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WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC? Chiropractic is a "DRUGLESS", natural healing approach to help the body achieve a healthier state of well-being.  It is based on the premise that good health depends upon a normally functioning nervous system.  All body structures, such as cells and organs, function by nerve impulses.  When the impulses are uninterrupted, the body can function normally.  When there is an interference in the nerve supply malfunction begins.  This means the body is being set up for disease.  The spinal cord has 62 nerves. The spinal cord and the brain are enclosed in a hard, bony structure.  Although the spine supports and protects the nerves, it can sometimes interfere with the flow of nerve impulses.  Chiropractors recognize that the body contains an innate intelligence that maintains good health.  It is this intelligence that gives you the ability to adapt to your environment.  The Chiropractor does not use drugs or surgery.  There are times that the Chiropractor will recommend another Doctor if needed.  The Chiropractor will give you an ADJUSTMENT.   The Doctor will not "Crack Your Back".  To crack something is to break it, right?   Instead the Doctor will give adjustments by hand.  He will apply pressure to those areas of the spine out of proper alignment, or those areas that are not moving within their normal range.  Both Dr. Tony and Dr. Joe have been trained in adjusting your extremities such as your Jaw (TMJ), Shoulders, Elbows, Wrists, Knees, Feet, etc. WHAT DOES A CHIROPRACTOR DO? On your first visit the Doctor will ask you questions about your present and past health history. He will perform a spinal examination, which includes a special instrument that helps detect the presence of nerve or disc irritations. He may also do orthopedic, neurologic, range of motion or other necessary exams. After the exam, the doctor will take Chiropractic x-rays. X-rays are not taken on pregnant women or young children. The Doctor will very thoroughly study and measure your x-rays to determine the type and frequency of Chiropractic care your case requires. During your Report of Findings, the Doctor will show you your x-rays and make any recommendations he feels is proper. The Doctor may recommend a re-exam sometime in the future to evaluate your progress. Once your condition is controlled and stabilized the Doctor will recommend Wellness Care to prevent the condition from returning and help you maintain your spinal health.   WHAT CAN A CHIROPRACTOR DO FOR YOU? Chiropractors can give you relief and/or correction from pain of a specific problem.  They will aid you in prevention through subluxation correction helping you to reach your peak performance. Chiropractors can aid you in moving from simply having symptoms to having the opportunity for lifetime health and wellness. WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM SEEING A CHIROPRACTOR? Chiropractic helps restore and maintain the body's inherent ability to heal itself and maintain health even if there are no symptoms.  Regardless of what condition or symptom individuals may suffer from, they have a much better opportunity to recover if the healing power of their nervous system is working to it fullest potential.  Your first subluxation (bone misalignment) could have occurred at birth.  How could this happen in such a natural process?   Well, birth is a natural process, a miracle.  Unfortunately, certain artificial methods interfere with the natural beauty of birth. Such stressors as inducing labor, cesarean section, or use of abnormal twisting of the head to facilitate the birthing of the rest of the body place tremendous stress on the neck and spinal cord thereby producing subluxations and other related health problems. You probably already have damage if you are experiencing any of the following:  Back and Neck Pain - Headaches - Arm & Leg pain - Numbness & Tingling - Uncomfortable Feeling  Difficulty Sleeping - Stiffness of the Joints - You have No "Get Up and Go" - Frequent Sickness HOW DOES CHIROPRACTIC CARE AFFECT THE ENTIRE BODY? Science knows that the nerve system controls and coordinates all the functions of your body.  Your body sends information over the nerves to your brain.  Your brain interprets the information from your senses and sends messages back through the nerves to the body.  When these messages are disrupted, the body becomes weak, loses optimum function and is vulnerable to disease.  Chiropractic Care, which focuses on care of the spine, is ultimately targeted at the nerve system.  The spine is the point of access to the nerve system because the spinal cord runs down the spine and the nerves exit through it.  WHAT IS REAL HEALTH? You probably hear so many people talking about what their version of what health is, how do you know what the truth is about real health?  Medical practitioners, drug companies, and athletic clubs, just to name a few, are all putting out different messages about what health is and isn't. According to Dorland's Medical Dictionary, "Health is a state of optimum physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease."  In other words, health is not how you feel, but rather if you are physically, mentally, and socially functioning at your maximum potential.  Webster's Dictionary tells us that there are three components of the health formula.  The first is Wholeness.  Second, all the parts have to be functioning properly.  Third, they have to be functioning properly all the time.  If you take Wholeness + 100% Function + The Rest of Your Life = You will be Healthy.  Since we cannot replace parts of your body that have been removed or permanently damaged, the key to health is Chiropractic focuses on the function of the person as a whole and not just the symptoms the body is presenting.  It is very easy to mask the symptoms you are having and that is what many medications do.  Your body's functioning at 100% is your Chiropractor's goal and should be yours as well.  SO MY CHIROPRACTOR IS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT MY SYMPTOMS? Your Chiropractor is concerned but realizes the symptoms are not the problem, just an indication there is a problem.  His real concern is that your body is functioning at its optimum.  Remember, your symptoms don't tell us what state of health your body is in.  The jogger that jogs 25 miles a week who had a heart attack did not at that moment obtain ill health.  Instead, his condition took years to develop.  Yet no symptoms were present until the heart attack.  No Symptoms! Heart Attack!  Was he really Healthy?  Please be sure to tell your Doctor the symptoms you are experiencing.  He will take that a step further and figure out what problem you have that is causing the symptoms, and treat that problem.   Think back to that song you knew as a child, "The knee bone is connected to the shin bone."  Well, each part of your entire body is connected to the spinal cord. If nerves are being pinched, your body is not getting what impulses it needs to be healthy.  This is when you will start to feel the symptoms of the real problem. WHAT CONDITIONS RESPOND TO CHIROPRACTIC? Most people think that Chiropractors only treat back and neck pain.  Chiropractors treat the body as a whole.  The Doctor is concerned with all of your symptoms.  The concept of Chiropractic is founded on the the proof that many diseases begin with nerve supply interference.  Think of it like this, when you kink a hose the water supply is slowed and is sometimes cut off.  Would your garden grow and flourish if there was no supply of water?  Your body will not function to its fullest if the nerve supply is diminshed or decreased.  This Chiropractic Approach to Health will relieve or eliminate pressure on the nerves and allow the nerve energy to reach each of your organs.  HOW DID CHIROPRACTIC BEGIN? On Sept. 18, 1895, Daniel David Palmer, a successful "magnetic healer," was working in his office in Davenport, Iowa, when Harvey Lillard, the janitor for the building entered.  Lillard had been deaf for 17 years after a minor injury.  Dr. Palmer, usually referred to by his initials, D.D., knew Lillard had not been deaf his whole life because he spoke normally.  Upon examining him, D.D. found a bump near his spine that appeared to be a vertebra out of alignment.  Placing his hands over the spine, he gave a light thrust to the vertebra.  According to Palmer's report, Lillard got off the table and exclaimed, "Dr. Palmer, I can hear the wagon wheels on the cobblestones on the street!"  Palmer reported that three days later Lillard's hearing was normal.  Palmer has discovered the principle he later called Chiropractic.  WHAT PARTS OF THE BODY ARE CHIROPRACTORS CONCERNED ABOUT? Chiropractors care about your body as a whole and about how the parts function and adapt to an ever changing environment.  If you have any symptoms please let the Doctor know.  He will be able to explain what part of your spine may have a subluxation and how that interferes with your nerve function causing your symptoms.  He will also treat you for those problems.  WHAT INTERFERES WITH THE NERVE SYSTEM? Chiropractors speak of a condition called the vertebral subluxation complex, a misalignment or malfunction of the spine that causes interference to the nerve system, thereby inhibiting the transmission of the nerve impulses.  Chiropractic maintains that without correction of this subluxation through gentle forces to the spine, the nerve system can not work correctly and therefore a person cannot perform at their optimum.  WHAT CONTROLS FUNCTION? Gray's Anatomy text tells us that the job of your nervous system is to control and coordinate the function of all the parts of the body and to adapt your body to the environment.  Therefore, it is imperative to have your nervous system free of any interference if you are going to have optimum function and health.e will feature a different health problem and how Chiropractic can aid in recovery.  There will also be many journal re HOW DO CHIROPRACTORS CORRECT INTERFERENCE TO YOU NERVE SYSTEM? Health care practitioners know that minor displacements in the spine called the Vertebral Subluxation Complex (VSC) produce interference to your nerve system resulting in malfunction of your body (dis-ease) and can lead to pathology (disease).  VSC is epidemic in our society.  Chiropractors are the only trained and licensed professionals in the correction of VSC, which allows your body to function better, thus allowing you to heal and stay healthy for life.  out the actual studies done to prove these claims.