The father of modern chiropractic treatment is D.D. Palmer who invented it in 1890. His son, B.J. Palm helped grow chiropractic medicine into a world wide alternative treatment in the 20th century and was instrumental in making it what it is today.
In its basic form, chiropractic is alternative healthcare that focuses on mechanical issues of the skeletal system and focuses primarily on adjusting the spine at various points. While chiropractic is generally thought of by the public and entrenched medical profession as an alternative form of medicine many chiropractors don’t see their profession that way. They treat is as a mainstream treatment for many medical ailments.
Many in the mainstream medical profession view chiropractic and its belief that most diseases are really caused by subluxation of the vertebrae or spinal dysfunction as ridiculous. However, in all that the current medical establishment has done and the literally trillions of dollars they have spent and charged patients, medical costs continue to soar.
The three way that chiropractic differs from mainstream medicine is that they believe in holism which basically means that everything in a persons environment affects them. They take the whole person and look at what kind of environment they are in to make their diagnosis whereas the established medical profession has a specialist for every system and subsystem in the body. I experienced how disjointed this kind of treatment is when my mother was in the hospital 2 years ago and her urologist came in to see her and asked how she was, to which I explained she was feeling a little confused that day. His answer to me was, “you’ll have to tell that to the neurologist, I don’t deal with that.” Frankly, that’s part of what’s wrong in health care today!
The next difference is conservatism which means avoiding surgery and medicines as they are used only as a last resort instead of rushing people into surgery for all kinds of invasive procedures. Remember, this is how the dig money is made in big medicine. The third way in which chiropractic is different that traditional medicine is that is emphasises Homeostasis which just means that a focus is placed on the body’s ability to heal itself. God has given us magnificent bodies and he put into them the ability for self-healing to a point.
Chiropractic Treatment Techniques
Chiropractors use a variety of ways to treat people, but everything ultimately centers around spinal manipulations. There are many different schools of thought in spinal manipulation and adjustments using the Diversified technique, the Activator technique, the Thompson Technique, the Gonstead, Cox/flexion-distraction, Sacro-Occipital Technique and various other manipulations.
Many chiropractors also promote eating a healthy diet and taking supplements based on your particular needs. Eating a healty diet is paramount to your health allthough many people don’t realize this and the mainstream estabishment in medicine today almost refuses to believe that diet has anything to to with disease. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Diet and disease are so intertwined that it almost boggles the mind that the medical profession can’t or either won’t see that obvious.
However you choose to get treated for any ailment you have it is a must that you talk to your chiropractor and or medical doctor and ask them what they will do and get specifics about your treatment plan of action. Don’t be a victim of the medical profession or of unscrupulous chiropractors. Please do your homework and research the conditions you have so you can take the best course of action for your own health.