Chiropractors Can Help

Chiropractors Can Help


Chiropractic Care is Safe & Effective

Chiropractors are highly educated and skilled professionals.

Are you in pain? Consider chiropractic care. Every year more Americans seek the help of a chiropractor for relief from muscle, joint and spinal pain conditions, states The American Chiropractic Association. Chiropractors can assess, diagnose and determine what course of treatment would be best suited to your injury and/or needs.

How Safe is Chiropractic?

According to the latest research and studies, chiropractic treatments are more effective and economical in treating many clinical conditions. In fact, chiropractic treatments have been rigorously examined for safety. More than six government inquiries worldwide have all concluded contemporary chiropractic health care is safe, effective and cost-efficient.

Chiropractors are trained to recognize when their patients may be at risk, and adapt the treatment accordingly. If you take a closer look at prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, thousands of people die each year from toxic reactions. Taking this into account, medical doctors nation-wide should advise patients of alternatives to drugs for their ailments.

What Do Chiropractors Do Exactly?

The first step your chiropractor will take during a consultation will be to complete a case history to review important aspects of your health. This examination involves checking your posture, testing your muscle strength and reflexes. Other orthopedic and neurological tests may be performed. These tests are designed to determine if there are areas of abnormal spinal function. Based on the examination findings, X-rays or other types of diagnostic imaging may be necessary.

If your chiropractor identifies areas of abnormal spinal function, he/she will recommend a chiropractic care program of adjustments. Your chiropractic program is specific to your needs - it is based upon your age, condition, lifestyle, and unique spinal problems. If you are wondering if you can feel abnormal spinal function - not always. You may not even have any symptoms. It is important to note a chiropractor never does adjustments when there is no spinal problem present.

What is a Chiropractic Adjustment?

You first need to understand a chiropractic adjustment is a scientific procedure done with a skill that comes with years of education and practice. When a chiropractor is adjusting your spinal bones he/she introduces a gentle force into your spine selecting one of the hundreds of ways using carefully directed and controlled pressure to restore better position and motion to fixated spinal joints.

Chiropractic Care and Health and Wellness

Health is an important link to wellness, and, chiropractic treatment can be one of the components to help you heal and achieve your wellness goal.

The American Chiropractic Association explains, "the adjustment momentarily loosens the joint and helps it back into proper alignment, relieving pressure on the joint and surrounding nerves."

Only the body knows exactly where these spinal bones should go. But it is the skill and scientific technique of the chiropractor who makes a reasonable determination of the general direction these bones have to move. In effect, the chiropractor is the guide.

What's that Sound?

When a joint is adjusted, a gas bubble escapes causing the popping noise. This sound is called fluidic attraction. It is the reaction that takes place between the joint surfaces of the body. Joints are smooth like glass and bathed in fluid. When they slide together in normal activity, there is no sound. However, when they are moved, as in a chiropractic adjustment, you may hear a pop much like popping your knuckles.

Chiropractic treatment helps relieve pain, improve movement and flexibility, and correct posture and gait, to name just a few benefits. To be sure your spine is healthy; consult a chiropractor for a spinal examination just as you would go to a dentist or doctor for a checkup.