Because of its effectiveness in treating back problems, headaches and injuries, and trauma symptoms, chiropractic has become the second largest primary health care system in the world. It’s one of the most accepted alternative practices out there – so much so, in fact, that it’s covered by most private insurance firms.

The entire study of natural medicine revolves around accepting the fact that the body has amazing ability to heal itself.

Chiropractic healing revolves around the understanding that the nervous system, housed in the spinal column and musculoskeletal system holds the key to a great portion of this healing ability.

As in Ayurvedic medicine where the practitioner can find clues to bodily dysfunction on your tongue, a chiropractor can find evidence of disorder by examining your spinal column.

Subluxations – Nerve interference caused by misalignments in the spine.

In EFT, a disruption of the natural flow of energy is understood to be caused by a traumatic event, or the minds interpretation of an event as traumatic.

In chiropractic, the event that causes trauma, therefore an energy flow disruption, is a change in the alignment of the spine . . . called a subluxation.

When to see a chiropractor – Years after a fall, even where the resulting back pain subsided very quickly, people may find that a hip or spinal joint is deteriorating quicker than normal, with no apparent reason why. The reason could be because there was damage to a disc or joint that was never properly resolved.
If you’ve been to your family doctor for joint or muscle disorders, tried relaxants or other pain relief medications and still found no relief, it may be time to visit a chiropractor.

Chiropractic methods – Chiropractors employ a number of methods to bring immediate relief and begin the healing process. Some of these methods include:

Chiropractic adjustment, where the goal is to increase range of motion. The chiropractor may use touch, have the patient move in specific ways to loosen tense joints/muscles, or passive movement – where he/she assists the patient with specific adjustment type movement.

Non force technique, where gentle touch along the spine, neck and skull is applied.

Heat, and/or heat with electrical impulses. Often an electrical impulse device (called a TENS machine when built small and portable enough to be used at home) is used with heat applied at the same time.

Though not covered by government health insurance (at least not in Canada), chiropractic services are often covered by company and private insurance plans. It’s pretty easy to understand why government programs don’t cover this service, and equally easy to understand why private plans do. The truth is that for many disorders, particularly those resulting from an accident where there may be an insurance claim, chiropractic service is one of the few shown to actually work. Quicker relief equals shorter pay off period, and accounting is one of an insurance companies best allies.

John

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