Most people don't go to a chiropractor for a better sex life, but that extra benefits is a pretty happy accident. "People come in with back pain, but after adjustments, they come back and tell me their sex life is so much better," says Jason Helfrich, co-founder and CEO of
100% Chiropractic. "It's no surprise to us-it's amazing what the body will do when you take away the pressure on the nervous system." (Get a handle on
8 Surprising Things Affecting Your Sex Life.)
And what are those amazing feats, exactly? Let's start with what a chiropractor really does. Every function in your body is controlled from the nervous system, but when vertebra are off position-known as a subluxation-the nerves traveling between your brain and your muscles can become blocked, compromising your body's ability to function as it needs to. Every chiropractor's goal is to remove these subluxations, since they can both cause pain and impede feeling, Helfrich says.
...But beyond all of the physiological benefits of tweaking your spine to perfection, chiropractic adjustments can also simply give your muscles more range of motion. This means you can try previously impossible positions under the sheets. (Until then, try
The Sex Positions That Won't Hurt Your Back.)
and you have a universal panacea.
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