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Chiropractic care is the third-largest area of medicine, yet it is one of the most misunderstood medical professions. Chiropractors have been called "quacks" for nearly a century, but recent popularity has caused many people to rethink their ideas about this branch of medicine. Whether you are suffering from back pain or a... more »
Injury to the neck or back is painful and can be debilitating. It can be the result of years of repeated damage or from a single catastrophic event.
Treatment methods range from medication to physical therapy or surgery. Chiropractic doctors offer patients non-invasive, drug-free treatment of their injury. more »
Chiropractic is the manual manipulation of the bones of the spine and sometimes the extremities to put them into proper alignment. It is believed that bones that are not positioned correctly can affect the health by putting uncomfortable pressure on nerves, impeding blood flow and neurological signals and by affecting muscular balance. more »
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Chiropractors are doctors who focus on the skeletal system and the spine. Like any medical office, chiropractic offices should be designed to allow traffic to flow while allowing the doctors to treat patients comfortably and privately. There are some special considerations to make when designing a medical facility, however. A designer... more »
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Chiropractic neurologists are chiropractors with a board certified specialty in neurology. They assess and treat patients by purely physical means... more »
If you have acute or chronic pain that appears to be muscle or joint related, you may be in need of chiropractic care. Chiropractic care is based... more »
The best way to determine whether you'll want about chiropractic care is to contact a practitioner to set up an appointment for a consultation.... more »
Most chiropractors distribute newsletters for their patients and will be happy to add you to their mailing list. You can also subscribe to... more »
Chiropractic medicine focuses on musculoskeletal and nervous system disorders. Care is directed mainly at reducing back, neck and joint pain, as... more »
Chiropractic is a health care discipline and profession that emphasizes diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, under the hypothesis that these disorders affect general health via the nervous system.Nelson/> Chiropractic is controversial,Homola/>DeVocht/> and it is generally considered to be complementary and alternative medicine,Chapman-Smith/> a characterization that many chiropractors reject.Redwood-CAM/> The main treatment involves manual therapy, including manipulation of the spine, other joints, and soft tissues; treatment also includes exercises and health and lifestyle counseling.content-of-practice/> Traditional chiropractic assumes that a vertebral subluxation or spinal joint dysfunction interferes with the bodys function and its innate intelligence,History-PPC/> a notion that brings ridicule from mainstream science and medicine.Keating-subluxation/>
D.D. Palmer founded chiropractic in the 1890s and his son B.J. Palmer helped to expand it in the early 20th century.Martin/> It has two main groups: "straights", now the minority, emphasize vitalism, innate intelligence and spinal adjustments, and consider subluxations to be the leading cause of all disease; "mixers" are more open to mainstream and alternative medical techniques such as exercise, massage, nutritional supplements, and acupuncture.Kaptchuk-Eisenberg/> Chiropractic is well established in the U.S., Canada and Australia.global-strategy/>
For most of its existence, chiropractic has battled with mainstream medicine, sustained by ideas such as subluxationHistory-Primer2/> that are not based on solid science.Ernst-eval/> Vaccination remains controversial among chiropractors.Busse/> The American Medical Association called chiropractic an "unscientific cult"Chiro-PH/> and boycotted it until losing a 1987 antitrust case.Cooper/> Chiropractic has had a strong political base and sustained demand for services; in recent read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic
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