Chiropractic Services

• Chiropractic is very effective and very safe.
  We do not utilize drugs, surgery, or invasive
  methodologies in our practice.
• Chiropractic uses gentle procedures to
  correct spinal misalignments and advanced
  technologies to improve your health and well
  being. Such as, Applied Kinesiology muscle
  testing and acupressure trigger point therapy.
• Chiropractors are primary health care
  providers. You do not need another Doctor’s
  referral to see a chiropractor. In fact, we
  work very closely with many of the top
  Medical Doctors in our community.
• Chiropractic is the World wide leader
  in Alternative Health Care.  At Desert Wellness
  Institute our mission is to provide the best
  Alternative Health Care and Esthetic Spa
  Services in the Coachella Valley, emphasizing
  quality of service and extraordinary value.

How does my body get out of alignment?

The birth process is the #1 cause of spinal misalignments. During birth, babies are transferred from the non-gravity environment of the womb to one of gravity. This happens regardless of whether one is born “naturally,” via underwater birthing, or through Caesarean birth
(C-section). Adding insult to injury, some of us are born via forceps or suction delivery where our skulls or bodies were pushed to the limit to come out of the birth canal. Others spent time in the neonatal ICU due to other difficulties or birthing complications. As a result, for some of us, the birthing experience has impacted our ability to fully adapt to our environments 100% effectively.

Spinal misalignments can also occur from sports, work-related stress, and auto injuries as well as sitting, sleeping, and work habits.

The problem here is that spinal misalignments often do not cause obvious pain, thus, you may be unaware of the damage done. This is because nerves allow us to feel sensations like pain. When the spinal bones become misaligned, vital nerve flow is blocked, not allowing you to feel as you should. People who experience numbness and tingling are experiencing spinal mis-alignments even if they have no sensation of “pain”. Like a cavity in your tooth, you might not feel any pain until that particular nerve is jarred.

A spinal misalignment is referred to as a “subluxation.” Our roleat the Desert Wellness Institute, as your health providers, is to analyze, detect, and correct subluxations. To do so, our doctors will take a thorough history of your previous conditions and injuries, then, she will perform a chiropractic palpatory examination. This examination includes a thorough assessment of your specific spinal alignment, range of motion tests, postural assessment, and review of previous x-rays, if indicated. Other X-rays and diagnostic studies may be ordered if necessary.

The key is that Chiropractic is not just about your back and neck – it is about your life! We care very much about your specific symptoms and your overall health. However, we do not entirely use these parameters as an indicator in terms of how to clinically work with you. Knowing that the nervous system controls the physiology, our doctors' approach is to determine the integrity of your nervous system and get to the root of any neurological interference that is contributing to or causing your problem.

The Missing Link of Chiropractic Care

Your body must make chemicals in order for you to fall asleep, digest food, recover from illness, heal a wound, nurse an infant, control your blood pressure, control your blood sugar, regulate your thyroid hormones, think, walk, talk, concentrate, remember… basically, all of your body’s functions!

The body’s ability to perform these functions depends upon a harmonious balance of chemicals within the body. An infinite number of chemical changes occur within the body every day. If any of these chemical changes do not occur at the proper time, in the proper area of the body, or in the proper quantities needed, ill health or disease may result. This may show up as low resistance to disease, not healing from disease, or as a lack of response to traditional treatments for your condition.

While you may still be able to perform your work and maintain some activity despite symptoms appearing to be under control, beneath the surface, your health may be at risk. Keep in mind that your body is like a computer: It remembers everything that has ever happened to it. This means that physiological imprints of illness imprint your body until dealt with and released. If this is of concern to you please read on.

The nervous system is the “Master Conductor” of our body’s orchestra.

In Guyton’s Physiology (a standard textbook used in all medical and chiropractic institutions), it is stated that the nervous system is the master conductor of the glands of the human body. This means that the nervous system controls and coordinates your physiology. Like members of an orchestra, each gland must work in harmony with the others. Imagine how an orchestra would play if there was no conductor. The music would not make sense and the harmony would be out of balance. When the nervous system is not able to harmonize the chemistry, illness and poor health results.

The nervous system, in turn, controls the immune system. The nerves that exit the spinal bones go to the glands of the body that produce the body chemistry. When the spinal bones become misaligned, abnormal body chemistry and physiology result. The immune system becomes weakened producing pain and disease.