The average consensus is that chiropractors help individuals
suffering from neck and back problems, which is accurate, and Chiropractic has
helped millions of people with these issues and conditions. Chiropractic,
however, also treats a diversity of other states and complaints, including:Neck and back pain
Hip (Strains, degeneration etc.)
Knee (ligament sprains, degeneration, patella tracking
syndrome etc.)
Ankle and foot (repetitive sprain, flat feet, Morton's
neuroma etc.)
Shoulder (Impingement, Frozen Shoulder, tears etc.)
Elbow (Tennis Elbow, Golfers Elbow etc.)
Wrist and hand (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, degeneration etc.)
Arm pain, pins and needles/tingling
Headaches (Migraines, Tension headaches, cervicogenic
headaches etc.)
THE BACKGROUND
The word Chiropractic comes from the Greek words cheir, meaning "hand", and praktos meaning "done," i.e. Done by Hand so named by the inventor or rather a developer of Chiropractic: Daniel David Palmer or "DD" as he is affectionately known amongst chiropractors.Read More. gravtechnology
A prolific reader of all things scientific, DD realized that although various forms of manipulation had been used for hundreds if not thousands of years, no one had developed a philosophical or scientific rationale to explain their effects. DD Palmer's significant contribution to the health field was, therefore, the codification of the philosophy, art and science of Chiropractic, wrested from a background of systematic study in anatomy and physiology. The art of Chiropractic began with the very first spinal adjustment and developed from it.
DD performed the initial chiropractic adjustment in
September 1895, and later in The Chiropractor's Adjustment, he wrote the
following account of that experience:
"Harvey Lillard", a janitor in the Ryan Block,
where I had my office, had been so deaf for 17 years that he could not hear the
racket of a wagon on the street or the ticking of a watch. I inquired as to the
cause of his deafness from him and was informed that when he was exerting
himself in a cramped, stooping position, he felt something give in his back
from him and immediately became deaf
An examination showed a vertebra racked from its normal position. I reasoned that if the vertebra was replaced, the man"s hearing should be restored. With this object in view, a half-hour talk persuaded Mr Lillard to allow me to replace it. I racked it into position by using the spinous process as a lever, and soon the man could hear as before.
There was nothing "accidental" about this, as it
was accomplished with an object in view, and the expected result was obtained.
There was nothing "crude" about this adjustment; it was specific, so
much so that no chiropractor has equalled it.
From that first adjustment, DD Palmer continued to develop Chiropractic, and in 1897 he established the Palmer School of Cure, now known as this day.
Since Palmer College opened, Chiropractic has developed
rapidly, and there are now over 35 schools and colleges around the world and on
every continent. Read More. digitalfitnessworld
