Chiropractic & Gonstead

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WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?
Chiropractic is the branch of health care that focuses on removing nerve pressure so the body can function the way it is supposed to. Your brain controls and coordinates every cell, tissue and organ. The brain sends and receives messages through nerves. These nerves travel down your spinal cord and then out through holes between you vertebrae at every level of you spine and sacrum. If a bone is stuck out of its normal position (usually seen with postural imbalances) then a significant amount of pressure can be placed on the nerve roots. This pressure will cause interference and the signals get mixed up, deleted or sent over and over again. This results in something not working right in your body and you may feel symptoms.
The chiropractic adjustment is designed to move the bone towards its proper position and remove the pressure on the nerve. This eliminates the interference between your control center (your brain) and all the different parts of your body, allowing them to work the way they are supposed to.

WHAT IS GONSTEAD?
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ARE CHIROPRACTORS DOCTORS?
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IS THE CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT DIFFERENT FROM MANIPULATIONS PERFORMED BY OTHER HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS?
The spinal adjustment from a chiropractor is sometimes confused with spinal manipulation given by osteopaths, medical doctors and some physical therapist. The two are very different.

• The adjustment is a specific force applied to a specific bone in a specific line of correction with the purpose of removing nerve interference. Normal motion and function of that joint and area is restored and pain reduction is one byproduct of this.

• A manipulation is a general force applied to a general area of the spine with the purpose of restoring movement to a fixated area. This can temporarily restore motion to that area, but does not remove the nerve interference, and thus does not affect overall health and pain relief is usually temporary.

The Chiropractor has hundreds of classroom hours in adjusting, more than 10 times the average osteopath or physical therapist. The adjustment is the main tool of chiropractors, so chiropractors have, not just more schooling but, much more experience in adjusting.