Chiropractic Medicine
What is Chiropractic Medicine?
Chiropractic is latin for "practice by hand." This means that many mechanical problems that occur in the body require a mechanical solution. Chiropractors are primary health care providers in all 50 states and are one of 5 types of physicians recognized by the Medicare Law. The goal of chiropractic is to correct malpositions and misalignments of the spine and peripheral joints, correct soft tissues dysfunction, and lastly, to speed recovery and return function from injury, accident, and/or surgery.
Chiropractors complete 4 years of medical school with residency in the last year and half of their medical training. Our medical training includes comprehensive education in Neurology, Anatomy and Physiology, Men's and Women's Health, Kinesiology, Pathophysiology (internal medicine), Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Physical Therapy (1 of 5 board exams).
Why Chiropractic?
Chiropractic care aims to deliver conservative and preventative medicinal intervention that speaks directly to my personal philosophy on health and wellness. Chiropractic care works so beautifully with Chinese Medicine that combining
the two seemed the logical solution to my desire to offer the most comprehensive treatment style to address most facets of health that I am fortunate enough to interact with.
It is my belief that there is a fundamental connection between most disease processes and neuro-fascial malfunction. Chiropractors understand this connection better than most other practitioners and are armed with techniques to mediate proper function. Chiropractic philosophy, as I understand it, is to re-educate the body by realigning structures, freeing neural blockages, and encouraging lifestyle and dietary changes to improve body function. Chiropractic care gives us the opportunity to contribute not only to the body of knowledge on the subject, but to help reframe the conversation on proper care of injury and imbalance.
The fact is that there is an epidemic in this country of pain and debility. We see it everyday as we walk down the street, sit on the metro, and even walking through the grocery store. These people most often turn to pharmaceuticals and expensive surgeries to try and combat these disorders, and in doing so, add extra expense to already overpriced and under-performing medical system. It is our responsibility as medical
practitioners to provide solutions that first do no harm and secondly to improve the quality of life. If all pharmaceuticals have side effects and many only offer palliative care, how is that following those basic medical goals?
