight or flight) and intestinal secretions decrease. Blood flow to the organs of digestion is decreased, and blood flow to the limbs is increased (better to fight or run). The sympathetic is Yang in nature. Active.
In a healthy person, the two divisions constantly are switching dominance back and forth as the need arises. But some people get stuck in sympathetic (fight or flight) mode. Needless to say this can create quite a few digestive system problems as well as other problems. In addition, the rigid way the person is holding his/her body and muscles also is contributing to health problems.
Skilled relaxation, meditation, Qi Gong (a type of moving meditation), creative visualization, etc. are all ways of restoring balance to the body so that energy will flow freely instead of being blocked and things work smoothly in the body. There is a lot of information in the archives on bracing and Skilled Relaxation.
Judy
In Reply to: Bracing posted by Judy F. on October 05, 2001 at 14:00:49:
Thanks, Judy F.
I could not have said it better.
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Why chiropractic treatments don't last for some people posted by Judy F. on October 04, 2001 at 14:05:04:
Walt, in your book you mention that Mg is sometimes not well absorbed orally when it is low. I know from a hair-analysis that mine was low 3 months ago. I have been taking 6 grams of magnesium citrate a day for 3 months, along with other things, and have noticed some improvements. But after 3 months of experimenting with different SR combinations I'm still having problems relaxing. Is this Mg not getting absorbed? Do I need Mg chelation, and will it help my SR?
In Reply to: Can Mg-chelation candidates regain Mg via oral supplementation, though slowly? posted by magnesium mike on October 09, 2001 at 12:27:59:
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In Reply to: Can Mg-chelation candidates regain Mg via oral supplementation, though slowly? posted by magnesium mike on October 09, 2001 at 12:27:59:
Hi, magnesium mike.
PLease post this under it's own subject or under something that has something to do with the subject. Anything I say about it here will never be seen by anyone else because is has nothing to do with Chiropractic. A good question like this deserves to be seen by others.
Walt
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