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In the nearly
one hundred years of its development, Chiropractic science has grown
to major stature in the field of the healing arts and has reached
millions of people. With the rate of growth steadily increasing,
the Chiropractic profession has found a continuing need to acquaint
new patients with the nature of Chiropractic care.
The modern Chiropractor
works both directly and indirectly with the nervous system. Every
function of the body is under the control of this system. Every
organ, tissue, and cell is controlled by nerve impulses traveling
from the brain to all parts of the body. Nerves make possible all
movement. Nerves transmit all sensations to the brain. Nerves make
possible all sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing. Nerves maintain
balance and keep the body temperature at 98.6. Nerves make it possible
to swallow. Nerves make the bowels move. Nerves control the liver,
lungs, spleen, pancreas, gall bladder, and kidneys. In fact, the
nervous system is the master system which controls all other systems
of the body, including: the glandular, reproductive, digestive,
respiratory, and circulatory.
Every science
of healing has what is known as an avenue of approach. For example,
in the field of medicine, a hypodermic needle injects drugs through
the skin; a pill is swallowed and goes into the stomach. They are
the avenues through which the drugs gain access to the body.
In the field
of Chiropractic, the avenue of approach is the spine. The spine
houses and protects the spinal cord, the switchboard of the nervous
system through which nerve fibers pass from the brain to different
parts of the body. For every effect there must have been a cause.
If a person is ill, then the condition of pain, regardless of the
name applied to it, is an effect for which there must have been
a cause. The nerves leave the spinal cord through openings between
movable spinal bones called vertebrae. When vertebrae through injury
or posture problems become misaligned they interfere with the normal
function of these nerves. This misalignment causes pain and malfunction
of the nervous system and is called a subluxation. The subluxation
then becomes the cause of pain.
The objective
of Chiropractic care is to determine, through x-ray films and a
thorough examination, the exact, degree of spinal misalignment producing
this subluxation. Proper adjustments are given to remove these subluxations
and thus remove the cause of pain and malfunction. It has been said
that Chiropractic care can often add life to years and years to
life.
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