The chiropractic profession was
founded in 1895 by a man named D. D. Palmer who began to develop a concept that
the body has an internal power to heal itself. By choice chiropractors choose
not to use drugs or surgery, and utilize natural approaches to allow the body
to heal. Chiropractors work primarily with the spine and its attachments to
restore function and health. They are facilitators of health and utilize a
variety of approaches, primarily adjustments. The use of physical therapeutic
modalities, exercise routines, nutritional recommendations, orthotics and daily
living modifications and massage therapy aid in teh response to care. There are
roughly 70,000 doctors of chiropractic who are concerned with the diagnosis,
care, and prevention of many disorders of the body. A variety of conditions are
seen, ranging from back and neck pain to shoulder, hand or feet disorders to
internal problems.Doctors of chiropractic are fully accredited and licensed in
every state and have become well accepted as providers after healthcare.
How Can Chiropractic Help You?
Chiropractic Philosophy differs dramatically from the
traditional medical philosophy of health. The medical establishment believes
that in a diseased state, drugs can bring a body back to a healthy state.
Organs are sometimes removed or transplanted to keep the system 'functioning'.
This approach to health is termed an OUTSIDE-IN approach, because external
factors such as drugs and surgery are used to treat a condition.
Chiropractic Philosophy, on the other hand, is built on the scientific fact
that your body’s GOD given, innate intelligence system flows via the nervous
system to organs, tissue, and every last cell of your body. Since the human
body is designed to self-heal and self-regulate, a blockage in the nervous
system in the form of subluxation may impair the “signal flow” along the
nerves' paths. This causes malfunction in the body which may, eventually result
in disease, pain or dysfunction.
The chiropractic approach is to allow the body - through adjustments - to
correct itself naturally and without the often harmful external influences.
This approach to health is termed an INSIDE-OUT approach.
Chiropractic care neither removes nor adds anything to the body. It
allows self-healing, the way our bodies were designed to overcome disease and
distress.
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