Burlington Chiropractors Help You Be Your Healthiest Self

How Stress Impacts Your Body

Every day life presents your body with physical, chemical, and emotional challenges. Over time, these stressors can disrupt spinal alignment and compromise nervous system performance. In chiropractic terms, these disruptions are called vertebral subluxations—minor spinal misalignments that may not be painful but can interfere with your body's ability to self-regulate and heal.

Common stressors include:

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  Physical Stress:

  Injuries, poor posture, repetitive movements, lifting incorrectly, or the physical strain of pregnancy and childbirth

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  Chemical Stress:

  Environmental toxins, medications, food additives, or processed diets

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  Emotional Stress:

  Anxiety, grief, work pressure, major life changes, or chronic mental strain

Even without symptoms, these stressors can gradually wear down your body's ability to recover and adapt.

Feel Better and Heal Better

When we discover blocks in your body and remove them, you not only feel better, but heal better. Your central nervous system performs at optimal capacity—and so do you. We offer people from all walks of life a lasting, natural way to experience a whole new level of wellness and achieve your health goals—free from medication or surgery.

The effects of chiropractic care:

A review of records from 2,818 chiropractic patients in the United States and abroad found that regular chiropractic care is linked to notable gains in overall wellness, including better physical health, lower stress, greater enjoyment of daily life, healthier lifestyle habits, enhanced emotional balance, and an improved quality of life.

We Prioritize Your Nervous System

We're trained extensively in how the spine influences movement, coordination, and overall health. Much of this focus centers on the nervous system, the intricate network that sends messages between your brain and body. Since your spinal column houses and protects this system, proper alignment is key to keeping those messages flowing without disruption. By identifying areas of restricted movement or misalignment, chiropractic adjustments help restore healthy nerve function, allowing your body to adapt and heal more efficiently.

Why Correcting Vertebral Subluxations Matters

Your brain depends on constant sensory feedback from your spine and muscles to maintain balance, coordination, and movement. When a spinal joint becomes restricted or misaligned, these signals can become unclear or distorted. This may lead to altered movement patterns, muscle compensation, and nerve irritation.

Often, these changes develop gradually and silently—without pain—yet they can still contribute to chronic stress, fatigue, and dysfunction. When left uncorrected, subluxations may reduce your body's ability to perform at its full potential. Our safe, gentle, and effective treatments include the Activator Methods® adjusting technique, which Burlington Appleview Chiropractic has been providing for decades. As one of the few practices in Burlington specializing in the Activator Method, we're proud to offer a uniquely gentle approach to chiropractic care.

A Phased Care Approach to Better Wellness

Chiropractic care is often structured in phases, each focused on different goals:

1 Initial Phase

Appointments may be more frequent as we work to ease tension, improve spinal mobility, and create a foundation for better function. In this stage, most patients start at 2-3 times a week for 2-3 months.

2 Rehabilitation Phase

As your body adjusts, we then reduce your visits to 1-2 times a week for next 3 months. The focus shifts to building stability, refining movement, and encouraging long-term changes in how your body manages stress.

3 Maintenance Phase

With your health fully stable now and you're feeling much better, occasional check-ins once every 2-3 weeks help preserve mobility, keep the spine moving well, and make it easier to handle life's physical and emotional demands.

Restore Balance, Reclaim Your Health

When your spine is aligned and your nervous system is functioning clearly, your body is better equipped to adapt, move freely, and feel energized. Chiropractic helps remove barriers that hold you back, allowing you to live with greater ease and vitality.

Ready to take the first step? Schedule your appointment with our Burlington chiropractors and start building lasting wellness.