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The Central Nervous System is composed of the brain, spinal cord and nerves. The spinal cord is the thick cable composed of millions of nerves that runs from the brain through the spine. The nerves that compose the spinal cord exit between the vertebra and go out to all of the organs, tissues, glands and cells of the body. The nervous system actually has two jobs. First, it records and informs the body of pain. If you have a pebble in your shoe, a nerve will be irritated. The nerve will send a message through the spinal cord to the brain, informing the brain of the irritation, pressure, or damage. The brain interprets the message as pain to alert you something is wrong. Without a nerve being irritated, you cannot experience pain. To eliminate pain you either remove the irritation through chiropractic care or mask the symptoms with pills.

The second job the Central Nervous System has is to control and coordinate all functions of the body. Every function of the body including; digestion, breathing, sleeping, the secretion of hormones, movement,  and circulation, just to name a few… depend on the nervous system to perform normally. When there is pressure or irritation to a nerve of function, there is no pain. What occurs, as proven in laboratory experiments, is when a nerve that controls function is irritated or has pressure upon it, there will be an alteration or change in the normal function. This is called, MAL-function.

Since the loss of function normally occurs before disease can develop and symptoms appear, we need to define health correctly. The World Health Organization has adopted a definition that follows: “Health is a state of optimal physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.”

To be healthy, you need more than to be symptom-free. Having no symptoms does not guarantee you will be healthy. If the nervous system is functioning properly the body can function normally, resistance is higher, and health is improved.  Unless you address the cause of illness and not only the symptoms you will not be able to maintain your health.                                                                                                                                                                                     

If a person has a headache, which is a symptom they can take an aspirin to remove the symptom. Aspirin deadens the ability of nerves to register pain. This however, does not correct the cause of the problem.  

 Question:

1. When the body has 100% Function it has 100% health

[ ] True [ ] False

2. A loss of Function will ultimately result in a loss of health

[ ] True [ ] False

3. If you restore normal Function, the body, in time, will be able to regain its health

[ ] True [ ] False

4. You should go to the doctor only when you have symptoms                                                                     

[ ] True [ ] False