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What is chiropractic?
Chiropractic is the science, art & philosophy of locating & correcting
vertebral subluxations through gentle, specific chiropractic adjustments thus
allowing your body to function at it's optimum potential.
2. What is a subluxation?
A misalignment of one or more of your spinal bones (vertebrae), which causes interference
to your nervous system. If your nervous system is interfered with, your body's
natural ability to heal itself & function at it's optimum potential becomes
impaired. A subluxation is a perfect example of how structure effects function.
3. What is an adjustment?
A gentle, specific "thrust" delivered by hand or instrument. The purpose
of the adjustment is to correct your spinal subluxation(s) thus removing the nerve
interference in your body.
4. Does it hurt to get adjusted?
No. Chiropractic adjustments feel great. I am confident that once you begin receiving
your adjustments, you will begin to look forward to them. They will become one
of the highlights of your week. When you allow the vertebrae in your spine to
return to their proper position, you will notice much less stress and tension.
5. Is chiropractic care safe?
Yes. Statistics prove that chiropractic care is one of the safest types of healthcare
in the world. You only need to compare the malpractice premiums paid by chiropractors
to those paid by medical doctors. Doctors of Chiropractic pay only a small fraction
(approx. 1/20) of the price medical doctors pay in malpractice premiums. 250,000
people will die this year as a result of bad medicine, making this the third leading
cause of death in the United States of America (The Journal of The American Medical
Association, JAMA; Vol.284, July 26, 2000). Of the millions of people receiving
chiropractic adjustments, each year, only a handful will even make a complaint.
6. Why do my children need chiropractic care?
The birth process is often the cause of your child's first subluxation. A very
soft and undeveloped spine of an infant can suffer trauma during delivery. It
is estimated that as much as 80lbs of pulling pressure can be exerted to remove
a baby from the birth canal. Then, as children grow up and become more adventurous,
the number of injuries to their spines become countless. The repeated falls as
children learn to walk, the running, jumping, twisting, bumping and falling all
over the place while playing in the yard or on an athletic field will often cause
your child to become subluxated. However, often children do not show any signs
or symptoms of being subluxated until later on in life. Chiropractic care offers
your child a more responsive body, a more balanced flow of energy and overall
increased performance as she/he passes through their windows of development. A
subluxation free child also minimizes the risk of future health challenges.
7. What causes the sound made during a chiropractic adjustment?
That sound is not your spine "cracking" or "popping" like
most people think. That sound is created by gas (in this case, nitrogen) rushing
in to fill the partial vacuum created when the joints are slightly separated.
Another example of this phenomenon would be the "pop" sound you hear
when the cork is taken out of a champagne bottle. Not all chiropractic adjusting
techniques produce this noise. In fact, some adjusting techniques use little force
and thus produce no noise at all.
8. Is it bad to "crack" your back or neck a lot?
This question is frequently asked because people associate the "cracking"
or "popping" of one's back or neck with a chiropractic adjustment. The
two are not the same thing. If a person has a desire to "crack" his/her
neck or back it is often because one area of their spine is fixated or jammed
causing another area to move too much and "pop", sometimes by itself.
It's the fixated or jammed area that needs to be properly adjusted by a chiropractor
so that the other parts of the spine will not be hypermobile and noisy. When you
"crack" your back you may be relieving the tension for a little while.
Do you notice how it keeps coming back? That is because you are not giving yourself
a specific chiropractic adjustment. The cause of the spinal tension, the fixated
or jammed (subluxated) vertebrae, has not been corrected. Any person who makes
a habit out of "cracking" or "popping" their back or neck
needs to go to a Doctor of Chiropractic to have their spine checked. Even a chiropractor
cannot adjust him/herself.
9. Once you see a chiropractor, do you have to go for the rest of your life?
No. The extent to which you choose to benefit from your chiropractic care is ultimately
up to you. Each & everyone of us is solely responsible for the quality of
our health & well-being. However, we do strongly urge all practice members
to consider lifetime, wellness chiropractic care. This is where the long-term,
lasting benefits of care are enjoyed. Regular exercise & healthy eating habits
are a lifestyle decision and so is lifetime, wellness chiropractic care. You need
to remain subluxation free for life.
10. Should I continue chiropractic care if I don't have any symptoms and I feel
better?
Yes. Just because symptoms disappear, does not mean your subluxations are corrected.
Most of the practice members seen in our office have spinal degeneration (decay)
which has taken years to develop. The trauma of the birth process, slips, falls,
accidents and countless other stresses over the course of your lifetime adversely
affect the health of your spine. The longer you wait to have your spine checked
by a chiropractor, the longer it will take to correct your subluxations. However,
how you choose to use chiropractic care is ultimately up to you. It has been our
experience that those who stop care when they are "feeling fine" return
with the same health challenge(s) which brought them to our office in the first
place...only it's usually gotten worse. On the other hand, those practice members
who commit to long-term, wellness chiropractic care, find their health challenge(s)
rarely return and they enjoy a higher quality of life & health. |
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