Since its beginning more than a century ago, chiropractic principles have been based on the scientific fact that the nervous system controls the function of every cell, tissue, organ, and system of your body.

While the brain is protected by the skull, the spinal cord is more vulnerable, covered by 24 moving vertebrae.  When these bones lose their normal motion or position, they can irritate the nervous system.  This disrupts the function of the tissues or organs this system controls, and is called the Vertebral Subluxation Complex.

Chiropractic is the science of locating these areas of spinal malfunction, the art of correcting them, and the philosophy of things natural.

After a thorough examination and a review of your health history, your chiropractic doctor will recommend a specific care program.  If yours is a chiropractic case, this will include specific spinal adjustments.

The word adjustment describes hundreds of ways of using carefully directed and controlled pressure to restore bones in or near the spine, as well as others throughout the body's skeletal frame, to a more normal position and motion.  When spinal function is improved, nervous system function (health) can and does improve too.

After years of training, chiropractic doctors become experts at using just the right amount of force in the right direction.  This may require a quick movement or in other instances a slow and constant pressure. Chiropractic is truly an art.

Besides the science and art, chiropractic has a philosophical aspect.  Chiropractic doctors recognize that regardless of the type of doctor you consult, doctors don’t heal, only the body can heal itself. 

So your chiropractic doctor’s main purpose is to reduce interference to your inborn healing ability.