What is Chiropractic?
Taking a Natural Systemic Approach to Healing
Chiropractic is a way of looking at the human body as a whole. It's based on the idea that the body is self-sustaining and self-healing.
You know that your body is controlled by your brain, but the spinal cord and vast network of nerves that carry its messages are just as important. When this system is not functioning at its peak, your body’s overall performance suffers.
In the chiropractic world, we don’t use drugs to treat our patients. While supplementation and nutrition are almost always a part of the bigger picture, drugs and prescriptions can be viewed as bandaids to treat symptoms rather than treating the source of the problem. Chiropractic treats the problem naturally and in turn prompts the body to heal itself.
While it's often perceived that the chiropractor solely treats back and neck pain, this is a small piece of what the profession is capable of handling. Chiropractors not only treat soft and hard tissue problems such as sciatica and joint pain, but are largely called on to deal with many different health issues. Some of these issues include fibromyalgia, allergies, insomnia, and headaches among many more.
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Chiropractic is Safe.
Records from insurance and court cases have constantly shown that chiropractic is the safest portal of entry health care available to the public today. Although no healthcare procedures are 100% safe, chiropractic stands on its record of safety and effectiveness unmatched in healthcare. To learn more about the safety record of chiropractic please visit the website Chiropractic Is Safe at www.chiropracticissafe.org
The American Chiropractic Association
The Chiropractic Resource Organization
Chiropractic History Archive Joseph C. Keating Jr, PhD
Chiropractic in the United States: Training, Practice, and Research (1997) Cherkin, Daniel C.; Mootz, Robert D.
Chiropractic treatments for back pain Steven G. Yeomans, DC. A Spine-health.com feature (use menu points on left side)
Dynamic Chiropractic Online ChiroWeb, Chiropractic news source
National Directory of Chiropractic Listing of Chiropractors and information on education and the profession.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Institute of Health Manipulative and Body-Based Practices
Olympic Games Inspire Optimal Athletic Care
Planet Chiropractic One of the oldest websites about chiropractic, written by chiropractors for chiropractors and the general public. Spine Health Website
