Healing Is Cultural: Remembering the Old Ways in Modern Care

Healing Beyond the Individual

Across time and culture, healing has always been about more than one body. It has been about families, communities and the rhythms that connect us to the earth. For many Latinx families, traditions like curanderismo—which blends herbs, prayer, bodywork and community rituals—have guided health for generations. For Indigenous peoples, healing often centers on maintaining balance with the land, the seasons and the cycles of life.

These practices remind us: the body is not a machine to be fixed. It is a living, relational system shaped by ancestry, nourished by connection, and held by culture.

How Ancestral Practices Echo in Chiropractic Care

When we adjust the spine, we’re not just “moving bones.” We are helping the nervous system release old patterns of tension, making room for the body to flow again. This principle—of restoring rhythm and balance—is something ancient cultures have always known.

Chiropractic care, in its own way, mirrors the intent of ancestral healing:

• To support the body’s natural wisdom

• To restore harmony when imbalance shows up

• To hold space for the whole person, not just the symptoms

Honoring Heritage, Holding the Present

This Latinx Heritage Month, we celebrate the families who carry healing wisdom forward. From teas made by abuelas to shared rituals of care, these traditions continue to shape what wellness means today.

At Kaname Chiropractic, we honor this inheritance while offering care that helps bridge the old and the new. Healing is cultural, healing is collective, and when we remember the old ways, we step more fully into wholeness.