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What is Chiropractic?
A Natural, non-invasive approach to health care
There's more to chiropractic than the relief of headaches or back pain.
The primary focus is the integrity of your nervous system. Your nervous system controls and regulates all of your bodies organs, tissues and cells. Millions of instructions flow from your brain to your body, and from your body back to your brain, through the nervous system.
Chiropractic is based on the scientific fact that your body is a self-regulating, self-healing organism, controlled by the brain, spinal cord and nerves of the body. The vertebral bones (your spinal column), which protect the nervous system may become misaligned and lose their normal motion. This can cause malfunction of the tissues and organs throughout the body.
Chiropractic medicine is a form of natural health care that focuses on treating a patient without the use of drugs or medicines. Doctors of Chiropractic, more commonly known as chiropractors, are primary health care providers licensed in all 50 states, and are recognized by governmental health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Workers' Compensation programs and more.
Chiropractors frequently treat individuals with problems, such as headaches, joint pain, neck pain, low back pain and sciatica. Chiropractors also treat patients with osteoarthritis, spinal disk conditions, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, sprains, and strains. However, the scope of conditions that chiropractors manage or provide care for is not limited to the common pains and problems listed above. Chiropractors also have the training to treat a variety of conditions such as allergies, asthma, digestive disorders, and other disorders as new research is developed.
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