Retracing: Cycles of Repair
What’s retracing? Retracing means going over ground which has already been covered until the individual reaches the point from which they started. When a patient is under NUCCA care, sometimes symptoms that have not manifested for months or even years will reoccur. Patient’s first impression is that they are getting worse when they are really experiencing a retracing of the several stages which the diseased progressed in the making.
The question of time is essential in retracing. If a disease has been in process for years, patients should not always expect to regain the normal state within days. It took time for the condition to change from health to dis-ease, and it will take time to retrace from the dis-ease, and it will take time to retrace from the dis-ease back to health.
Response Varies
The time it takes for recovery does not always equate to the time it took for the disease to develop. As a general rule, however, acute diseases respond rapidly, while chronic cases of long standing are slower to respond.
Some abnormalities show very extensive involvement of tissues, while others show very little tissue involvement. Anytime tissue is involved, the structures must retrace the steps through which it passed process before it can return to normalcy. Evidence of this can be seen in the varying stages of skin eruptions as they heal. Tissue below the skin’s surface goes through the same process while healing; it’s just not visible to the naked eye.
What the NUCCA Doctor Does
NUCCA doctors are thoroughly trained to detect the abnormal positions of the vertebrae of the spine. They are trained to restore these vertebrae to their normal positions. After a NUCCA correction, the vertebrae is returned to its normal position. It usually requires a series of adjustments before the correction is complete, and muscles and ligaments regain their normal tone which permits them to hold the vertebrae in a more normal state.
The spine is subject to strain during every day life, and it is possible that the vertebra may recede towards its old abnormal position, necessitating another correction. Tissues often must be rebuilt in order for the vertebra to hold its normal position. In addition, tissues that have perhaps for years assumed an abnormal condition due to gradually increasing pressure upon the nerve fibers, must be given time to return through the various stages they passed in the production of the abnormality. This takes time, and patience becomes a cardinal virtue based on the knowledge that all is progressing as it should.
NUCCA patients must realize the necessity of continuing with NUCCA care, even though they may not see their body moving toward health day to day, or may even believe their condition is worsening. This period of retracing is essential and patients are urged to continue treatment through it so as not to preclude the ultimate health which will be theirs if they continue.
