Dr.Bob,DC's Journal: Benefits of Chiropractic care

I've seen some fairly vicious replies to my posts. Some dripping venom. I'm not trying to start arguments, so please don't attack me before opening your mind even a little.
 
Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts discovered in the late 1800's by DD Palmer, a former magnetic healer who discovered the benefits of spinal adjustments. It is based upon the knowledge that good health depends, in part, upon a normally functioning nervous system (especially the spine and the nerves extending from it). "Chiropractic" comes from the Greek word Chiropraktikos, meaning "effective treatment by hand." Chiropractic stresses the idea that the cause of many disease processes begins with the body's inability to adapt to its environment. This manifests itself as subluxations in your body. Chiropractors looks to remedy disease, not by the use of drugs and chemicals, but by locating and adjusting a musculoskeletal area of the body which is functioning improperly.
 
The complete and in-depth examination of the spine, which may include an xray, is how chiropractic different from other health care procedures. Your spinal column is a series of bones which begin at your skull and end at your hips. Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves extend down the spine from the brain and exit through a series of openings. These nerves leave the spine and form a very complex network which influences every living tissue in your body.
 
Only a trained professional can diagnose and treat the subluxations which every living creature will form over a lifetime.