Have you ever been in a conversation where someone got defensive?
They couldn’t really hear what you were trying to say—because their brain was focused on protection, defending their position, not connecting and understanding.
Have you ever been that person—too activated, too guarded to really listen?
Most of us have. Being on either side of that conversation is stressful.
That same thing happens inside your body. When your system senses a threat, your brain shifts into survival mode: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. Muscles tense, posture changes, and your body prioritizes defense over everything else. Careful thinking gets difficult. Planning for the future is an uphill battle.
In a well-regulated nervous system, once the threat passes, your body resets. You shake it off, come back to safety, and move on.
But what if the threat is too big, or it keeps happening—like a serious injury, toxic relationships, chronic stress, or simply living in a world that isn’t safe for your identity or needs?
Your body, in its wisdom, decides that staying in protection is safer than letting go. Over time, it literally builds that protection into your structure—using tension patterns and scar tissue to “glue” joints into a defensive posture.
When that happens:
• Parts of your body lock into protection
• Your brain stays stuck in survival mode
• Your energy gets used just to manage, not to heal or thrive
The Chiropractic care I practice aims to address this pattern of holding in the body, often caused by prolonged stressors or trauma, that leaves you in a threat-management state.
Chiropractic gently works to release that holding pattern, restore natural movement, and signal to your brain:
You’re safe now. You can come out of protection.
When that happens, your nervous system shifts gears—from defense to healing, from surviving to thriving.
One more thing…
I want to be clear about something: I believe in science. I trust peer-reviewed research, value public health, and am both pro-medicine and pro-vaccine. Unfortunately, Chiropractic as a field has a long and complicated history, and some of its louder voices have aligned with pseudoscience or anti-medical rhetoric. That’s not me. I believe in an integrative approach to care—one where chiropractic can support the body’s natural healing processes alongside evidence-based medical treatment, not instead of it. My goal is to help you feel better and collaborate with your care team, not to pull you away from science or your other providers.
