The peripheral nervous system plays
an important role in maintaining
and controlling the body’s biological
functions and systems. Everything
from body temperature to digestion
to agility depends on proper input
from the peripheral nervous system.
This system maintains and restores
your energy. It directs blood to your
digestive tract and makes sure you
actively digest food. It maintains
your blood pressure, heart rate, and
breathing rate. It also controls
salavation, perspiration, diameter of
the pupils, micturition (the
discharge of urine), and erection.
Peripheral nerves comprise all of the
nerves beyond the spinal cord. The
peripheral nerves are not protected
by bone, leaving them exposed to
mechanical injury or interference

Your spine is designed to house and protect your spinal cord, which along with
your brain comprises your central nervous system. All the nerves and nerve cells
outside your central nervous system make up your peripheral nervous system. Its
task is to relay information from your brain and spinal cord to the rest of your
body and from your body to your brain and spinal cord. The maintenance of this
system - through chiropractic - is an essential component of maintaining health
and wellness.
through pressure or irritation. All peripheral
nerves leave the spinal cord through small
openings in individual spinal vertebra called
foramen. These nerve roots are exposed and
susceptible to interference or neuropathy
(changes in the pathology of the nerves) from the
vertebrae themselves as well as the surrounding
muscles, ligaments, and tissues.
When spinal health is compromised because of
misalignments of the spinal vertebrae or damage
to the surrounding tissue, the body does not
function as efficiently and optimally as it
should, and overall health suffers.
Chiropractors correct these misalignments by
gently adjusting the position of the vertebrae of
the spine, reducing or eliminating neuropathy
(changes in the pathology of the nerves) thus
allowing your body to function optimally.