“Chiropractic Glossary —Natural Healing Power/Innate Intelligence”
Natural Healing Power/Innate Intelligence and Chiropractic Therapy on the Upper Cervical Vertebrae:
The word innate means a natural or inborn quality or ability that you are born with. Innate intelligence simply means the combination of something “innate” and “intelligence”. In chiropractic this natural wisdom is believed to provide natural healing powers, and to be a life force that functions to cure illness.
The healing powers are supplied through the flow of nerve energy, which runs from the brain to the spinal nerves and then to all organs, tissues, and cells. If there is a blockage to this nerve energy flaw, the healing powers decrease, and this becomes the root of illnesses.
A real cure of illnesses requires, therefore, removal of the root problem. This is done by applying adjustment to remove subluxation of the upper cervical vertebrae.
In other words, the therapy uses treatment to completely activate the natural healing powers that well up within the body to let the body cure illness itself. This involves correcting the misalignment of the cervical vertebrae that causes pressure and inhibits the flow of the nervous system, which runs from the brain to the spinal cord and then to peripheral nerves.
The curing mechanism may sound rather simple. But it is sometimes hard to notice how the body works to cure illnesses as for the body is to regain health is simply a part of natural physiological function to get back to normal condition, and the natural (innate) healing power does not have any physical form.
In fact, many patients say that they were uncertain about the therapeutic effects in the beginning. However, they add that as they received the therapy they became to feel better physically and their symptoms, such as knee pain and relentless stiff shoulders, disappeared without them knowing it was happening. They are also happy that people say they look better now.
At our clinic patients are provided with a treatment to correct one area of the cervical vertebrae, then they recuperate by lying on a bed for a while. The treatment does not involve any pain, but does activate innate healing powers to regain health.
Distortions of the whole bone structure will improve in proportion to the overall improvement in physical condition of the body. Thus, improvement of the physical condition leads to correction of distortions of the bone structure. You can physically see how the innate healing power works within the body (face, toes, hallux valgus).
Note: In the passage above “If there is a blockage to this nerve energy flow, the healing powers decrease, and this is the root of illnesses.” refers to the fact that misalignment of the upper cervical vertebrae causes pressure on the medulla oblongata, the relay station of the nerve flow from the brain to the spinal cord.? Click here for more details
Decrease of natural healing powers is the real cause of illness.
