How Chiropractic Care Supports the Body’s Natural Healing Process

Before we can heal the body, we need to understand what is responsible for the process of healing. Take a simple example: you cut yourself. You bleed, a scab forms, the scab falls off, and the wound is repaired. What drives this process? Your body. This is the foundation of natural healing through chiropractic care — the idea that your body has an innate ability to heal itself without external intervention. Drugs or surgery are only necessary in extreme cases when the body’s capacity is overwhelmed. Under normal circumstances, the body coordinates healing all on its own.

The system responsible for directing this healing is the nervous system. It controls and coordinates every cell, tissue, and organ in your body. The nervous system is so vital that it’s the only body system completely encased in bone — your skull and spine.

Given that your body is naturally designed to heal itself and does so through the nervous system, what allows ill health and disease to arise?

It’s dysfunction in the nervous system that permits ill health. When this system is not functioning properly, your body’s defences can’t fully activate. This dysfunction often results from Vertebral Misalignment or Subluxation, commonly caused by Physical, Chemical, and Emotional Stress.

Physical Stress comes from trauma, poor posture, repetitive strain, or a sedentary lifestyle. Chemical Stress is related to diet, pollution, drug or alcohol use, and other environmental toxins. Emotional Stress stems from difficult relationships, unresolved issues, negative thoughts, or mental burnout.

So how do these stresses lead to Vertebral Misalignment or Subluxation?

In cases of physical stress, vertebrae may be directly forced out of alignment. With chemical and emotional stress, the nervous system becomes overactive. This overactivity generates chronic tension in the muscles supporting your spine, leading to vertebral misalignment.

When people seek chiropractic care, their primary goal is often simple: “I want my back pain fixed.” But natural healing through chiropractic care goes far beyond pain relief.

Health isn’t just the absence of pain. It’s your body functioning at 100%, all of the time.

Chiropractors focus on identifying vertebral misalignments — not just treating symptoms. Why?

1. Only about 2% of nerve fibers detect pain, while 90% control function. What matters more — how you feel, or how your body functions?

2. Pain can be referred — felt in areas far from the actual cause.

3. Pain is often the final stage of damage. Just like a heart attack may be the first sign of a long-standing heart condition, spinal pain may only appear after years of degeneration — and may fade long before the problem is resolved.

That’s why chiropractors evaluate your full stress history — physical, chemical, and emotional — using detailed questions and specific tests. While your pain is acknowledged and treated, the ultimate goal is restoring proper nervous system function and supporting your body’s ability to heal.

Chiropractors undergo 5 years of full-time university training to master the skills needed to detect and correct vertebral misalignments. Treatment involves a precise, gentle push to realign the spine. As part of your corrective care, you’ll also receive lifestyle guidance to address the physical, chemical, and emotional stress that contributed to your condition — reducing the risk of recurrence.

Natural healing through chiropractic care empowers your body to function as it was meant to — optimally and pain-free.

Dr Adil Karmali BSc MChiro D.C

BSc MChiro D.C
Chiropractor

Dr. Adil’s journey into chiropractic stemmed from personal experience with sports injuries during his youth. Discovering that chiropractic care offered a drug-free and non-surgical way to manage and recover from injuries allowed him to continue his active lifestyle. This realisation sparked his decision to pursue chiropractic as a career path.

He earned his degree from the prestigious Anglo-European College of Chiropractic in Bournemouth, England, graduating in 2005. Dr. Adil then delved into the field of wellness chiropractic, driven by his passion and dedication. His commitment paid off as he went on to establish one of the most prominent chiropractic clinics in the UK. His clinic became renowned internationally, attracting patients from around the globe seeking his expertise. Dr. Adil uses techniques such as Gonstead, Diversified, SOT, and Chiropractic BioPhysics.