Dr Byus Olympia’s Holistic Chiropractic Physican, Chiropractor in Olympia WA

Dr. Byus’ Philosophy

Let’s take a look at the origin of a couple of words in the English language for help here.

First  the “english” word and then the “meaning from Latin”.

Doctor – Teacher

Patient – Sufferer

Student – Perseverant one

My philosophy as a holistic chiropractic physician is to encourage optimal health and well-being through teaching by example and direction, providing empowerment from a place of suffering into a place of self-perseverance.

What does “holistic” mean?

Holistic medicine treats the person as a whole with the belief that there is communication between the mind and the body. It emphasizes the individual’s active participation in their own health and wellness through lifestyle choices such as a good diet, exercise, and stress management techniques.

“Holistic health is the philosophy of wellness”

Why am I holistic?

As a chiropractic physician I share the belief that the body and mind are indeed connected.  Chiropractic care works to align the vertebral bones of the spine (and often elsewhere in the body) to take pressure off of the body’s nervous system, thus creating an opportunity for a more harmonious state of optimal health and well-being.  Continued care with a holistic chiropractic approach is necessary only for the continued maintenance of health and well-being through vertebral and extra-vertebral alignment and optimal nervous system function.  The kinesiological aspect of my work is also aligned with a more holistic approach to patient care.

Our entire body is made up of a complex nervous system that controls each and every action that we make, both voluntarily and involuntarily. This means that we have some control of this with movements like walking, typing at the keyboard, or raking leaves.

Other movements, like digestion for example, simply happen because they are under the control, involuntarily, of the nervous system. Kinesiology means “the study of the body in motion”.  A complex understanding of muscle testing for a broad spectrum of muscles throughout the body as well as a finite understanding of the nervous system is necessary from here.  I can “ask” the body by testing the muscle groups that I know to be involved in whatever condition that I am working with at the time of care, find the weak muscles, trace back to which nerve is supplying that particular muscle, and then dive deeper into the origin of what aspect of the nervous system is being impeded upon. Then I know exactly where to find the cause of where the symptom is coming from as well as what relief needs to be supplied in order to restore optimal health and well-being.