What Qualifications do Chiropractors have?
Chiropractors must complete 5 years of university degree in Australia in order to become a Chiropractor.
What is a subluxation?
A vertebral subluxation is the result of spinal bones with improper motion or position affecting nerve communications between your brain and your body.
It is a stress response. Muscles go into spasm. Spinal bones lock up. And adjacent nerves are choked or chafed. This interferes with the control and regulation of your body. This interrupts the communication between your brain and parts of your body.
Common causes of subluxation are physical trauma such as improper lifting, car accidents, repetitive motions, poor sleep habits, birthing process, emotional stress, mental tension and chemical imbalances.
What is the ‘popping’ noise you sometimes hear?
Adjustment is often accompanied by an audible ‘popping’ sound. This indicates that the joint has separated slightly and released the normal fluid and gases in the joints, just like opening a can of coca-cola.
Is Chiropractic safe?
A recent study in the Journal of the Canadian Medical Association (Oct. 2001) found the risk of a dissection in a vertebral artery from a Chiropractic neck adjustment is only a 1 in 5.85 million.
Relatively, how safe is this?
| Ulcer from Naproxen drugs (1 in 5 patients) | 190,000 per million |
| Life threat from spinal stenosis surgery | 50,000 per million |
| Death from Low back surgery | 3000 per million |
| Death from stroke caused by 1 aspirin a day | 7000 per million |
| Death caused by NSAID (anti-inflammatory) drugs | 400 per million |
| Death from a fall at home | 90 per million |
| Death from treadmill exercise testing | 50 per million |
| Pedestrian being hit by a car | 15 per million |
| Being struck by lightning | 5 per million |
| Being killed by lightning strike | 1.5 per million |
| Stroke from chiropractic adjustment | 1 per million |
| Serious reaction from a child’s adjustment | 0.004 per million |
Chiropractic is safer than any drug or surgery.
You are about 20 times more likely to be struck by lightning than have any serious complication from a Chiropractic adjustment. An aspirin a day is over 7000 times more dangerous. Considering that the average person has a 1 in 500,000 chance of stroke on any given day, any chiropractic patient is less than half as likely to have one, up to 10 times less at risk than the general population.
What is the difference between Chiropractors and Physiotherapists?
Chiropractors locate, correct and prevent nerve system interferences by adjusting the spine. This helps restore the body’s own healing ability, allowing it to function better.
Physiotherapists are involved with mobilization and rehabilitative work.