Chiropractic Medicine

What is chiropractic medicine?

Chiropractic medicine is based on the relationship between the alignment of the spine and the function of the body and the belief that the body can heal itself.

With use of manual manipulation of the spine, chiropractors believe they can improve a person''s health without surgery or medication. They believe most illnesses are due to blockages along the spinal nerves and where they exit the bony verterbrae column. These blockages are found through special chiropractic physical examination. Some chiropractors also prescribe home exercises.

Treatment may include lying on your stomach on a special table, while the chiropractor uses his or her hands to restore motion to blocked segments in the spine.

Chiropractic treatments have proven to be effective in treating certain lower back, neck and muscle pain symptoms.

Chiropractic dates back to the times of ancient Egypt. However, not until the 1890s was modern chiropractic defined by an American. Chiropractic training is equivalent to the training licensed medical physicians receive. Doctors of Chiropractic have had at least two years of college (most have a Bachelor''s degree) with an emphasis on biology or basic sciences, followed by a minimum of four years of training at an accredited chiropractic college.