Arthritis Relief in Barrie

Looking for Arthritis Help in Barrie Ontario?

Our city is full of people who are chronically suffering from the negative, painful, achy, debilitating effects of arthritis. If you are someone who has been diagnosed with arthritis, or degenerative disc disease, or degenerative joint disease, or one of many other names for spinal or joint damage, here is what you need to know:

What Is Arthritis?

There are many types of arthritis, but it is osteoarthritis that makes up over 90% of arthritis cases which is why it is what most people are referring to when they say “arthritis”. During our new patient appointment, we always inquire what may have caused the pain or symptoms. This helps us to determine the source of the problem. When I ask about past accidents, most people say, "Yes, but that was a long time ago." The truth is though, that it's our old falls and accidents that cause much of our arthritis today.

When you have an accident, it causes tiny soft tissue tears and small spinal and/or extremity misalignments. If these go uncorrected, the small dysfunctions turn into large damage. Similar to the tires on your car that are unbalanced or brakes that are squeaking – time causes further damage. Saying that an old fall off your bike when you were five, or the car accident from when you were 16 has nothing to do with today's knee pain or lumbar-disc herniation is like saying to the mechanic, "Yes my brakes squeaked, but that was weeks ago."

Additionally, stress, lack of movement, poor nutrition, inadequate water, and not enough rest can also cause arthritis.

Arthritis Correction

There is massive confusion surrounding the word arthritis. In the world of the medical model, it is seen as a slowly progressing degenerative, non-reversible and debilitating condition causing severe suffering in those afflicted with it. As part of the misunderstanding, it is thought that beyond your body’s joints, what you do in other areas of your health has nothing to do with arthritis. FALSE! How your spine is aligned, what you eat, how much stress you carry, exercise and your posture all play critical rolls in pushing or preventing degeneration.

You Get to Decide!

That’s right, just like everything else, when it comes to your health, building blocks (food) you put into your body can make you healthy or sick. Choosing whether to take stress in, or to see each day as a blessing can make you healthy or sick. Moving and training your body can make you healthy, if you do it, or sick if you don’t. Choosing to stay positioned upright, or being a slouch… can make you healthy or sick! Are you getting this? Please let it sink in! You control your future and your health! Our mission is to set people free to live the abundant life, but to quote Dr. Clarence Gonstead, “you gotta wanna!”

It is Dr. Gonstead’s work that allows us to be exceptional at what we do, correcting spinal misalignments specifically. Our work is extremely intentional on specifically moving one vertebra into exactly the position it needs to move to correct the misalignment.

Misaligned vertebrae = Arthritic damage accumulates

Fully aligned vertebrae = 80-120 years with little to no arthritic damage

Is Arthritis Caused by Age?

Arthritis is a joint problem. However, how does is start? Of course, it can begin with that old knee injury from football or the time you fell on your head in cheerleading, but most people blame it on age. Arthritis is not because of age – many suffer arthritis in one knee (or hip, or shoulder, or wrist) and blame it on age. The other knee, hip, shoulder, wrist is exactly the same age! Same thing happens in the spine – a disc may be in a phase 3 of spinal damage and the one above and below it can be normal and healthy – again, same age! Without a doubt arthritis requires time to happen, so the longer the misalignment has been around, the more damage it causes, but it is not the cause.

New Life Chiropractic in Barrie Ontario Can Help Relieve Arthritis Pain

Arthritis can be avoided and not only that, but it can also be corrected. It doesn’t need to progress, and you don’t have to keep it for the rest of your life. Corrective chiropractic care, building up joint muscles, and getting nutritional necessities can actually reverse arthritis. The major key is to keep the body in the proper alignment so that excess wear and tear doesn’t happen. The only thing that will do that is regular, specific, scientific chiropractic adjustments. If you or someone you know suffer from arthritis in Barrie and area, call 705-735-1838 to see if you (or they) may be a candidate for spinal reconstructive chiropractic care.