I look at the body as a whole despite suffering a specific concern in a local part of the body.
Above-Down, Inside-Out:
Your brain controls your entire body, and communicates via electrical current down your spinal cord and out to every part of your body (muscle, organ, hormone releasing glands, and every single cell)
Even if you come in with a sore foot, I will still recommend that we look at the entire body, because of two reasons:
There is no doubt that the foot pain is affecting everything above it to compensate, and therefore needing restoration
The healing, and coordination of your foot is controlled by your brain. And the messages from your brain must travel down past your neck, mid back, and lower back branching out into nerves that go down into your foot.
Only addressing the painful foot would be like changing the lightbulb without turning up the dimmer switch – the light will only be as bright as the dimmer switch allows power to get to it.
I also look at Muscle tension patterns.
All muscles are connected like slings by connective tissue called fascia. Releasing a key trigger point in one area can have a major impact on multiple other regions.
Chiropractic in laying literally means “done by hand”
Summary:
I use my hands to turn on the power to your body so you can function at your best.