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What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic care has a history with the manipulation of the spine and other joints of the body. Records from thousands of years ago show that humans have been manipulating joints for health benefits. This tried and true method of healthcare has naturally evolved into a well-researched and understood system with amazing benefits to health. In the late 19th century and into the early 20th century, the Palmer family developed, modernized, and named Chiropractic care and mainstreamed it in the West. Ever since, countless pioneers who have made Chiropractic care their life focus have continued to modernize and mainstream this viable and effective healthcare option.

The main premise of Chiropractic care is that the human body is designed to heal itself, and will do so inevitably so long as it is functioning properly. Proper functioning is directly related to body balance, including spinal balance, muscle balance, nutritional balance, and general balance of life and its many issues (stress). If any one of these aspects of balance is out of whack, the pressure on the others will always cause a reaction. Those systems will be overworked, and the balance will be lost. Chiropractic care seeks to address all of these, with emphasis on spinal balance. Why the spine? The spine is the housing and support for the nervous system, acting as protection and facilitating motion, without which a number of body systems would suffer.

Chiropractic care does not stop at the joints in the spine. The principles involved in Chiropractic care apply to all joints of the body, and patients from all walks of life benefit. Whether you suffer from shoulder pain, wrist or carpal tunnel-like symptoms, hip, knee, heel, or ankle pain; Chiropractic care can help you today!