About Chiropractic
What is it?
Chiropractic is a drug-free alternative health care which focuses on the removal of any problems in the spine and body structures which allows for optimum health within the body. A chiropractor's goal is to find what is causing a health problem and in doing so, correcting that cause without drugs or surgery.
Why Chiropractic?
The nervous system, brain, and body all communicate with one another and depend on the vertebrae and body's structure to protect it. A problem within the spine and/or your body's structure can create problems elsewhere in the body. The nervous system, brain and body require optimum health within for optimum health throughout.
Is it safe?
Chiropractic is yes, SAFE and is actually one of the safest forms of health care available. The chiropractic education program is compatible to the study of a medical doctor's program with more education in nutrition, exercise and alternative health than any other program. More than 300 million people visit chiropractors and more medical doctors are referring their patients and families to chiropractors.
Amazing Patient
Our patient is an 18 year old girl who presented to our office with severe migraines. Her headaches began after a boat ride with family and friends and progressively got worse. Her parents took her to several medical doctors since she did not respond to commonly used migraine medication.
She was referred to several neurologists who provided MRI's, blood work, spinal taps and many other tests. Her migraines got so severe she could not attend high school, drive, or hang with her friends. She was home schooled and in and out of the hospital for tests. Her life went from a happy bubbly girl in her senior year full of social events to not being able to function beyond her home. Many medications were tried and the last given was morphine which did not help either.
The family came to our office out of desperation. Upon our examination we found vertebral subluxations of both the cervical and occiput ( head) area. We scheduled her for chiropractic adjustments throughout the month and after the first week, she began to "feel better." Her migraines became less severe and she was capable of getting up and interacting with her family. By the third week of adjustments she was going back to school and starting her plans for her prom. She now drives herself to her visits and is a typical amazing teenager with a schedule and social life that is exhausting!
Her visits are now less to our office, but she doesn't miss them. She is a great chiropractic story who overcame severe migraines with simple chiropractic care and NO DRUGS!
