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A healthy spine equates a healthy body. Pain is the body's not so subtle way of telling us that something is wrong within the nervous system or the musculoskeletal system. This pain is what's known as a vertebral subluxation complex. Chiropractic vertebral subluxation complex is the term used for the components that influence the occurrence of vertebral subluxation.
Spondylosis (spinal osteoarthritis) is a degenerative disorder that may cause loss of normal spinal structure and function. Although aging is the primary cause, the location and rate of degeneration is individual. The degenerative process of spondylosis may affect the cervical (neck), thoracic (mid-back), or lumbar (low back) regions of the spine. Spondylosis often affects the following spinal elements: