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Subluxations are caused by
stress: macro-stress (accidents, falls, sports injuries and other trauma)
or micro-stress (repeated movements that gradually wear down your body parts,
bad posture, dental work and emotional stress which can cause chronic tension).
Subluxations can occur from a difficult birth and from childhood falls. It
is for that reason that infants and children need spinal care; many neurological
and other health problems have been traced to spinal damage at birth.
Although vertebral subluxations are the most common forms of interference with nerve messages, they are by no means the only ones. Drugs, trauma, direct pressure (when your legs or arms "go to sleep"), a stroke, broken bones, arthritis, tumors and neurological diseases such as muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, polio and cerebral palsy can also damage nerves. The most wide-spread and common cause of nerve irritation and interference, however, is the vertebral subluxations complex.
Subluxations are so common that they can be considered an epidemic - nearly everyone has them. It is sometimes said that if you suffer from neck and back pain you're lucky - you are aware of a spinal problem and will (hopefully) go to a doctor of chiropractic for a spinal checkup. The chiropractor will not only check the areas in pain, but will check your entire spinal column for nerve pressure. Where you feel the pain may not be where the subluxation is - the pain may be referred.