Yes, in my humble opinion. VSC could be described as a separate disease entity, however, in my opinion, NO disease is a separate entity from the interrelationship of the human body.
Several years ago there was a medical doctor who wrote a book entitled "Patterns of Visceral Disease". His book chronicalled his postmortem examination of the spines of thousands of persons who died of known causes. He found a disturbing relationship between vertebral misalignment and disease manifestation. After a thousand or so such examinations, he was able to tell the manner of death and disease by simply looking at the alignment and condition of the vertebral column. His findings were incredible.
So the argument concerning VSC's is somewhat of a rebirth of the old argument "Which came first the chicken or the egg". It raises the issue of where disease truly comes from in the first place. I like to think of the spinal cord and nerve roots in an analogy to make it easier.
It is no surprise that everything in the body is controlled by the nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Hormones, cellular division, cell and humoral mediated antibody response...everything is run by the command post which is the brain.
Bear with me for my analogy to the VSC: The powerlines that supply our houses and apartments with electricity...they are like nerves...transmitting information along longitudinal pathways. Much of the things in our homes depend on proper signalling from these powerlines in order to work properly. Now imagine for a moment that the high tension tower that carries these lines begins to lean over without falling. The tension on the lines is increased, meaning that there is physical alteration in their structure. This can result in interruptions in power and signal to and from the command center and the individual homes. So someone's telephone may not work properly in one apartment. In another apartment, the dishwasher is on the fritz. In another room the lights keep blinking on and off. So what you have is confusion...the signals are not transmitting properly due to the tension on the power lines. Okay, so what if a burglar breaks into the apartment with the bad phone line? There's no way for that apartment to call the police for help without recruiting the help of other apartments. So this creates a weakness.
Since we know that the vertebra are a protective support for the spinal cord and nerve roots, what is a vertebra begins to "lean" even a slight degree off center? Research has shown that all it takes to malform the nerve conduction signal fo a nerver root is the weight of a dime! So what can happen is that the proper nerve flow of information is distorted...so the area that nerve supplies and receives with information cannot do it's job properly...therfore a weakness is created. The "burglar" can be such a thing as a free radical, trauma, chemical in nature, or a virus or bacteria. Left alone, these things can ultimately cause trouble.
My belief is that disease is like a weed. Our bodies are like soil. Weeds cannot grow in rocky and harsh environments very well. However, in fertile soil many diseases can grow. So the theory is that the soil must be poor for many diseases to take up residence there. Please understand that this is not entirely the case as in situations of strong genetic predispositions. This is not the perfect analogy, but should hopefully illuminate my point.
Since the nervous system plays such an integral role in our health it seems altogether fitting that we pay close attention to keeping it in shape also.
I hope that helps in some way.
Take care
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