Movement is Life

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On the most simple level the difference between life and the absence of life is movement. Since most of the joints in our body lack a blood supply, they need movement for nourishment. In the spine, chiropractors are particularly concerned with the movement of facet and disc joints. Once smooth movement in these joints begins to break down many chemical processes are set in motion. The ligaments that attach these bones begin to calcify, muscles around the joints begin to form adhesions and the nerves that run back and forth from the spine begin to misfire.