The term "Subluxation" is unique to the Chiropractic profession. It means "less than or below a luxation". A "luxation" is a dislocation of a joint. To flesh out what this means, imagine a joint in which there are at least two bones that are connected by the soft tissues of muscles and ligaments. This joint, in order to be Subluxated, must be misaligned and occluding (closing up) the opening where the nerves exist, putting pressure on those nerves such that the pressure in