The 3 Phases of Healing: Release, Reorganize, Rebuild
True healing is a journey, not a destination. Explore the 3 phases of healing—Release, Reorganize, and Rebuild—and learn how chiropractic care helps your body adapt, recover, and thrive.
The 3 Stages of a Subluxation: Understanding How Nervous System Stress Impacts Your Life
Subluxations are more than spinal issues—they reflect nervous system stress affecting your whole body. Learn the 3 stages of subluxation, what they look like in your life, and how chiropractic care helps you heal from within.
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) & The Nervous System: A Neurological Approach to Healing
Struggling with POTS? This complex autonomic nervous system disorder affects heart rate, blood flow, and neurological function, often leaving patients feeling exhausted and dysregulated. Learn how chiropractic care, vagus nerve stimulation, and nervous system restoration provide a unique approach to improving autonomic function and quality of life.
Stop Chasing Symptoms: The Chiropractic Approach to Lasting Health
Health is not something you achieve—it’s something your body is always working on. Chiropractic isn’t about treating symptoms; it’s about restoring your nervous system’s ability to function, adapt, and heal as it was designed to. Discover why true health comes from removing interference, not adding more, and how chiropractic helps your body work at its best.
The Developmental Hierarchy: Understanding Your Child’s Neurological Growth
Child development isn’t just about milestones—it follows a structured neurological hierarchy. If a child struggles with emotions, coordination, or learning, it may be because an earlier stage was skipped. In this blog, we break down Dr. Tony Ebel’s Developmental Hierarchy and how chiropractic care helps build a strong foundation for lifelong growth
Retained Primitive Reflexes in Kids: The Missing Link to Learning, Behavior, and Brain Development
Primitive reflexes should naturally integrate as a child’s nervous system matures, but when they don’t, they can impact movement, focus, and emotional regulation. Many parents turn to therapies, but without addressing the nervous system, true progress is limited. Discover how chiropractic care helps integrate retained reflexes for lasting development.
Chiropractic & The Immune System: The Science Behind Subluxation-Based Care
Did you know that your nervous system directly controls your immune response? Recent research confirms that chiropractic care enhances neuro-immune communication, reduces inflammation, and regulates stress, leading to a stronger, healthier body. In this post, we break down the science behind subluxation-based care and how it optimizes your immune system. Read on to discover how chiropractic adjustments help you adapt, heal, and thrive!
The Neurological Approach to Lip and Tongue Ties: Beyond the Surface
Lip and tongue ties are often misunderstood. Learn how they relate to midline development, the neural tube, and the vagus nerve, and why addressing the nervous system—not just the frenulum—can create lasting improvements in your child’s health.
Birth Trauma: How It Impacts Your Baby’s Nervous System
Birth trauma is more common than many parents realize and can significantly impact a baby’s nervous system. Learn how maternal stress, birth interventions, and delivery pressures affect development—and discover how nervous system-focused chiropractic care can support your baby’s healing and growth naturally.
Autism & The Nervous System: Understanding the Neurological Factors & A Path Forward
Autism isn’t just behavioral—it’s neurological. Explore the connection between the brainstem, vagus nerve, and neuroplasticity, and discover how chiropractic care supports children with autism by addressing the root causes, not just the symptoms.
Signs You Are Healing: Neurological Soft Signs
Healing isn’t just about pain relief—it’s about how well your nervous system adapts. As your body restores balance, you may notice subtle yet powerful changes like better sleep, smoother movement, improved digestion, and a stronger immune system. These are called Neurological Soft Signs, and they’re proof that your body is healing from the inside out. Learn what to expect and how we track these changes at Purpose Driven Chiropractic.
Neurodiversity: Embracing Your Child’s Unique Potential
Every neurodiverse child has unique strengths and challenges. Explore how chiropractic care supports their nervous system, empowering them to thrive in their own way through natural and holistic solutions.
Beyond the Crack: Why Neurological Chiropractic Creates Lasting Change
Chiropractic care isn’t just about cracking bones—it’s about rewiring the brain-body connection. At Purpose Driven Chiropractic, we take a neurological approach to create lasting change, not just temporary relief. Learn why a brain-based adjustment is the key to true healing
The Chiropractic Approach to Ear Infections: Addressing the Root Cause
Ear infections are one of the most common childhood ailments, but are antibiotics and ear tubes the only answer? Learn how neurological-based chiropractic care addresses the root cause of chronic infections by improving ear drainage, immune function, and nervous system regulation.
Colic and the Crying Baby: A Neurological Perspective
The only way a baby can tell us something is wrong is through crying. Discover how colic is often linked to nervous system stress, the role of the vagus nerve, and how chiropractic care can support your baby’s health naturally.
Your Baby Gets Your Nervous System: How Maternal Stress Shapes Development
Your baby is constantly learning from your body—especially your nervous system. If you’re stuck in stress mode, your baby’s nervous system adapts to that too. Learn how to regulate your nervous system with chiropractic care for a healthier, more resilient pregnancy and baby.
The Neurological Connection to Apraxia and Speech Delays: A New Perspective
Speech delays and apraxia often signal deeper neurological stress. Discover how brain-body communication, the vagus nerve, and chiropractic care can help children improve speech naturally and effectively.
Polyvagal Theory & the Nervous System: How Stress Wires Your Body & How to Rewire It
Your nervous system is constantly responding to stress, shaping how you think, feel, and heal. But what happens when it gets stuck? Learn how Polyvagal Theory explains fight, flight, and freeze states, and how chiropractic care can help you rewire your nervous system for resilience and balance.
Helping Kids Handle Big Emotions: A Parent’s Guide to Emotional Resilience & Nervous System Health
Helping kids handle big emotions is one of the most important skills parents can nurture. Since a child’s prefrontal cortex—the part of the brain responsible for emotional regulation—is still developing, they often rely on their amygdala to process emotions, leading to big reactions. In this blog, we’ll explore why kids struggle with emotional regulation, practical strategies parents can use to support them, and the critical role the nervous system plays in emotional resilience. Plus, we’ll dive into Dr. Heidi Haavik’s research on how chiropractic adjustments engage the prefrontal cortex and how parents act as the “brake” to help children navigate their emotions.
Understanding Sensory Processing Through a Nervous System Lens: Addressing the Root Cause
Many children struggle with sensory processing because of an imbalanced nervous system, often stuck in a fight-or-flight response. In this blog, we’ll explore how the autonomic nervous system impacts sensory integration, the role of early life stress, and how chiropractic care helps restore balance—allowing kids to experience the world with ease