N L Hansen, DC

What’s “neuroarticular dysfunction”? A healthy body is needs a healthy nervous system so…

Chiropractic looks for areas where the nervous system may be interfered with. The most likely place where the nervous system will be interfered with is where the nerves exit the spine but there other places too. A lack of proper joint movement may cause dysfunction like stress or strain injuries, inflammation and chronic pain. In Chiropractic this neuroarticular dysfunction is called a subluxation.

Since our beginning Chiropractors have sought to restore a more normal movement to joints to restore or maintain health. This can be done by locking out all movement in a joint and then giving a quick shallow push. This often gives the “pop” or “crack” that people associate with an adjustment.

But there are other ways….

The most popular way to get around the above procedure is a chiropractic method called Activator. Integral to Activator methods is an objective examination to locate the neuroarticular dysfunction that causes the pathology often called subluxation. That is why I sought, got and maintain an advanced proficiency rating in the technique. The extra training in analyzing where the subluxation is (or isn’t) and what direction of the adjustment should be performed has helped me enormously in accurately treating people using a specialized tool that allows me to do the necessary correction while they are lying quietly in a comfortable, relaxed position.

A really serious “Activator Doctor” may use a special adjusting table that is wide and uses a motor to lower and raise a patient from a standing position to lying down and back up again.

I’ve been practicing the Activator Technique seriously since 1998. Questions? Tap on the email icon below.