Chiropractic is a complete system of healthcare focused on restoring, preserving, and optimizing health by natural hands-on care. The only objective of chiropractic is to detect and remove subluxations in order to restore proper nerve flow.
Chiropractic was used thousands of years ago by ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, but was reinvented by D.D. Palmer in 1895. After D.D. Palmer invented chiropractic, his son B.J. Palmer started the first school and was the main pioneer in chiropractic.
Where conventional or “allopathic” medicine focuses on curing illness through surgery and pharmaceuticals, the goal of chiropractic is to optimize health with a non-invasive approach that does not use drugs or surgery.
Chiropractic’s primary avenue of care is adjusting the spine and the framework of the body to help restore the nervous sytem of the body.
The spine is an important structure that houses and provides protection for the spinal cord, while providing mobility for the upper body. It is not only the “health key board” of our body but also its support structure; just like the “spine” of a building.
When these joints (also known as articulations) are not positioned or functioning normally, it can affect the nerves exiting the spine. Chiropractic care attends to irritations along the spine by manually repositioning these joints. This is a chiropractic “adjustment.”
The word "chiropractic" comes from the Greek words cheir (hand) and praxis (action), and simply means "done by hand." OPA!
What is a Subluxation and what does it do to me?
First, the simple explanation.
In simplest terms, a subluxation (a.k.a. Vertebral Subluxation) is when one or more of the bones of your spine (vertebrae) move out of their proper position and create pressure on, or irritate spinal nerves causing those nerves to malfunction and interfere with the signals traveling over those nerves.
How does this affect you?
Your nervous system controls and coordinates all the functions of your body. If you interfere with the signals traveling over nerves, parts of your body will not get the proper nerve messages and will not be able to function at 100% of their innate abilities. In other words, some part of your body will not be working properly.
It is the responsibility of the Chiropractor to locate subluxations, and reduce or correct them. This is done through a series of chiropractic adjustments specifically designed to correct the vertebral subluxations in your spine. Chiropractors are the only professionals who undergo years of training to be the experts at correcting subluxations.
