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What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts which is based up the understanding
that good health depends, in part, on a normally functioning nervous system
(especially the spine and the nerves extending from the spine to all parts of the
body). "Chiropractic" comes from the Greek word chiropraktikos, meaning "effective
treatment by hand." Chiropractic stresses the idea that the cause of many disease
processes begins with the body's inability to adapt to its environment. It looks to
address these diseases not by the use of drugs and chemicals, but by locating and
adjusting a musculoskeletal area of the body which is functioning improperly.
Doctors of Chiropractic practice a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care that
includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. Chiropractors have broad
diagnostic skills and are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative
exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling.
The conditions which doctors of chiropractic address are as varied and as vast as
the nervous system itself. All chiropractors use a standard procedure of
examination to diagnose a patient's condition and arrive at a course of treatment.
Doctors of chiropractic use the same time-honored methods of consultation, case
history, physical examination, laboratory analysis and x-ray examination as any other
doctor. In addition, they provide a careful chiropractic structural examination, paying
particular attention to the spine.
The examination of the spine to evaluate structure and function is what makes
chiropractic different from other health care procedures. Your spinal column is a
series of movable bones which begin at the base of your skull and end in the center
of your hips. Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves extend down the spine from the brain
and exit through a series of openings. The nerves leave the spine and form a
complicated network which influences every living tissue in your body.
The most common therapeutic procedure performed by doctors of chiropractic is
known as a “chiropractic adjustment.” The purpose of an adjustment is to restore
joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become
hypomobile – or restricted in their movement – as a result of a tissue injury. Tissue
injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of a heavy
object, or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position with
poor spinal posture for an extended period of time. In either case, injured tissues
undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and
diminished function for the sufferer. Adjustment of the affected joint and tissues,
restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing
tissues to heal.
Chiropractic adjustment rarely causes discomfort. However, patients may sometimes
experience mild soreness or aching following treatment (as with some forms of
exercise) that usually resolves within 12 to 48 hours.
Accidents, falls, stress, tension, overexertion, and countless other factors can
result in a displacements or derangements of the spinal column, causing irritation to
spinal nerve roots. These irritations are often what cause malfunctions in the human
body. Chiropractic teaches that reducing or eliminating this irritation to spinal
nerves can cause your body to operate more efficiently and more comfortably.
Chiropractic also places an emphasis on nutritional and exercise programs,
wellness and lifestyle modifications for promoting physical and mental health. While
chiropractors make no use of drugs or surgery, Doctors of chiropractic do refer
patients for medical care when those interventions are indicated. In fact,
chiropractors, medical doctors, physical therapists and other health care
professionals now work as partners in occupational health, sports medicine, and a
wide variety of other rehabilitation practices.
Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts which is based up the understanding
that good health depends, in part, on a normally functioning nervous system
(especially the spine and the nerves extending from the spine to all parts of the
body). "Chiropractic" comes from the Greek word chiropraktikos, meaning "effective
treatment by hand." Chiropractic stresses the idea that the cause of many disease
processes begins with the body's inability to adapt to its environment. It looks to
address these diseases not by the use of drugs and chemicals, but by locating and
adjusting a musculoskeletal area of the body which is functioning improperly.
Doctors of Chiropractic practice a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care that
includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. Chiropractors have broad
diagnostic skills and are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative
exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling.
The conditions which doctors of chiropractic address are as varied and as vast as
the nervous system itself. All chiropractors use a standard procedure of
examination to diagnose a patient's condition and arrive at a course of treatment.
Doctors of chiropractic use the same time-honored methods of consultation, case
history, physical examination, laboratory analysis and x-ray examination as any other
doctor. In addition, they provide a careful chiropractic structural examination, paying
particular attention to the spine.
The examination of the spine to evaluate structure and function is what makes
chiropractic different from other health care procedures. Your spinal column is a
series of movable bones which begin at the base of your skull and end in the center
of your hips. Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves extend down the spine from the brain
and exit through a series of openings. The nerves leave the spine and form a
complicated network which influences every living tissue in your body.
The most common therapeutic procedure performed by doctors of chiropractic is
known as a “chiropractic adjustment.” The purpose of an adjustment is to restore
joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become
hypomobile – or restricted in their movement – as a result of a tissue injury. Tissue
injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of a heavy
object, or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position with
poor spinal posture for an extended period of time. In either case, injured tissues
undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and
diminished function for the sufferer. Adjustment of the affected joint and tissues,
restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing
tissues to heal.
Chiropractic adjustment rarely causes discomfort. However, patients may sometimes
experience mild soreness or aching following treatment (as with some forms of
exercise) that usually resolves within 12 to 48 hours.
Accidents, falls, stress, tension, overexertion, and countless other factors can
result in a displacements or derangements of the spinal column, causing irritation to
spinal nerve roots. These irritations are often what cause malfunctions in the human
body. Chiropractic teaches that reducing or eliminating this irritation to spinal
nerves can cause your body to operate more efficiently and more comfortably.
Chiropractic also places an emphasis on nutritional and exercise programs,
wellness and lifestyle modifications for promoting physical and mental health. While
chiropractors make no use of drugs or surgery, Doctors of chiropractic do refer
patients for medical care when those interventions are indicated. In fact,
chiropractors, medical doctors, physical therapists and other health care
professionals now work as partners in occupational health, sports medicine, and a
wide variety of other rehabilitation practices.
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