The Healing Hand of the Chiropractor
A chiropractor is a practitioner of chiropractic, a form of complementary alternative medicine (CAM) focusing on the musculoskeletal system as dentistry focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of dental and oral health disorders and problems.
Chiropractic is derived from the Greek words kheir for "hand" and praktikos which means "effective". Based on this etymology, chiropractic can be taken to mean "effective hands". This jibes with the definition given by the health sector to chiropractic, that is, making adjustments to the body's main structures: the muscles, nerves and bones using the hands, with special attention to the spine. Chiropractors believe that the relationship between these structures and physical health is directly proportional to and run parallel with each other. An infraction in any of the three structural systems has a direct adverse effect on the general heath, function and physical well-being of an individual.
Most of the symptoms associated with ailments that require chiropractic treatment and care manifest as back pains. There is some evidence that idiopathic scoliosis can be treated by a chiropractor using a variety of treatment regimen, usually in combination with one or any number of the following treatment techniques: manual therapy (manipulation of the spine and vertebrae), exercises, health, diet and lifestyle counselling.
Like any other branch of medicine (alternative, modern or traditional), chiropractic cannot meet all of its promised therapy outcomes which becomes a source of controversy between its practice and that of mainstream medicine, especially on the matter of subluxation and innate intelligence. It boils down to semantics and overlapping claims of efficacy and scope of coverage.
Chiropractic is founded on rationalism, spiritual inspiration and vitality, a philosophy based on deductive reasoning from dogma setting it apart from mainstream medicine allowing it legal basis for practice and instituting chiropractic as an autonomous profession.
Notwithstanding controversial positions taken by forces within and without the chiropractic practice and profession, its continued presence in the complementary alternative medicine sector is sufficient proof that chiropractors are necessary and valuable elements in health care and treatment.
It seems an unfortunate directional happenstance that alongside rapid technological advancement in all sectors, discovery of new and inexplicable ailments plagues the growing population of the world. Some of these ailments have no known cures or remedies yet available in both extremes of the medical practice spectrum. Middle-course complementary alternative medical therapy such as chiropractic has, time and again, proven helpful in treating or mitigating patient pain in some cases of such mysterious ailments.
Chiropractic is derived from the Greek words kheir for "hand" and praktikos which means "effective". Based on this etymology, chiropractic can be taken to mean "effective hands". This jibes with the definition given by the health sector to chiropractic, that is, making adjustments to the body's main structures: the muscles, nerves and bones using the hands, with special attention to the spine. Chiropractors believe that the relationship between these structures and physical health is directly proportional to and run parallel with each other. An infraction in any of the three structural systems has a direct adverse effect on the general heath, function and physical well-being of an individual.
Most of the symptoms associated with ailments that require chiropractic treatment and care manifest as back pains. There is some evidence that idiopathic scoliosis can be treated by a chiropractor using a variety of treatment regimen, usually in combination with one or any number of the following treatment techniques: manual therapy (manipulation of the spine and vertebrae), exercises, health, diet and lifestyle counselling.
Like any other branch of medicine (alternative, modern or traditional), chiropractic cannot meet all of its promised therapy outcomes which becomes a source of controversy between its practice and that of mainstream medicine, especially on the matter of subluxation and innate intelligence. It boils down to semantics and overlapping claims of efficacy and scope of coverage.
Chiropractic is founded on rationalism, spiritual inspiration and vitality, a philosophy based on deductive reasoning from dogma setting it apart from mainstream medicine allowing it legal basis for practice and instituting chiropractic as an autonomous profession.
Notwithstanding controversial positions taken by forces within and without the chiropractic practice and profession, its continued presence in the complementary alternative medicine sector is sufficient proof that chiropractors are necessary and valuable elements in health care and treatment.
It seems an unfortunate directional happenstance that alongside rapid technological advancement in all sectors, discovery of new and inexplicable ailments plagues the growing population of the world. Some of these ailments have no known cures or remedies yet available in both extremes of the medical practice spectrum. Middle-course complementary alternative medical therapy such as chiropractic has, time and again, proven helpful in treating or mitigating patient pain in some cases of such mysterious ailments.
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