Over my 25 years experience this is the number one bit of information patients use time and time again.
Effects of Spinal Subluxations (Misalignments)
“The nervous system controls and coordinates all organs and structures of the human body.” (Gray’s Anatomy, 29th Ed., page 4).
Check out how misalignments of spinal vertebrae and discs may cause irritation to the nervous system and affect the structure, organs and functions which may result in conditions shown in the spinal chart shown below. Launch in New Window
“I do believe that if people were exposed to good quality Chiropractic care earlier in life, the prevention benefits would carry us further than modern medical treatments and drugs.”
— H.B.
Chiropractic vs. Medical Treatment
People often ask the question, how is a doctor in Chiropractic is different than a medical doctor. The most simplified way to answer this is through a side to side comparison.
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Chiropractic Care |
Medical Treatment |
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Nerve Based |
Blood Based |
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Corrects Cause |
Treats Symptoms |
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Offers Health Care |
Renders Sickness Care |
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Makes Adjustments |
Prescribes Drugs |
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Sees Whole Person |
Sees Body as Parts |
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Produces Positive Effects |
Causes Side Effects |
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Helps Resist Germs |
Threatened by Germs |
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Revives Organs |
Removes Organs |
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Natural |
Artificial |
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Safe |
Risky |
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Proactive |
Reactive |
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Chiropractic |
Medical Treatment |
| Promotes life and health |
Does battle with disease and death, i.e., War on Cancer, etc. |
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Person viewed as intelligent and a life force. The body is self-healing and correcting – naturally moving toward health and happiness. |
Person viewed as a piece of machinery in need of a mechanic |
| Doctor strives to work with the person’s natural body processes. |
Body function is left to the doctor to understand and control. |
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Person takes an active role in their health and therefore retains responsibility for how they feel. |
Person takes a passive role in their health, giving the doctor the responsibility for how they feel |
| Doctor is teacher, helper. Person participates |
Doctor is “healer,” “commander,” or “general”. The patient follows the orders. |
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Health is seen as the normal, natural inclination of the body. If the body falls short of that goal, the doctor wants to know why. |
Disease is seen as the norm. The body is expected to fail. |
| Person and doctor understand and trust the body’s natural processes. |
Person and doctor distrust and fear the body. (Expect the worst. Vital organs removed to prevent them from becoming diseased.) |
| Health and healing are achieved by the person’s body. The doctor only removes obstacles that prevent health from occurring. |
Health is believed to have come from the doctor and his or her treatment. |
| Person comes to the doctor out of a desire to better maximize their health. Person wants to learn more about health and his/her body. Health care is a continual lifetime growth process. Person knows why he/she feels the way he/she does and how any symptoms fit into the context of his/her life. |
Person comes to the doctor as few times as possible in a lifetime – only when they believe their body is failing them. Doctor patches them back together. The entire process remains a mystery and makes no sense in the context of the person’s life or body. Two- or three-word explanations comfort and give the illusion of understanding…”it’s arthritis . . .you’re just getting older . . .,” etc. |
| Vitalistic health care can be beneficial at any time. |
Best application is in emergency situation where the body is clearly overwhelmed. | |
