Many chiropractors are perplexed as to why chiropractic has become associated with bad backs, still necks and other musculoskeletal problems. The first chiropractic patient was deaf and he, in fact, did not even go to the chiropractor for his deafness. (Since chiropractic had not yet been discovered there were obviously no chiropractors at the time). The patient’s name was Harvey Lillard and he was the janitor in the office building where Dr. D.D. Palmer had his office. Dr. Palmer was a drugless healer, what we call an “alternative health-care practitioner” today. Palmer theorized that the bump in Lillard’s neck that had appeared when he became deaf was a bone out of place and if it could be put back in place, the janitor’s hearing might be restored. The rest is history.

What happened on that September day in 1895? D.D. Palmer did not cure deafness. Although the janitor’s hearing was restored, Palmer had simply corrected a vertebral subluxation (even though it was not yet called that). In correcting the subluxation, he allowed the innate intelligence of the body to normalize the function of the nerve system and the result was that Lillard’s body healed itself of a hearing problem. For the last 103 years, thousands of chiropractors have been doing the same thing to millions of people, that is, removing the interference to allow the innate intelligence to better express itself. Some of those patients have had medical problems, from a very minor ailment like the common cold to something very serious like terminal cancer. Some of them got well and some did not. It was not because chiropractic succeeds in some people and fails in others. The objective of chiropractic is only to correct the nerve interference. Only the living body heals itself. Sometimes it can, sometimes it cannot. However, the body is always more capable of healing without the nerve interference cause by a vertebral subluxation.

As a result of those millions of adjustments, some children did better in school, some were better athletes, and some grew into more productive adults. Some probably were able to get into better colleges and some probably got better jobs because the mind thinks and the body works better with a good nerve supply. As adults, some of those people probably lived longer, healthier lives. Some of them were able to work better, miss less work, and reduce injuries. Some of the women undoubtedly had healthier pregnancies and gave birth to healthier children. All of them were able to fulfill more of their potential in every aspect of their lives because of their adjustments. You see, when the body is free of nerve interference, every organ, gland and cell works better. The body’s chemistry is more perfectly balanced and the body has more life giving energy to do everything it was intended to do. Chiropractic impacts every aspect of the life of every person who receives care.

How is it then that so many people think chiropractic is just for bad backs and stiff necks? How is it that the average person does not know that it is not about your back, it is about your life? The real objective of chiropractic, to allow the body’s innate intelligence to express itself more fully in every man, woman, and child, may be the most closely guarded secret in the health care community. Those who regularly receive chiropractic care know what it’s all about and should share the knowledge to the world.

X-Ray is not used in this office for this reason: “In 2007 the World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences have all classified X-Rays as carcinogenic (cancer inducing), based on the fact that they have been linked to leukemia and cancers of the breast, lung and thyroid.” [Life Extension, March 2008]. We use Thermography to locate the abnormal bio-electric field and monitor the correction of the subluxation which is done with a low force of between 6 and 28 ounces of pressure.

This is precise, safe and highly effective. Our purpose is not to diagnose and treat medical conditions but to restore nervous system integrity to allow the healing and recuperative powers to be the best they can be, with this you have your best opportunity to recover function, health and remain that way.

Your life in many ways is dictated by chemistry made inside your body: inflammatory
chemistry to aid the healing process and anti-inflammatory chemistry to calm it down
when healed, digestive enzymes to break down and assimilate the food you eat to
become the you we see in about 24 to 48 hours; your moods and emotions, energy,
judgement, how you think is all because of chemicals made by the the glands and
organs under the control of the brain and spinal cord. It is absolutely impossible for you
to be well in life mentally and physically when your chemistry is out of balance and
control- this is where Chiropractic comes in. Is the job of the Chiropractor to locate misalignments
of the spine which through compression of the nerves causes alteration or
depletion of this vital nerve control and vitality. The correction of these mis-alignments
restores to the body its ability to live and heal which is the responsibility of the nervous
system.

Organs and tissues of the body depend upon normal nerve supply for normal function. Nerve Energy in the body is carried from the brain or central control through the spinal cord and its branches. The spinal cord is housed and protected by the column of bony segments (vertebrae) which compose the commonly known “back bone” of spinal column. Slight misplacements (subluxations) of these bony segments can provide for impingements upon the spinal nerves and even the spinal cord itself. This inhibits the normal flow of nerve energy over the nerve tracts. Thus abnormal positioning of the spinal segments will impair function through nerve interference. The resulting disease symptoms depend upon the area or level of the spine involved.

The brain, housed by the skull, is the dynamic center of the human body and has a direct or indirect connection with all its tissue cells. From the brain, nerves pass down out of the skull through the spinal column in the spinal cord and the individual nerve branches from this great nerve trunk are given off at various levels, to pass out of the openings which are formed between the individual spinal segments or vertebrae as they sit one upon another. These openings are normal in size when the vertebrae are maintained in proper relationship. Abnormal positions of the vertebrae decrease the size of the openings and provide for impingement of the nerves and therefore for changes in the flow of nerve impulse from brain to tissue cell. Disturbed innervation means deranged action in the tissue cells.

The theory underlying chiropractic procedure is that spinal subluxation creates impingement upon nerves, which affects the normal transmission of nerve energy to the various organs and tissues of the body. By adjusting the subluxated spinal segments, the flow of nerve energy is normalized and the CAUSE of the disease is removed.
Nerve interference may cause paralysis of an arm, abnormalities of vision, inflammation of the kidney, inflammation of the knee joint, or inactivity of the bowel: the symptom depending upon the vertebrae and nerves involved. All of these ills and others too numerous to mention are the end results of deranged flow of nerve energy to the body structure.
Such conditions respond favorably to chiropractic when the nerve impingement is corrected and the tissues are able to function normally once more. While backache or pain in the back is a common symptom, it is not always nor necessarily present with abnormal positioning of the vertebrae. A simple cold may also be an evidence of weakness, the causative factor being nerve pressure. Remember that from the skin into the innermost center of the body, all organs and tissues are supplied by the nerves; even the blood supply, the heart action, the digestion of food depend upon nerve energy for proper action.

Chiropractic has advanced today to the point where adjustments are painless and the repositioning of spinal segments is a scientific procedure. Years ago, we rode by horse and buggy; today we travel by automobile and airplane. So, in chiropractic, we have found a way to restore the spinal column to normal by the use of force so slight that it causes no discomfort to the patient. Today we have instruments to help us locate the areas of abnormal nerve action that makes X-ray of seldom use. A very slight adjusting force is used, in accord with the structure and mechanisms of the body.