Often our New Year’s resolutions ‘revolve’ around actions we want to take or habits we want to change.  The focus is always on the action – the Doing.  To create a dramatic and far-reaching change, we must first understand that all of our actions come from what we are thinking and feeling… who we are being.

It is a common belief that ‘when I do this…then I will have that…and then I will be happy.’  For example, if I work real hard, I will have lots of money and then I will be happy.  The truth is true success and happiness occur in the reverse.  When you are happy with an attitude of success …you will do the things that will bring you all you desire.  The being always precedes the doing and the having.

To create your New Year’s Revolution, you must first decide what you want, and then, more importantly, determine why you want it.   Ask yourself why you want to exercise or go on a diet.  Is it to lose weight?  Is it to get in shape?  But why do you want that?  With each answer to why, keep asking why.  Dig deeper.  Are you trying to get away from or MOVING TOWARD something?  Ultimately, you will find that the answer will always lead to a state of being you want to move toward…to be stronger…to be freer…to be happy.

Would you like to know a secret?  Come closer…you do not have to do anything to be happy!  All you need is to change your focus and decide to be happy.  Ultimately, this is the decision that needs to be made…to be happy.  It is an attitude.  How do you be happy?  Ask what it would feel like right now if you were happy.  Ask yourself how a happy person would be.  How would a happy person breathe…shallow or deep?  What would their posture be like?  How would they move?  What would they be thinking?   How else would they be?  Once you have the answers to these questions, you have the formula to be happy.  If you want to be successful… enthusiastic… compassionate, ask how a person with these qualities would be and be it by putting your attention on how it would feel right now..  You will find that once you develop these qualities, you will automatically do the things that will bring you the things that you desire.

Always start your New Year’s Revolution by developing your be.  Before taking action, spend a week, or even a month, being the person who would take that action by putting your attention on the feeling of it already accomplished.  You will reach a point when the feeling will be so real you will naturally take the action that will bring it forth easily and effortlessly.  It will be a natural expression of who you are.  Just as a flower effortlessly releases it fragrant scent and a bird naturally sings its song, so too will you naturally fulfill your New Year’s REVOLUTION.

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Welcome to FALL!

Often when we see the word “Fall,” we think of something negative. As children, we fall down a lot and get hurt. But every fall is an opportunity to get back up! Imagine a one year old baby learning to walk who after falling for the first time, said, “I QUIT!” No. They got back up and try again until walking is as natural as….well, walking! I have a strong belief that there are not “Wins and Losses.” Only “Wins and Learns.” If you read the biographies of the most successful, they also had the most failures. Babe Ruth was the “Home Run King.” But he was also the “Strike Out King!” So, remember, every time you fall or fail, there is only one thing to do:

Get back up and keep moving forward!

When you seek out a doctor, chiropractor, holistic practitioner, you probably have some pain or health issue that your looking to resolve and stabilize….looking for more BALANCE in your body and your life.    This is absolutely understandable.   When we have a health issue or experience some form of imbalance or instability, it is natural and healthy to seek balance and stability.

But how often do we seek out IMBALANCE and INSTABILITY?  Actually, quite often!   This is equally as important.   This is why we go to the gym, go on vacation and reorganize our house, office or relationships.   Let me explain.

When anything is stable and balanced, there is no movement or growth.   It is maintained as it is.   In order for there to be any movement or growth, an element of instability and imbalance must be introduced.   Look at walking, for example.  

Try this:   Stand up with your feet shoulders width apart.   Are you going anywhere?   No.   You are stable and in balance but standing in the same spot.   In order to move forward, you must take a step.   So, very, very slowly, lift your right foot and start moving it forward.    You will, for a moment, feel unstable until you put your foot down in front of you, once again creating stability.    Now do the same thing with the left foot.   Do this over and over and you’re walking forward, moving back and forth between instability and stability / imbalance and balance.    Do this exercise until you feel that fluctuation between instability and stability.  This is how all things move forward and grow….fluctuating between stability and instability.   You MUST have instability and imbalance in order to grow, move and heal. 

Granted, too much instability and imbalance causes chaos, disorder and dysfunction, which is unhealthy.   Likewise, too much balance and stability causes stagnation, tension and dysfunction, also unhealthy.    The natural fluctuation between the two is what we want:   This is HEALTHY!

Every time you eat something, this puts the chemistry of the body out of balance.  As the body seeks the NEXT LEVEL of stability in the body, it uses the nutrients of the food to create new cells, create energy and drive function.   Every time you exercise, it creates instability in the muscles and other tissues, and as the body seeks a NEW LEVEL of stability, your muscles grow and get stronger.   Explore how wherever there is growth and movement, there are elements of instability and imbalance that drive that change to find NEW LEVELS of stability and balance.

This is the goal of NETWORK SPINAL CHIROPRACTIC.   When you first came in, there may have been areas of tension and restricted movement or chronic injury or health issue that hadn’t changed In quite some time….this is too much STABILITY AND BALANCE.   The specific, gentle contacts on the spine are designed to introduce an element of INSTABILITY by triggering movement and breath in the body.   Suddenly, the tension begins to release and the spine begins to move freer.   We start experiencing a greater sense of EASE, instead of DIS-EASE.    If there is too much INSTABLITY, a similar process restores balance through breath and connection with the body….also creating a greater sense of EASE.

If you feel you are experiencing too much INSTABILITY in your life, introduce some stability by deliberately taking calming deep breaths, meditate, spend time in nature and do more of the things you enjoy.   If things are stagnant and not changing….TOO STABLE…introduce instability!   Do something you wouldn’t normally do!   Start exercising.   Go on a trip.    Go out on the town.  Start a hobby.   Start a business.   Let your imagination go free.

In conclusion, if you have a health issue, there is either too much stability or too much instability and we can support you with creating IDEAL HEALTH through Network Spinal Chiropractic.   Give us a call if you have any questions or would like to make an appointment for yourself and your family!

With Love and Appreciation,

Dr Barry

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Imagine you are in a pitch-black room with no light.  Is there anything you can do about the darkness to make the room light?   Can you push out the darkness?  Spray it with a chemical?  Chop it out of the room?   Obviously not.  The only way to get rid of the darkness is to TURN ON THE LIGHTS.   Darkness is the absence of light.  Not the other way around.   Light is the “something” that when removed causes darkness.

Likewise, DISEASE IS THE ABSENCE OF HEALTH…not the other way around.   Health is the “something” that when removed causes disease.   Just as fighting darkness without adding light is a futile effort, so, fighting disease without ADDING HEALTH will never work.   This perspective shift is necessary for a person to truly experience Optimum Health.

So how do we “turn on the lights” of Health?  Here are 7 simple ways:

1. Get Adjusted! – Our life force flows and expresses through our nervous system.   When there is a “subluxation” or nerve interference due to stress and tension of the spinal cord, nerves, muscles and joints of the spine, it inhibits the flow of our life energy and dis-ease occurs.   Always.   Even the word “subluxation” says it all.   “Sub-” = “less than”, “-Lux-” = “light”, “-ation” = “a condition of”.   A subluxation is a condition of the spine causing less light in the body.   So, get adjusted regularly and keep the lights on.  In our office, we found NetworkSpinal to be the most effective.  Learn more here: https://www.placeforhealing.com/audio-video.html
2. Meditate – Regularly quieting the mind and spending time in silent awareness helps reduce stress, relaxes the body and mind, increases awareness and causes a general sense of well-being.  If you would like to learn a simple, but highly effective form of meditation, learn the Self Discovery Present Moment Awareness (PMA) Technique at https://youtu.be/IQ2Yj0RhHzE?si=DLzLtbrq5DdzZ7ML
3. Spend Time in Nature – Being in nature is another way to relax, energize and rejuvenate the body and mind.   Take a walk in a park, a forest or the beach.  If you can, take off your shoes and get grounded with the earth.  Take deep breaths.  Practice PMA while walking and connect with the natural world around you.  This is a beautiful way to turn on the lights of health.
4. Drink Water and Eat Nutritiously – Food and water provide the energy and materials the body need to function properly and stay healthy.  Drink one-half your body weight in ounces of pure, filtered water every day to be properly hydrated.  Our favorite water is the Nikken PiMag Waterfall.  You can learn more at: https://thrive.store.nikken.com/thrive/Shopping/ItemList?filterID=1&SharedLink=False
   And, eating healthy can be easier than you think.   Fruits, vegetables, protein.   A good rule of thumb is 70-80% fruits and veggies and 20-30% Protein, Starches and all the other.  And, read your labels.  If there is anything in the ingredients that doesn’t sound like a food (i.e. monosodium glutamate) then don’t buy it or eat it!
5. Exercise – Moving, stretching and challenging the body creates greater strength, flexibility, resilience and energy.   Regularly exercising will turn on the lights of health and ensure a strong, healthy body.   Even if you take a nice, brisk 20 minute walk out in nature a few times a week is often enough to provide adequate exercise.
6. Breathe! – Throughout the day, take a moment to take a few DEEP breaths.  Deliberate breathing increases our oxygen and energy and helps relax and rejuvenate the body and mind.
7. And most importantly, ENJOY YOUR LIFE! – In the 85 year Harvard Grant study, it was demonstrated that the most important factor for living a long, healthy life was by Enjoying your Life.   In this study, they found that around the world, the people who lived well into their 90’s, 100’s and beyond had loving, rewarding relationships with family, loved ones and friend; had fulfilling work that they were passionate about; they were involved in their community and contributed to the well-being of others and took time to engage in fun activities that they enjoyed.

So, rather than continuing to look for ways to fight disease and health problems, instead start adding these 7 strategies to your daily routine and watch the light of your health begin to shine brighter and BRIGHTER!

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You might have heard me say that with NetworkSpinal chiropractic, we are “tuning” the nervous system, and that “the TONE, Tension and Posture of our spine and nervous system determine the TONE, tension and posture of our LIVES.”   Current research is revealing that this is more factual than metaphor.

Current research from the Neils Bohr Institute of the Copenhagen University has shown that nerves do not transmit information through electrical impulses, as previous thought.   They are showing that nerve impulses are actually ACOUSTIC SOUND WAVES that travel on the surface of the nerves like notes on a guitar string!  

What does that mean for us and our Health and Wellness?   Let’s explore this:

You probably have seen a guitar or piano…maybe even played one.  You notice they have strings.   For the instrument to function properly and sound good, these strings must be “tuned.”   This means that the strings have just the right amount of tension to produce the correct note.   If the strings are too loose, they are considered “flat” or too low.   If the strings are too tight, they are “sharp” or too high.   When the guitar or piano is tuned, all the strings are at just the right tension to produce all the right notes.   When the instrument is tuned, we get music.   When it is out of tune, we get noise.

Now, when we play 3 or more strings or notes at the same time, we hear a chord.  Chords are the basis of the harmony of music.   Depending on how you combine different notes, you hear different chords and different types of chords have different sounds and impart different feelings!   Major chords are happy and uplifting.   You change one note flat and you hear a Minor chord, which feels sad and melancholy.    Diminished chords create tension and suspense.  You get the idea.

So how does this all relate to your health and wellbeing?

A nervous system and its surrounding tissues and organs function differently depending on the degree of tension they hold.   A stressed, tense spine and nervous system function very differently than one in a state of ease.   The opposite of ease is dis-ease.  All illness, disfunction and unhealed injuries occur when the nervous system is stuck in adverse tension. 

Why?   A stressed nervous system is not concerned with healing and health.   It is concerned with survival!   On an unconscious level, when in a state of tension, the body perceives that it is threatened and in danger.   And when in danger, the body enters the fight-or-flight survival response in which all healing functions, the immune system and digestion are reduced or turned off completely.   Ever wonder why you usually get sick or injured when your stressed?!

On the other hand, a body in a state of ease, heals quickly and becomes stronger and healthier!

Since we also experience our world and respond to these experiences through our nervous system, we will also experience and respond to our lives differently, depending on the degree of tension they hold.    If our nervous system and tissues are tuned to a “major chord”, we will experience joy and feel uplifted!   If our nervous system is tuned to a “minor chord”, we experience sadness and downtrodden.

You can see this “tuning” in people’s posture.   People who are happy, healthy and confident, tend to hold their head up in an upright posture.  Whereas people who are ill, sad or defeated, typically have a hunched over posture with their heads held down.    For many, this “minor” tuning has now become the norm, as people and their children hold themselves in this posture as they spend time on their devices.

Try it for yourself.   Deliberately, put yourself in a hunched over, “depressed” posture or “tuning.”   How does that feel?  Did the corners of mouth drop into a frown?   Did you’re breathing get shallow?  This is the “tuning” of dis-ease – a “minor chord”.   Now, lift up your spine and head and bring your shoulders back in an upright position.  Did I just hear you take a deep breath?!   How does that feel?   This is the “tuning” of ease, health and well-being – a “Major Chord!”

I’ll repeat it one more time:
“The TONE, Tension and Posture of our spine and nervous system determine the TONE, tension and posture of our LIVES.”  

So, the degree of tension and stress in our body is of utmost importance in our aim to be healthy and have optimal well-being.   This is why chiropractic care is so important, especially NetworkSpinal.   By keeping your spine and nervous system properly tuned, you are guaranteed a healthier life and well-being!

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In my book, A Clear Path to Healing, Chapter 10 is The Healing Processes of the Heart.   This is a very special chapter in the book.   It was one of those writing experiences where it just flowed out of me in one sitting with no outline and no plan…and when I sent the final book to the editor, she said that it did not have one spelling mistake or grammatical error.   Truly inspired from the Heart!

Here is a summary of that chapter.   These are the 7 processes everyone experiences through the healing and growth process.

1. Awareness – The more aware you are, and the more keen this awareness, the more adaptable you will become and those things that once caused you grief, are now merely an itch.  Check out this link to learn a simple, yet powerful awareness exercise called the Present Moment Awareness Technique (PMA).
2. Acknowledgment –  Acknowledgment allows you to recognize the awesome being that you are.  By acknowledging every aspect of yourself, including the parts that cause you grief, can you then become whole.
3. Acceptance  – By accepting any situation with an attitude of “what is…is,” much of the anxiety and apprehension will dissipate and be replaced with peace and calm.
4. Appreciation  – When you come to appreciate everything the body does, everything that comes to mind and everything you feel, no matter how strange, uncomfortable or frightening, your disease or condition is no longer seen as such, but instead witnessed as a blessing in disguise…a sheep in wolves’ clothing.
5. Affirmation –  In this stage of healing, the universe begins to speak to you through life. You find that you no longer speak of lack or detriment, but instead spread only words of wisdom, healing and truth.  You have freed yourself from the prison of false beliefs, denial and doubt, and have become one of the few who sees through rose-colored glasses and always has a cup that is half-full, rather than half-empty.
6. Atonement – Atonement or At-One-Ment is the process by which you realize that we all experience challenges in life.  Each of us live each day with the same struggles and adversity that this physical existence offers.  This eliminates the need for forgiveness, for in this state no one is the culprit…nor the victim.
7. Awe – When you are in Awe, everything you see, hear and touch around you fills you with wonder and amazement, yet you are never surprised at what you experience.  Because of your awareness and understanding of how the universe operates and how you and everyone else is an integral part of it, your heart soars with what can only be called glee.

If you would like learn these principles in greater depth and take them to the next level, look below in our blog thread where all 7 Processes of the Heart are explained in depth.

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1. The Nervous System and the Stress Response

The first thing to understand is that the brain, spinal cord and nerves control all body function, all muscle movements, all of our senses, our immune system, our hormones, the stress response and our ability to heal and grow.   It controls EVERYTHING.  

When under Stress, the spinal cord and nerves go into a state of Tension.   Like a rope being pulled or twisted.   The tension in the nervous tissue initiates the Fight-or-Flight Stress response.   This is an automatic primitive response to protect us in time of danger and threat.   A body “locked” in the stress response reduces our immune system function, increases blood pressure and respiration, causes muscles to tense and reduces our body’s ability to heal and grow.   A body in defense is a body prone to illness, disease and injury….and has a difficult time recovering and healing.

It is the purpose of the Network Adjustment/Entrainment to help reduce tension in the Nervous System, Muscular System, and Joints allowing the body to reduce the Fight or Flight Stress Response and the body recovers and naturally begins to heal and return to normal healthy function.   We not only feel positive physical changes, but increases in mental and emotional well-being, as well, when this occurs.

2. The Connective Tissue and Meninges

Throughout our entire body, wrapping around every organ, muscle, bone, tendon and ligament is a strong, fibrous material called Connective Tissue or Fascia.   It is part of our skeletal system, providing structure to the body and holding everything in place.   Like the nervous system and muscles, when under Stress, the connective tissue also goes into tension.   Have you ever felt after a stressful event that you were “tight all over?”   This is the connective tissue in tension.   It extends from the top of our head to the tip of the toes…and like a marionette puppet, when the “strings” are pulling in one area, the effect will be pulling in all areas.

The Connective Tissue that surrounds the Brain and Spinal Cord is called the Meninges (or Dura).   You may have heard the term, “Meningitis,” if this tissue gets inflamed or infected.  It is a thick, rubber like material that surrounds the entire brain and spinal cord adding another layer of protection along with the bony, vertebral column or Spine.    Between the brain/spinal cord and the Meninges is a nutritious fluid called Cerebrospinal Fluid.   In a healthy Spine, free of tension, the Meninges moves with every breath and movement we make causing this Cerebrospinal Fluid to flow up and down the spine.    When there is tension in the Meninges, the movement and flow decreases.

When we have a stressful event, the first part of our body that tension begins to rise in is the Meninges and then extends out into the Connective Tissue of the body, resulting in tension throughout our nerves, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. In the Network Adjustment, this is what we are working with:   The Meninges and Connective Tissue.

3. The Network Analysis explained

Within the spine, the meninges attach to the bone in the neck and in the sacrum.    Between the upper back and low back, it doesn’t attach anywhere and is loose and free and extends out of the spine with the nerves to the rest of the body to BECOME the connective tissue.

You can experience these connections, by using your shirt as an example.   Tuck your shirt tight into your pants.   Have someone from behind pull up on the back of your shirt at the neck.   Can you feel how the shirt pulls by your lower spine?   Because there are no attachments until your pants, the force is transmitted to the bottom of your shirt.   This is why neck tension can cause low back pain and tension.

Now have the person pull down at the bottom of the shirt.   Can you feel how its pulling on your neck and shoulders?   This is why low back and sacral tension can cause neck and shoulder pain and tension and headaches.   The cause of a pain or symptoms is not always at the location of the pain or symptoms.   Often it isn’t.   We have one body, one spine, one nervous system and one connective tissue network and one part affects all others.

Lastly, have the person pull on the upper part of your shirt to the left.   Can you feel how its pulling on the right?   This why tension on one side of the body can cause pain and tension on the other side of the body.

When I start an adjustment, it begins with a Network Spinal Analysis to determine where there’s tension, where there’s EASE and what is the 1, 2 or 3 specific vertebral levels and side that I can make to make the biggest impact on the body.   I look for the Primaries.   There are 4 basic parts to this analysis: Palpation or feeling the spine with my hand, the Leg Check, observing respiration and observing the posture of the spine when lying down.

1. Palpation: Simply, I’m feeling the muscles, vertebra and connective tissue for hard, tense areas: Defense and relaxed, soft areas: Ease.
2. Leg Check: Again, like a marionette puppet, when the “strings” of the spinal cord, nerves and connective tissue are pulling due to tension, that pulling will translate into the arms, legs, wrists and ankles.  When doing the leg check, are the legs even or is one short?   Does the shortened leg even or lengthen by the turning of the head or the lifting of the legs?   Is there tension in the back or sides of the ankles?   Are the legs close together or far apart?   If far apart, are they difficult to push together?   If close together, are they difficult to separate?   All these things and more give me information how and where the spinal cord, nerves and connective tissue are being “pulled.”
3. Respiration:  When a person is lying face down and they breathe, you can watch the entire spine move up and down from the neck to the sacrum.   However, when there is tension somewhere in the spine, that breath movement is reduced or not even visible in that part of the spine.   More information about where there’s tension.
4. Posture: When someone is lying face down on the table, how is their posture?   Is the midback hunched up?   Are the legs diagonal to one side of the table? Is the head tilted or rotated?   Is the neck curled forward, back or straight?   How are they holding their arms?    More information.

By analyzing these things and more, I determine where the adjustment or adjustments need to be made to have the greatest impact on reducing tension and increasing EASE in  the spine and body as a whole.

4. The Network Adjustment – Where it All Comes Together!

So, how do those gentle touches on the spine accomplish so much?   Here’s where it all comes together.
In this part, I’ll explain the WHY, WHERE and HOW of the Network Gentle Adjustment.

Something interesting to understand is that the Spinal Cord and Nerves go into TENSION when STRETCHED or TWISTED.  The Connective Tissue, Muscles and Tendons RELAX when STRETCHED.  

AND…the Connective Tissue goes into TENSION when a strong force is applied to it and it RELAXES from a gentle touch.   (You may have noticed a gentle touch on a tense persons shoulder often helps them to relax.  This is why!)

So once I find the exact spot to make the adjustment, you will feel me do a gentle stretch to the connective tissue followed by a gentle touch.  How do I know how much force to use in that gentle adjustment?  By feeling how much force your body is pushing back.   I match the force.  I get RAPPORT with the body.  It’s like a good handshake.   Too much force….not good.   Too wimpy….not good.   A good handshake is where both people match the force – RAPPORT.   The body responds very well to RAPPORT.

Once this is complete, you may feel your breath increase.   You feel your body relax onto the table.   Or, you may feel suddenly the urge to move the body, stretch the spine, or stretch the wrist and ankles.   This is the body responding to the adjustment and the connective tissue of the body and spine unwinding tension.   Mission Accomplished!    That’s the HOW.   Now for the WHERE and the WHY!

Simply, I am always making the stretch and contact of the adjustment on a place where the Meninges (Spinal Connective Tissue) attaches to the sacrum or in the neck…the specific location determined by the Network Analysis described earlier.    But this contact is NOT made on an area where there’s TENSION!   Only on an area where there’s EASE!   We affectionately call this the “SPINAL GATEWAY.”   WHY?!

An area of tension is an area of DEFENSE…an area of Protection.   It is often “disconnected” from the Brain and the environment.    It is actually an area that you are often not aware of…and the body must create pain and discomfort to get your attention and for you to be aware of it.    You can’t change something you are not aware of….and the body knows this.    This an area that is not responsive, doesn’t want to be touched and will go further into defense if change is attempted.    Ever been around a person like this?    What happens if your try to change them?   THINGS INTENSIFY.

So while I am aware of these areas of Defense, I do not try to change or “fix” them (Although you probably really want me to!).   Instead, I look for the areas of EASE – The Spinal Gateway.   The Spinal Gateways are often right above, below or on the opposite side of the area of defense.   Sometimes its on the other end of the spine!   This is why often you may tell me that its tight and painful on the right side and you’re wondering why I am on the left!

By making the right gentle adjustment, on the right place (SPINAL GATEWAY), at the right time, in the right direction, with just the right amount of force (RAPPORT), the connective tissue starts to unwind and the brain perceives it is SAFE.   Suddenly, the brain sends signals to the body that it no longer needs to defend and throughout the spine and body, all the tension and defense starts to drop.    This can sometimes happen with one gentle touch on the SPINAL GATEWAY.

5.  What’s the difference between a Traditional Chiropractic Adjustment and a Network Adjustment or Entrainment?

This is another question that most of my new clients ask.

Chiropractic is based on the principle that the body is intelligent and self-healing, self-maintaining and self-sufficient.   This Innate Intelligence expresses through the nervous system.   A “Subluxation” is a misaligned vertebra of the spine that interferes with the expression of this Intelligence causing Dis-Function and Dis-Ease in the body.   The job of a Chiropractor is to correct the Subluxation, removing interference to the expression of the body’s innate intelligence and restoring normal function.

In Traditional Chiropractic, a chiropractor applies a specific force with his hand or an instrument to a specific “subluxated” vertebra to restore it to its natural, normal position correcting the Subluxation.

Network Chiropractic takes a different approach.  We asked the question, “If the body is Intelligence and Self-Healing why can it not correct its own Subluxation?   Why do we even need a Chiropractor?”

The answer is because the Body is creating the Subluxation for a reason and does not want to correct it.   Why would it do this?   Have you ever had the TV playing, had some food in the microwave and running a Vacuum, when someone upstairs put on the hair dryer and suddenly all the power went off?    Why did this happen?   The electrical system was being STRESSED and a circuit breaker switched off to prevent an OVERLOAD that could potentially cause damage to the entire system

This is exactly what a SUBLUXATION is in the nervous system…a fail-safe to prevent an OVERLOAD to the entire nervous system.   In the house, if you try to return the switch to ON without turning off the appliances, the circuit break will keeping turning off.   So, you turn off all the appliances and the circuit breaker returns to its on position and all the power is restored.   

It is exactly the same with Subluxation.   When you have an overwhelming, stressful physical, emotional or mental experience, the body creates the Subluxation to prevent an OVERLOAD to the system.   If that Subluxation is adjusted without first taking care of the underlying OVERLOAD, that vertebra will keep misaligning, just like the Circuit Breaker.

Like a turtle in its shell, the nervous system will stay in defense until it perceives it is safe….sometimes for years and even decades after the stress-causing event.  What’s more, the nervous system will go into and stay in defense from an imagined stress or threat as much as a real one!

The purpose of the Network Adjustment is to help the body recover from past traumas and stresses, releasing the tension and stress patterns from the Spine (the overload) and the body will, ON ITS OWN, restore the vertebra to its normal position when it feels that its safe enough to do so.

In summary, the body intelligently creates Subluxations to protect the nervous system and it can self correct them when it is safe to do so.   Network brings that safety!

Well, there you have it.  If there are any other questions you have about any hows, whats, wheres or whys about Network Chiropractic, always feel free to email me, text or give us a call.

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Welcome to FALL!

Often when we see the word “Fall,” we think of something negative. As children, we fall down a lot and get hurt. But every fall is an opportunity to get back up! Imagine a one year old baby learning to walk who after falling for the first time, said, “I QUIT!” No. They got back up and try again until walking is as natural as….well, walking! I have a strong belief that there are not “Wins and Losses.” Only “Wins and Learns.” If you read the biographies of the most successful, they also had the most failures. Babe Ruth was the “Home Run King.” But he was also the “Strike Out King!” So, remember, every time you fall or fail, there is only one thing to do:

Get back up and keep moving forward!

When you seek out a doctor, chiropractor, holistic practitioner, you probably have some pain or health issue that your looking to resolve and stabilize….looking for more BALANCE in your body and your life.    This is absolutely understandable.   When we have a health issue or experience some form of imbalance or instability, it is natural and healthy to seek balance and stability.

But how often do we seek out IMBALANCE and INSTABILITY?  Actually, quite often!   This is equally as important.   This is why we go to the gym, go on vacation and reorganize our house, office or relationships.   Let me explain.

When anything is stable and balanced, there is no movement or growth.   It is maintained as it is.   In order for there to be any movement or growth, an element of instability and imbalance must be introduced.   Look at walking, for example.  

Try this:   Stand up with your feet shoulders width apart.   Are you going anywhere?   No.   You are stable and in balance but standing in the same spot.   In order to move forward, you must take a step.   So, very, very slowly, lift your right foot and start moving it forward.    You will, for a moment, feel unstable until you put your foot down in front of you, once again creating stability.    Now do the same thing with the left foot.   Do this over and over and you’re walking forward, moving back and forth between instability and stability / imbalance and balance.    Do this exercise until you feel that fluctuation between instability and stability.  This is how all things move forward and grow….fluctuating between stability and instability.   You MUST have instability and imbalance in order to grow, move and heal. 

Granted, too much instability and imbalance causes chaos, disorder and dysfunction, which is unhealthy.   Likewise, too much balance and stability causes stagnation, tension and dysfunction, also unhealthy.    The natural fluctuation between the two is what we want:   This is HEALTHY!

Every time you eat something, this puts the chemistry of the body out of balance.  As the body seeks the NEXT LEVEL of stability in the body, it uses the nutrients of the food to create new cells, create energy and drive function.   Every time you exercise, it creates instability in the muscles and other tissues, and as the body seeks a NEW LEVEL of stability, your muscles grow and get stronger.   Explore how wherever there is growth and movement, there are elements of instability and imbalance that drive that change to find NEW LEVELS of stability and balance.

This is the goal of NETWORK SPINAL CHIROPRACTIC.   When you first came in, there may have been areas of tension and restricted movement or chronic injury or health issue that hadn’t changed In quite some time….this is too much STABILITY AND BALANCE.   The specific, gentle contacts on the spine are designed to introduce an element of INSTABILITY by triggering movement and breath in the body.   Suddenly, the tension begins to release and the spine begins to move freer.   We start experiencing a greater sense of EASE, instead of DIS-EASE.    If there is too much INSTABLITY, a similar process restores balance through breath and connection with the body….also creating a greater sense of EASE.

If you feel you are experiencing too much INSTABILITY in your life, introduce some stability by deliberately taking calming deep breaths, meditate, spend time in nature and do more of the things you enjoy.   If things are stagnant and not changing….TOO STABLE…introduce instability!   Do something you wouldn’t normally do!   Start exercising.   Go on a trip.    Go out on the town.  Start a hobby.   Start a business.   Let your imagination go free.

In conclusion, if you have a health issue, there is either too much stability or too much instability and we can support you with creating IDEAL HEALTH through Network Spinal Chiropractic.   Give us a call if you have any questions or would like to make an appointment for yourself and your family!

With Love and Appreciation,

Dr Barry

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Once, Toyota demonstrated the success of implementing Kaizen, many Japanese corporations also began to incorporate this philosophy to find similar results.   The Japanese Health Care System, likewise incorporated the principle of small, simple improvements with their patients and shortly after was considered the #1 provider of health care in the world by the World Health Organization.

NetworkSpinal care works in much the same way.  Healing itself functions in this way.   With each visit, we are looking to create sustainable change that future visits build upon.   Here are some examples of the changes we are looking for on each and every visit:

• Decreased tension in the Nerves, Muscles and Joints and the indicators of this tension.
• Increased respiration throughout the spine.
• Increased sense of well-being and ease.
• Evidence of the development of the Spinal Wave (Stretch and oscillating movements in the spine)
• Expansion of size and number of Spinal Gateways in the spine. (Spinal gateways are the points along the spine where I make my Network Contacts that cue the brain and nervous system to drop the defensive tension and find safety and ease through breath and movement)
• Increased range of motion and improvement of posture in the spine.

See how you can bring the principle of Kaizen into your life.   What is one small (even 1%) improvement you can make to your life each and every day?  If you any questions or would like support with this, please let us know!

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In life, when you are in the right place, at the right time, applying the right amount of force, with the right intent, magic happens.  Whether in relationships, business or healing, in order for there to be optimum results, these four factors must be in alignment.

In Network Chiropractic, we apply this principle.  If you are on the wrong place on the spine, at the wrong time, with too much or too little force, with the wrong intent, the body will react.  However, if you are on the exact right spot on the exact right vertebra, at just the right time, matching the force of the body, in the right direction with the right intent – the body responds…and it does so, beautifully.

What do I mean by “matching the force of the body?”  Have you ever shook someone’s hand and it was like a limp fish?  Or you shook their hand and you felt like they wanted to squeeze the bones out of your fingertips.  This is not matching the force.  When two people have a good handshake, they match the force…they have rapport and it feels good.

The Network Protocol is a very specific spinal analysis which determines that exact right place on the spine to contact in a distinct sequence so that we are always doing it at the right time.  This “right place” is called the “spinal gateway” and it is an area of free energy in the spine from which the spinal tension is being generated, usually found in the neck or sacrum. A force is then applied by matching the force that the body is pushing back when you touch it.  We “shake its hand” with rapport.

How does such a gentle touch knock down 2 Million dominoes with such a gentle touch?  By lining them up in a certain sequence, it only takes a gentle touch.

By applying this gentle, quick force to this specific area of the spine, in the right sequence, the brain is made aware of the adverse tension and through movement and breath the body begins to innately work to integrate the free energy in the “spinal gateway” to free up the bound up energy that is being store in the muscles, joints, or nerve tissue.

The light touch actually doesn’t “do anything,” but bring the attention of the cognitive brain to an area it was previously disassociated from, and the body does the rest. Wow!   This is the right intent.  To make the person more aware of where and when the body holds tension and help them to develop strategies to be more self-regulating of this tension.

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By Donald Epstein, D.C.
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I am proud to report that studies of NSA patients’ self reported changes span the largest range of health and wellness domains for a non-medical approach. Even more exciting is that this study performed through the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine indicates improvements in all areas surveyed. Strikingly, 76% of the 2,818 patient self-reported retrospective assessments show statistically significant improvement in their Physical, Emotional, Stress, and Life Enjoyment categories of health and wellness as well as their overall quality of life. Even in patients in care for more than 3 years, there appeared to be no ceiling to improvement.

Network Care is associated with significant improvement in self-rated perceptions of “wellness.” Patients who have been under care the longest time reported the greatest improvement in wellness. This retrospective study reflects a large epidemiological group and could be a benchmark for future studies assessing health and wellness related outcomes among patients with a more holistic view of health.

The completed longitudinal study followed a population in care over a one year period. The data collected further validated the questionnaire used to measure wellness and quality of life, and gave us great insight into the strong changes patients achieve in Network Care.

It was found that patients continue in care long after symptoms reduce or disappear. They make healthier choices in their life and enjoyed life more. The study of people receiving Network Spinal Analysis demonstrated that people found reasons other than physical symptoms to continue in care. This was revealed by their improved wellness and quality of life indicators.

Network care is delivered to enhance improvement in the patient’s passive, active, neural, and emotional sub-systems, advancing their spinal and neural integrity. Outcome assessment revealed predictable and reproducible development of new strategies of self-organization as one progressed through a series of Levels of Care.

Each Level of Care appears to be accompanied by an increase in self- awareness and self-responsibility by the patient for his spine, and nervous system, in relationship to his healing and life.

Rather than attempting to fix or control any problem, including nerve tension, pressure, stress, pain, fixation or subluxation, or to return a patient to a previous state, an NSA practitioner will seek to promote new properties within the nervous system and spinal tissues. These properties are believed to assist in advancing spinal and neural integrity, wellness, quality of life, and self organization, allowing the expression of a greater degree of wellness.

Research demonstrates that even if a patient changes diet, exercise, meditates, and performs other health promoting practices, the wellness index questionnaire does not predict greater wellness, unless there is also a greater level of life enjoyment. This is paradigm shifting information. In my opinion, this supports the concept that an internal state of well being helps empower the educated choices we make, and that doing “the right things” does not necessarily produce wellness and health. Increased wellness helps our lifestyle choices to work for us.

The improvement in each of the domains of wellness almost doubled when NSA care was applied, as compared to when only constructive health/lifestyle changes were implemented.

You may have seen, experienced, or heard about the two types of natural body waves, one respiratory and one somatopsychic, that develop uniquely in Network Spinal Analysis care. These waves are believed to dissipate tension and reorganize the functioning of the spine and nervous system. The awareness of the waves in patients is the most significant predictor of enhanced wellness on all levels measured.

The “Somatopsychic wave” is a consistent, repeatable physiological phenomenon which can be studied as a non-linear mathematical model. This is of interest to other disciplines studying the dynamics of human function. At the University of Southern California, the NSA population is being studied to assess certain mathematical aspects of biological self-organization. Moreover, in a group of people expressing the “Somatopsychic wave”, it has been observed that movements of the larger spinal muscles exhibit synchrony, or “entrain” within the population.

Preliminary studies demonstrate that the organization of the surface EMG signal (recorded on patients possessing the strategy of the Somatopsychic wave) develops greater levels of complexity as the subjects progressed through subsequent Levels of Care.

An exciting next step in research will be to characterize the mathematics of this wave in relation to each Level of Care. This would permit a correlation between each of the Levels of Care and such aspects of patient progress as enhanced self-organization.

I am actively supporting further clinical investigation. I believe it is essential to conduct ongoing research to further understand NSA’s mode of action. This will advance our knowledge and improve the quality of service we can provide to the public.

I have clinically dedicated myself to furthering the knowledge of the biological links which will help us express a greater range of our humanity. I believe this will help us make healthier choices for ourselves and to be a more compassionate, vital, creative, self-aware, and responsible human culture. I believe that by optimizing the individual’s biology, NSA will facilitate positive transformation on a global scale, changing the world a spine at a time.

Published in The Chiropractic Journal September, 2000

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