What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic in short is the science, art and philosophy of restoring health to your body. Our alma mater Palmer College of
Chiropractic has an excellent description of what chiropractic is. Here is their explanation of what chiropractic is...
Chiropractic philosophy begins with the principle that the human organism has an innate power to maintain its own health.
The art of chiropractic focuses on adjustments to correct spinal malfunctions, called subluxations, in order to remove
interference to the spinal cord and the nerves that exit between the bones of the spine. Science has found that the nerve
system controls all other organs and tissues of the body, so a nerve system functioning at its best facilitates the body's
ability to cope with disability and disease. Because of its potential to enable patients to live healthier, more fulfilling lives,
chiropractic has been called "The Big Idea."
The chiropractic approach to health care is holistic, stressing the patient's overall well being. It recognizes that many factors
affect health, including exercise, diet, rest, environment and heredity. Chiropractic focuses on maintaining optimal health
naturally so that the body is better able to resist disease, rather than simply treating the symptoms of disease. Chiropractors
use natural, drugless, non-surgical health care and rely on the body's inherent recuperative abilities.
Chiropractic is whole-body health care with the vision to see the human body as much more than the sum of its parts.
Chiropractors see their patients as more than people coming to their office with a set of symptoms. Their vision
encompasses the entire individual in all of his or her unique complexity, and they work in partnership with their patients to
ensure optimal health and wellness in all facets of their lives.
Chiropractic has an excellent description of what chiropractic is. Here is their explanation of what chiropractic is...
Chiropractic philosophy begins with the principle that the human organism has an innate power to maintain its own health.
The art of chiropractic focuses on adjustments to correct spinal malfunctions, called subluxations, in order to remove
interference to the spinal cord and the nerves that exit between the bones of the spine. Science has found that the nerve
system controls all other organs and tissues of the body, so a nerve system functioning at its best facilitates the body's
ability to cope with disability and disease. Because of its potential to enable patients to live healthier, more fulfilling lives,
chiropractic has been called "The Big Idea."
The chiropractic approach to health care is holistic, stressing the patient's overall well being. It recognizes that many factors
affect health, including exercise, diet, rest, environment and heredity. Chiropractic focuses on maintaining optimal health
naturally so that the body is better able to resist disease, rather than simply treating the symptoms of disease. Chiropractors
use natural, drugless, non-surgical health care and rely on the body's inherent recuperative abilities.
Chiropractic is whole-body health care with the vision to see the human body as much more than the sum of its parts.
Chiropractors see their patients as more than people coming to their office with a set of symptoms. Their vision
encompasses the entire individual in all of his or her unique complexity, and they work in partnership with their patients to
ensure optimal health and wellness in all facets of their lives.
This unique health care approach views the
body as having an innate, natural ability to
adapt to changes in its internal and external
environments and maintain itself in a state of
health. Traditional medicine and its allied health
fields typically views the body from a more
mechanistic standpoint — as a system of parts
that can be altered through outside
interventions to produce certain results. Both
approaches have important roles to play, but
they are fundamentally different.
Chiropractors focus on the nerve system (the
brain and spinal cord) which manages the body’
s vast chemical interactions to help ensure
proper function. The brain sends messages
through the spinal cord across a huge network
of spinal nerves to deliver information to every
cell, organ and system of the body. This
information system coordinates the myriad
chemical reactions that dictate how well you
sleep, how food is digested, your ability to
concentrate, physical coordination, the
capabilities of the immune system and all
aspects of body function.
When bones of the spine become misaligned or
move out of their normal position, they can
distort the flow of information from the brain
to the body. Without the proper information
from the nerve system, the body cannot
function to its full potential. That’s why
chiropractors gently correct these
misalignments (or vertebral subluxations) — to
correct interference to the nerve system and
the body’s ability to control and coordinate its
many functions.
body as having an innate, natural ability to
adapt to changes in its internal and external
environments and maintain itself in a state of
health. Traditional medicine and its allied health
fields typically views the body from a more
mechanistic standpoint — as a system of parts
that can be altered through outside
interventions to produce certain results. Both
approaches have important roles to play, but
they are fundamentally different.
Chiropractors focus on the nerve system (the
brain and spinal cord) which manages the body’
s vast chemical interactions to help ensure
proper function. The brain sends messages
through the spinal cord across a huge network
of spinal nerves to deliver information to every
cell, organ and system of the body. This
information system coordinates the myriad
chemical reactions that dictate how well you
sleep, how food is digested, your ability to
concentrate, physical coordination, the
capabilities of the immune system and all
aspects of body function.
When bones of the spine become misaligned or
move out of their normal position, they can
distort the flow of information from the brain
to the body. Without the proper information
from the nerve system, the body cannot
function to its full potential. That’s why
chiropractors gently correct these
misalignments (or vertebral subluxations) — to
correct interference to the nerve system and
the body’s ability to control and coordinate its
many functions.
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