Your muscles are controlled by nerves. The SEMG measures how well the motor nerves are working by reading the amount of electrical current going through the muscles. Subluxations (misalignments) disturb the function of the nerve, causing an abnormal amount of electrical current flowing to your muscles. This results in what most people feel as tension or spasm. On the computer scan, this is indicated by colors and / or abnormal patterns. This helps Dr. Pennington essentially "see" exactly what you are feeling.
Muscle Balance (Symmetry)
Muscle balance is extremely important because the vertebrae in the spine depend on the muscles to move properly. If one or more vertebrae are out of their normal position, or have abnormal movement, it disturbs nerve function and is called a subluxation. This disturbance creates muscle imbalance caused by an abnormal amount of electrical current in the muscles on either side of the spine. As a result of this disturbance, the muscles can become weaker or stronger, tighter, or fatigued. An abnormal muscle pattern on the scan reveals an increased amount of tension or pull on one side compared to the other. (Similar to a tug-of-war between different parts of your back and neck.)
Temperature Differences (Thermal Scan)
How can we find out what is going on with your organs, glands, chemicals and hormones?
If your body temperature is 98.6 degrees, then the left and right sides of your spine should also be the same temperature. Your skin is the largest organ of the body and the blood vessels under the skin work as the body's thermostat. (They expand to release heat and contract to retain heat - controlling the body's temperature.) When the communication between the Nervous System and the blood vessels is disturbed because of a subluxation, it causes the body's thermostat to malfunction, producing an imbalanced temperature reading along the spine. These blood vessels are controlled by the same part of the Central Nervous System that is responsible for controlling your organs, glands, chemicals and hormones, and is called the autonomic (meaning automatic) system. This thermal scan provides us with information about these automatic signals, and this allows us to correlate which internal organs and systems are at risk for abnormal function and dis-ease.
No more guessing.
Many offices simply guess about what you need. Some even rely on whether or not you feel bad at the moment. But that's like waiting until you feel the cavity before you take care of your teeth. Or ignoring what the EKG tells you just because you feel ok. This old and inappropriate approach is no longer necessary. Using this sophisticated technology allows Dr. Pennington to see what is present regardless of how you feel, and to monitor the real changes you are going through. On the outside where you feel things, and internally where you don't.