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- Chiropractors use drugless, nonsurgical health treatments
and rely heavily on the body's ability to heal itself.
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- Chiropractors understand that interference with the body's nervous system impairs many important body functions and lowers resistance to disease. A great emphasis is placed on keeping the spine functioning properly to relieve pressure on connected muscles, joints and nerves.
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- Doctors of Chiropractic medicine (D.C.s) manipulate or adjust the spinal column with easy, manual manipulation to move the spinal vertebrae back to their normal positions. A chiropractor will sometimes also manipulate the joints of the arms and legs.
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- Millions of Americans have turned to chiropractic treatment
for back, neck, head and joint pain.
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The nervous system controls and coordinates all organs and structures of the human body.
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- Chiropractic physicians are concerned with a patient's overall well-being and recognize that many factors affect health, including stress, exercise, diet, rest, environment, and heredity.
- Today, many medical doctors may refer patients to chiropractors or work in conjunction with a chiropractic practitioner to give patients optimal care. Most insurance companies cover chiropractic care, and hospitals are offering access and/or staff privileges to chiropractors.
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Spinal adjustments may relieve a spectrum of ailments such as: |
- Some patients with asthma
and emphysema turn to
chiropractic care to release tension in the chest.
- Studies have determined
that manipulation of the
neck helps the ears drain properly, thus alleviating otitis media -- the ear infection that plagues children.
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