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What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic is a structurally based form of health care conceived of and
developed in North America. The basic premise of chiropractic is that bony
misalignments of the vertebra and other joints of the body can create joint
disturbances and disrupt normal nerve function leading to pain and other
health problems. The classic form of treatment in chiropractic is the
vertebral adjustment. Adjustments can take many forms, from manipulation, to
light pressure or tapping with an adjusting instrument to lying on small
foam wedges that apply pressure to specific bones.
Chiropractors know that adjustments often help to relieve neck, back and
joint pain, but they also recognize that proper vertebral alignment is
important for optimal health and well being of a person in a general sense.
In addition, some chiropractic techniques have noted that not only can
misalignments cause body and organ malfunction, but organ and glandular
malfunction can cause structural imbalances. One of the chiropractic
techniques that can monitor and often correct these problems is Applied
Kinesiology. AK is unique in that it is extremely helpful in finding muscle
malfunction, joint misalignment, and stress in organs and glands and is then
able to track down the source of the malfunction. Although AK was developed
primarily by chiropractors, all health care providers with the proper
training can effectively use it.
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