UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Chiropractic addresses the health of the human body. The modern chiropractor is educated and trained to examine the human body and diagnose diseases affecting the body. The focus is to address the health of the person by identifying and reducing subluxations. If the body is subjected to disease processes that exceed the legislatively imposed scope of practice and/or philosophical bounds of practice the chiropractor may refer to or co-manage with another healthcare professional.

Palmer College of Chiropractic is the "Fountainhead of Chiropractic" where it all began. As Palmer graduates we concur with all those that say that Palmer College is the best school of chiropractic. With those accolades I must defer to Palmer to describe chiropractic. The following is quoted from the Palmer website "www.palmer.edu" General Information page.

"Chiropractic concerns itself with the relationship between structure (primarily the spine) and function (primarily coordinated by the nervous system) of the human body and how that relationship affects the restoration and preservation of health.

Chiropractic employs neither drugs nor surgery. It is concerned with the entire environment of the body and is based on a properly functioning nervous system, which begins with the brain and courses through the spinal cord encased within the spinal column. No part of the body escapes the dominance of the nervous system. Spinal biomechanical dysfunction—improper function of the spine due to slight misalignments called subluxations—can cause a state of poor health in an area far removed from the spine and spinal cord itself and can reduce the ability of the body to adapt to an ever-changing environment. The slightest malfunction of the spine may alter the regular transmission of nerve impulses, preventing that portion of the body from responding with its full inherent capacity.

A chiropractic spinal adjustment (the application of a precise force to the specific part of the spinal segment) corrects the vertebral subluxation, permitting normal nerve transmission, innate recuperative capability and effective health and adaptation of the person.

The chiropractic student, during five rigorous academic years of study normally completed in three-and-one-third calendar years, is trained to know all structures and functions of the human body and to recognize the interrelationship of all parts. Chiropractic education centers on the concept of health, not disease. Chiropractors provide a highly appealing primary health care approach because they do not perform surgery or prescribe medicine. Chiropractic is sought increasingly as the public’s awareness of their responsibility for health maintenance grows. If, however, a Doctor of Chiropractic determines the patient requires attention from another branch of the healthcare professions, that recommendation or referral is encouraged.

Upon receiving the Doctor of Chiropractic degree, most graduates enter private practice. Others may elect to become an associate of an established chiropractor, while some may decide to enter chiropractic education in a teaching, research or administrative capacity. No matter the choice, the individual is a participant in and contributor to the world’s healthcare delivery system, providing a health service in harmony with natural laws. An estimated 19.5 million people visit doctors of chiropractic in the United States each year.

Chiropractic is the care of choice, as the majority of people today look for an alternative to medicine. We invite you to explore a profession which focuses on lifetime health rather than short-term disease treatment."