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A conversation with Dr. Snow on the topic of chiropractic care....
Question:
What is Chiropractic
Answer:
Chiropractic
locates and removes a severe form of spine and nerve stress, a
condition that
puts pressure on nerves, unbalances your body, lowers your
resistance to
disease and weakens you: the vertebral subluxation complex.
Question:
What
does a Chiropractor do?
Answer:
The doctor of chiropractic analyzes your body for
vertebral subluxation using
his/her hands and other analysis tools, and then corrects or removes any
spinal
nerve stress using various spinal adjustment techniques.
Question:
How
do we get spinal nerve stress (subluxations)?
Answer:
From stress. It may occur in infancy from a difficult birth or from
childhood
falls.
Later in life, emotional tension or stress can gradually damage your
spine
or violent
injuries from automobile accidents or sports can suddenly knock you
“out of
whack”.
Question:
Who
is affected by subluxations?
Answer:
Nearly everyone eventually gets spinal nerve stress. It is a “hidden
epidemic”
and it is for that reason that we all need to have our spines checked
for this
condition by a doctor of chiropractic every once in awhile, just as we
get our
eyes, teeth and blood pressure checked!
Question:
When
was the first chiropractic patient treated?
Answer:
Modern chiropractic began in 1895 when Dr. D. D. Palmer
performed the first
chiropractic “spinal adjustment” on his deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard.
Lillard’s
hearing returned and Palmer thought he had discovered a cure for
deafness. But
as patients with digestive troubles, sciatica, menstrual trouble,
migraine head
aches, epilepsy, heart problems, back pain and many other conditions
responded
to spinal care, Palmer realized that he had discovered something more
far-
reaching indeed.
Question:
Assuming
I’m going to take chiropractic treatments, how are they performed?
Answer:
Chiropractors work with the bones and nerves of the spinal column
and spinal
cord respectively. Chiropractors spend years of highly specialized
training in
order to locate where misplaced spinal vertebrae are impinging the
nerves which
travel down the spinal cord and out through the spinal column to the
muscles,
organs and glands of the body. After locating the vertebrae impinging
the
nerves (subluxations) the chiropractor, using various highly specialized
techniques,
is able to replace the misplaced vertebrae and thus release pressure on
the nerves.
That is called a spinal adjustment.
Question:
What
are some of the conditions commonly treated by chiropractic?
Answer: All kinds of conditions are
treated with chiropractic care, such as colds or ear
infections, PMS, spinal or disc problems, arthritis, insomnia, stress,
vision
problems, headaches, allergies, bedwetting, colic, high blood pressure -
the list
is long! And yet, please remember, the goal of chiropractic treatment
is not the
treatment of disease but rather the enhancement of health through the
reduce
tion of spinal nerve stress (vertebral subluxation complex).
Question:
Can I receive chiropractic treatments if I’m under medical care?
Answer:
Absolutely. Having your spinal nerve stress corrected is important no
matter
what other type of care you’re receiving. You can have your spinal
column
checked for vertebral subluxations by a doctor of chiropractic and still
visit a
doctor of homeopathy, naturopathy, osteopathy or medicine. M.D.’s and
other healers cannot tell if you’re suffering from spinal nerve stress
(vertebral
subluxations) and are not trained in correcting it.
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