Q:  What is Chiropractic?
A:  Chiropractic locates and removes a severe form of spine & nerve stress, a condition that puts pressure on nerves, unbalances the body, lowers your resistance to disease & weakens you:  The Vertebral Subluxation Complex.


Q:  What does a Chiropractor do?
A:  The doctor of chiropractic analyzes your body for vertebral subluxation using his/her hands & other analysis tools, & then corrects & removes any spinal nerve stress using various spinal adjustment techniques.


Q:  How do we get spinal nerve stress?  (subluxations)?
A:  From stress.  It may occur in infancy from a difficult childbirth 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 wack."


Q:  Who is affected by subluxations?
A:  Nearly everyone gets spinal nerve stress.  It is a "hidden epidemic" & it is the reason that we all need to have our spines checked for this condition by a doctor of chiropractic every once in a while, just as we get our eyes, teeth & blood pressure checked!


Q:  When was the first chiropractic patient treated?
A:  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 & Palmer thought he had discovered a cure for deafness.  But as patients with digestive problems, sciatica, menstrual problems, migraine headaches, epilepsy, heart problems, back pain & many other health conditions responded to spinal care, Palmer realized he had discovered something more far-reaching indeed.


Q: Assuming I'm going to take chiropractic treatments, how are they performed?
A:  Chiropractors work with the bones & nerves of the spinal column & 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 & out through the spinal column to the muscles, organs & glands of the body.  After locating the vertabrae impinging the nerves (subluxations), the chiropractor, using various highly spacialized techniques, is able to re-align the misplaced vertebrae & thus release pressure on the nerves.  This is called a spinal adjustment.


Q:  What are some of the conditions commonly helped by chiropractic?
A:  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 the disease, but rather the enhancement of health through the reduction of spinal nerve stress.

The above list may seem as long as though chiropractic were a Panacea.  The truth is that most textbooks list over 200 diseases.  Please be mindful of the fact that chiropractic care is not like one drug used for one condition, but on the contrary, it is a complete healing art within itself, concerned with the systems of the body such as nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, elimentory, reproductive, hormonal, musculoskeletal, etc.  & seaks to correct spinal health problems within those systems.


Q:  Can I receive chiropractic treatments if I'm under medical care?
A:  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 & still visit a doctor of homeopathy, naturopathy, osteopathy or medicine.  M.D.'s & other healers cannot tell if you're suffering from spinal nerve stress (vertebral subluxation) & are not trained in correcting it.


Q:  In Ciropractic are there other significant factors besides vertebral adjusting?
A:  Yes, there are five laws to obey for those who desire health & longevity:  1) Proper nutrition; 2) Adequate rest; 3) Moderate exercise; 4) A positive mental attitude; 5) Proper nerve supply.