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What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic philosophy begins with the principle that the human organism has the 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. This enables patients to live healthier, more fulfilling lives.


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. Traditional medicine 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 system coordinates the 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 move out of their normal position, they can distort the flow of information from the brain to the body. That's why chiropractors gently correct these misalignments (subluxations) - to correct interference to the nerve system and the body's ability to control and coordinate its many functions.


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