Within you is a life power and intelligence that runs everything in your body.  If it’s blocked, you cannot express your fullest potential in all areas of life.  A clear connection to your innate intelligence allows you to live healthy. 

Any nerve pressure in your spine will block life power from your brain and produce a variety of negative effects and health problems over time.  People often don’t correlate how their spine is related to every part of their body function through the nervous system.  A back or neck problem may be reason to seek medical help, but the real problem is the body’s inability to effectively communicate and send/ receive life power. 

Here are a few common health problems people experience today.  A person with high/ low blood pressure may seem to have a circulatory problem. A high/ low thyroid problem is attributed to a faulty glandular function.  ADHD has become an unexplainable imbalance of brain chemicals.  All of these conditions are routinely treated with long-term drugs, which all have side effects, without looking into the underlying causes.  

What if people regularly got their spine and nervous system checked by a chiropractor to look for the cause of dis-ease and restore it naturally?  When the spinal problem (subluxation) is corrected, these other problems/ diseases improve and health is regularly restored.

Does that make chiropractic a treatment for any of these conditions?  No.  

The intent of chiropractic care is to maintain function to your nervous system. When there is a bone misaligned, there is pressure on the soft nerves and distortion in nerve signals.  When the interference on the nerves is removed, function is restored.

Everyone needs a clear functioning nervous system for health and longevity.

Getting your spine checked on regularly helps keep your body working optimally, through a clearer connection to your body’s innate intelligence.

Who do you know that needs to their spine checked and receive chiropractic care? 

Bring them in.  It will transform and save their life.  

Understanding Sciatica and Nerve Involvement

Sciatica is a set of symptoms caused by irritation, compression, or inflammation of the sciatic nerve or the nerve roots that form it. The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the human body, formed by several nerve roots in the lower spine (L4 to S3) that bundle together and run down the back of each leg. When one or more of these nerve fibers are irritated, signals along the nerve can become disrupted — resulting in pain, tingling, numbness, or weakness along its path. 

The Nerve Fibers Involved

Motor fibers (efferent)– Carry signals from the brain to muscles, telling them when and how to contract. Irritation here can lead to weakness in the leg or foot. 

• Overactive firing = muscle tightness, spasms, or cramping.
• Underactive / blocked firing = weakness, difficulty lifting the foot (foot drop), or trouble standing on toes/heels.

Sensory fibers (afferent)– Carry information from the skin, joints, and muscles back to the brain. Involvement can cause pain, tingling, burning, or numbness. 

• Overactive firing = heightened pain sensitivity (burning, sharp shooting pain).
• Underactive / blocked firing = numbness, “dead” feeling, or loss of position sense.

Autonomic fibers – Help control blood vessel flow, sweat glands, and other automatic processes in the leg. These are less often affected, but can play a role in changes in skin temperature, color, circulation, abnormal sweating in the affected leg.

Common Causes

A herniated or bulging disc pressing on nerve roots. Degenerative changes narrowing the nerve pathways (spinal stenosis). Piriformis syndrome — when a tight piriformis muscle compresses the sciatic nerve in the buttock. Inflammation from injury or repetitive strain. 

How Nerves React to Subluxation: From Overexcited to Underactive

• When a nerve is irritated — it usually goes through a progression of responses:

Early Irritation = Overexcited Nerve

• At first, the nerve becomes hyperactive.
• This means it’s firing too much, sending excessive signals to the brain.
• Patients feel this as pain, tingling, burning, or hypersensitivity.
• Muscles controlled by these fibers spasm/ tighten from overstimulation
• Think of this as a “short circuit” — too much signal, too fast.

Prolonged Irritation or Compression = Underactive Nerve

If interference continues, the nerve starts to fatigue or shut down.

• Conduction of signals becomes weaker.
• Sensory effects = numbness, dullness, or loss of sensation.
• Motor effects = muscle weakness, loss of reflexes, even atrophy if long-term.
• Think of this as the nerve “burning out” after being overstimulated.
• Chronic Dysfunction = Mixed Picture
• Some fibers may still be overactive (causing burning or electric pain).
• Others may be underactive (causing numbness or weakness).

Addressing the Root Cause

Chiropractic care reduces interference in the nervous system, allowing proper communication between the brain and body, so nerves can function normally again. Improving spinal alignment and motion releases muscular tension, supports overall nerve health through movement, improved posture and circulation. The body’s innate intelligence is able to better self heal and regulate with a clear nervous system.