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The word "chiropractic" comes from the Greek words cheir (hand) and praxis (action) and means "done by hand."
Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts that focuses on human health as a state of balance. Doctors of Chiropractic are physicians who consider the whole person as an integrated being, giving special attention to alignment, muscle tone, and joint mechanics. Chiropractic is both responsive and preventative health care based upon scientific research.
Chiropractors work to bring patients to a state of optimum health by adjusting the spine, and educating their patients about proper nutrition and exercise.
Chiropractic is:
•The largest, drugless health profession in the world
•The second largest health profession overall
•The fastest growing health care profession in the
U.S.
The Basic Concepts of Chiropractic are:
- The body has a powerful self-healing ability.
- Chiropractic therapy is given with the goals of normalizing the relationship between structure and function and assisting the body as it heals
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The body's structure (primarily that of the spine) and its function are closely related, and this relationship affects health.
Conditions Commonly Treated by Chiropractors include:
- neck pain
- back pain
- headaches
- sports injuries
- repetitive strains
- pregnancy
- neuropathy
- vertigo
- sciatica
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