Your First Chiropractic Visit

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Your First Chiropractic Visit

10/10/2012 08:00 PM EDT

Source: American Chiropractic Association - PDF
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Chiropractic

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Chiropractic is an alternative medical system. It takes a different approach from standard medicine in treating health problems.
The basic concepts of chiropractic are

• Your body has a powerful self-healing ability
• Your body's structure (mainly the spine) and its function are related
• The goal of chiropractic therapy is to normalize this relationship

Chiropractic professionals are doctors of chiropractic, or D.C.s. They use a type of hands-on therapy called spinal manipulation or adjustment. Many people visit chiropractors for treatment of low back pain.

NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

 

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA  

• Chiropractic care for back pain

Related Topics

• Back Pain
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Complementary and Alternative Therapies

National Institutes of Health

• The primary NIH organization for research on Chiropractic is the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine