When treating a patient, my opinion is that the majority of chiropractors are just looking for mechanical (structural) problems. But we are now living in a really complex society, and a lot of time our bodies are stressed, not just mechanically but also nutritionally (chemically) and even emotionally.

I am looking to remove sources of stress or the root causes when approaching patient problems instead just covering up symptoms with temporarily relief.

Even in a casual ordinary life, if you are kept under continual stress that your body can not handle, it can experience dysfunction or hypo-function, either physically, nutritionally (chemically), or emotionally, with or without symptoms. If this condition persists, your body can fail to maintain homeostasis, thereby compromising your body’s ability to heal, and leading to so-called DISEASE.

If your body experiences dysfunction due to injury, you most likely have scar tissue or an adhesion. If so, you will need assistance to repair the damaged tissue and eliminate the ongoing stress on the tissue.

If you are in trouble with visceral (internal) organs, you probably need to remove toxin or waste products accumulated in your body and nourish the exhausted organs. For example, sometimes your low back pain comes from the kidney and prostate while upper to mid back pain comes from the gallbladder that, in turn, is affected by indigestible fatty substances. In other words, a problem can start with something simple, but if it is not taken care of for a while, it may affect other part of bodies sequentially.

Most chronic disease processes start from compromised homeostasis in a body. If you avoid life styles which stress your body (poor diet, bad habits, lack of exercise, etc.), you will actually be practicing preventative medicine.