Chiropractic is a health profession that focuses on the body’s neuro-musculoskeletal system (muscles & bones). It is a drug-free & surgery-free approach to health. Chiropractic is based on the scientific fact that the nervous system (your brain & spinal cord) controls the function of virtually every tissue, organ and system of the body. Basically, when your nervous system doesn’t work right, you don’t function properly. And when you don’t function properly, you get sick!
“Everyone with a spine can benefit from Chiropractic care”
Your nervous system determines how well you feel physically, emotionally and mentally. Many problems that people experience everyday such as headaches, stress, back ache, neck pain are related to a problem with your spine and nervous system.
A Chiropractor locates nerve system interferences and corrects them, relieving pain, improves your health and restores your body’s own healing ability and to allow it to function at its optimum level.
Origins of Chiropractic
Chiropractic was discovered by Daniel David (D.D) Palmer in 1895. D.D was a self-proclaimed magnetic healer. D.D treated a deaf man by the name of Harvey Lilliard. D.D palpated Harvey’s spine and delivered an adjustment to the spine. Harvey’s hearing was restored and Chiropractic was discovered.
How Does Chiropractic Work?
A person’s spine is made out of 24 bones called vertebrae. At the top of your spine is the skull which houses your brain. From the brain, nerve impulses travel down the spinal cord which branches out between the vertebraes into spinal nerves. A person cannot take a step without the brain telling the body to move. When a vertebrae becomes misaligned or ‘out of place’ (subluxation), pressure is placed on the spinal nerves. The message from the brain is slowed down and signal carried by the nerve is unable to reach the organs and tissues.
A Chiropractor is well trained to find subluxations in the spine and to align the vertebrae through gentle adjustments to the spine. This will relief the pressure on the nerve and allow maximum nerve signal to reach the tissues and organs it serve.