Does Chiropractic work? Check the Science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s68Yr38-lAQ

Why is posture important?

Abnormal posture is linked to the development and progression of many spinal conditions and injuries including: increased muscle activity and disc injury, scoliosis, work lifting injuries, driving and sitting aches and pains, sports injuries, back pain, neck pain, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder and ankle injuries and many other conditions. Furthermore, postural faults in adolescent years have been established as one of the causes of pain syndromes and early arthritis in adulthood. Therefore, posture should be checked and corrected in children before more serious problems can occur.



According to the American Journal of Pain Management, "Posture affects all human function, consciously and unconsciously from breathing to thinking." Posture as a cause of health and disease is a paradigm shared by many.

Exerpt from The Biology of Belief by Bruce H. Lipton, PhD

Our positive and negative beliefs not only impact our health but also every aspect of our life. Henry Ford was right about the efficacy of assembly lines, and he was right about the power of the mind: "If you believe you can or if you believe you cant... you're right."...Consider the people who walk across coals without getting burned. If they wobble in the steadfastness of their belief that they can do it, they wind up with burned feet. Your beliefs act like filters on a camera, changing how you see the world. And your biology adapts to those beliefs. When we truly recognize that our beliefs are that powerful, we hold the key to freedom. While we cannot readily change the codes of our genetic blueprints, we can change our minds.

The doctor of the future

Thomas A. Edison claimed that the doctor of the future would give no medicine, but would interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.

Check the Science

Is chiropractic care safe?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11VN2sGMdbI

Does chiropractic work?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s68Yr38-lAQ

Just wanted to add a quote:

"Medicine: the study of disease and what causes a man to die;
Chiropractic: the study of health and what causes a man to live."
-C.S.Gonstead

Jerry Rice testimonial

thought this would be a good video to see. Check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CAsGNlQEnI

FAQ's about Chiropractic I

What is chiropractic?

Chiropractic is an alternative form of health care. Just like our counterparts in medicine and osteopathy, we examine patients and we provide a diagnosis. The difference is how we treat the patients. Medical doctors will use prescription drugs (pharmaceuticals) and/or perform surgery. Chiropractors focus primarily on spinal adjustments and treating the back as the cause of a lot of diseases. 

Do chiropractors believe in drugs?

Chiropractors focus on spinal adjusting and treating the different forms of joint dysfunction or subluxation in the spine. If we examine a patient, come to a diagnosis and realize that that patient will not respond to the care that we can deliver, we are obligated to send them to a medical doctor for prescription drugs or for another opinion. So it’s a matter of will this patient require a prescription or can we fix the problem alone through chiropractic care.

What is a subluxation?

It is primarily a chiropractic term. A loose translation or definition would be something less than a dislocation in a joint. The premise of chiropractic is that the joints within the spinal column become hypomobile, they don’t move as much or they get stuck out of position. The chiropractic adjustment is an attempt to restore the normal motion between those joints and in theory restores health and neural function of that patient’s body.

Do chiropractors straighten the spine?

No. Chiropractic is meant to normalize or balance the spine.  What we do is keep the spine mobile so it’s able to move properly. Otherwise if those joints get stuck, it can lead to soreness in the muscles and joints, and that’s usually what brings the patient in to the chiropractor’s office in the form of back pain. The intent is not to straighten the spine but to normalize or balance it so the patient can through their everyday routine with no pain.

Are chiropractors 'real' doctors?

Yes chiropractors are real doctors. The difference in the educational process is probably only in how patients are treated. Chiropractors, medical students, and osteopathic students all go through the same basic science courses- chemistry, anatomy, physiology, and histology, because the human body is the same whether you’re a chiropractor or a medical doctor. The difference is how we treat patients. Medical doctors will have more time spent in pharmacology learning about drugs, drug interactions and what drugs are appropriate for what diseases. Chiropractors spend more of their time doing the manual therapies, the adjusting courses, some of the physical therapy modalities, exercise and rehab. So the basic science and clinical sciences including the diagnosis portions are about the same. The difference is medical students focus more on pharmacy and surgery while chiropractic students focus on more rehabilitative techniques and spinal adjusting.

---Visit this website to see a comparison of the DC and MD curricula:  http://www.drgrisanti.com/mddc.htm