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The Chiropractic Center
Chiropractic is defined as "The science of chiropractic deals with the relationship between the articulations of the skeleton and the nervous system, and the role of this relationship in the restoration and maintenance of health."
The Chiropractic profession is the 2nd largest health care profession. What this profession is all about, however, is largely misunderstood. Having been a chiropractor myself since 1981 I'll give you some helpful insight into my profession.
Today, there are more than 70,000 active chiropractic licenses in the United States. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands officially recognize chiropractic as a health care profession.
Chiropractic Education and Principles
Chiropractic colleges require a minimum of four academic years of professional resident study, including clinical experience under strict supervision, preceded by a minimum of two years of college work with a curriculum concentrated in the biological and basic sciences, and clinical disciplines.
Read more about Chiropractic education and the principles which chiropractors use in their practices.
The History of Chiropractic
Let’s start at the very beginning—chiropractic care has been around for thousands of years. While it has not always been researched or regulated, spinal adjustment for pain relief is not a new idea. In fact, Hippocrates, well-known as the Father of Modern Medicine, is credited to have stated: “Look well to the spine for the cause of disease.”
Though the most well-known, Hippocrates was likely not the first to begin looking to the spine for healing: historians have found ancient writings from China and Greece that date back to 2700 B.C. and 1500 B.C. These writings discuss manipulating the spine for the relief of back pain. Further evidence indicates that other ancient civilizations also turned to spinal adjustment, such as Japan, Egypt, Syria, Babylon, as well as the Mayans, Incas and other Native Americans.
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This lengthy section explores the history of Chiropractic.
Chiropractic Techniques
There are wide variations of techniques used by different chiropractors. Chiropractors focus on dysfunctions that can result from irregularities spinal structure or movement. They rely heavily on hands-on procedures to determine structural and functional problems, and they use manipulation to promote normal bodily function correcting or preventing these structural deviations. We discuss the most common techniques employed by chiropractors.
The CRA Reflex System
In medical practice there are two key parts to treatment; the diagnosis (identifying and/or naming the disease or syndrome) and the treatment (operation, drug, etc.). In Contact Reflex Analysis we do not diagnose or treat disease, but similarly we also have two key parts to treatment — the analysis and the personalized health improvement program (using designed clinical nutrition). Simply put, first we do an analysis and then we design a natural health improvement program to help you handle what we find in our analysis of your body and condition.
All About Back Pain
Pain in your back can be an annoying ache, or it can get so bad that it’s unbearable. Back pain is the second most common reason why people visit their healthcare providers (just after colds). Many people miss work because of it. Around 80% to 90% of people in the United States will have back pain at some point in their lives.
Read more about the causes of back pain and effective treatment methods.