When you were a kid, did you ever hear this song…? The ankle bone’s connected to the… leg bone; and The leg bone’s connected to the… knee bone; and The knee bone’s connected to the…” and so on Whoever got us hooked on that catchy little tune must have had some knowledge concerning the importance of alignment! Chiropractors know how every bone, muscle and nerve are related to each other in the human body. In addition to the direct connections, chiropractors take this song even one step further when considering the indirect connections. How does that make any sense? Your chiropractor knows about a virtual system of connections in the musculoskeletal system called the kinetic chain. The word kinetic suggests movement. This chain of connections is related more to the functional relationship between moving parts than it is to their actual physical connections. According to this model, two parts do not need to be in direct contact with each other to be directly related. As a result, you coul