What is Chiropractic
Chiropractic is presently the world’s third largest health care profession. For the past two decades, more people have chosen to treat with doctors of chiropractic than any other health care provider. The reason is simple… Chiropractors are trained to find the root of the problem, not to medicate it. More than ever in today’s society, we have the knowledge and understanding behind medication therapy and how that differs from correcting the source or cause of our problems. Chiropractic is a drug free health care option aimed at raising function and improving overall health.
How is Chiropractic Different?
The principle is straightforward. By evaluating the body as a whole to identify areas of weakness and predisposed structural imbalances, we find the root cause of disease, dysfunction and pain. The chiropractic approach to better health is to detect, remove and prevent vertebral misalignments (subluxation) which cause nervous system dysfunction. Dysfunction occurs through stress or trauma to our spines and extremities.
Examples of dysfunction include chemical, emotional and physical stressors dealt within our everyday lives, motor vehicle accidents, sports injuries, work related injuries, repetitive types of movement and biomechanical spinal changes (posture).
The spine has 24 vertebrae with spaces in between, through which the spinal nerves pass. If the vertebrae become misaligned, chronic pressure may be placed on the nerves. This can block nerve flow to the vital organs and/or muscles associated with the particular nerve that is being blocked. Numerous studies have proven such nerve pressure or blockages to cause disease of organs. Chiropractic care has been used to correct disease without resorting to drugs or invasive surgery for over a century. Chiropractic care often succeeds in situations in where traditional medicine has failed, and frustrated patients often find relief after years of seeing a variety of doctors with little or no results.
Chiropractic offers three types of care. Your chiropractor will review these with you:
Initial Intensive Care
A beginning type of care designed to reduce or eliminate the symptomatic problem.
Reconstructive Care
The second type of care is Reconstructive Care. It is a highly specialized Chiropractic care designed to correct the Vertebral Subluxation Complex and re-establish health. This care begins at the completion of Initial Intensive Care.
Wellness Care
The third and most exciting care is wellness care, which is designed to provide optimum physical, mental and social well-being for you and your family. Chiropractic is the leader in this field and part of a team whose goal is lifetime health verses short-term sickness and disease treatment.
