What is Chiropractic Care?
Commonly Asked Questions
What is a Chiropractic Adjustment?
A chiropractic adjustment occurs when a chiropractor applies short, quick force to the joints in order to correct a misalignment, increase range of motion, or release pressure on nerves.
Chiropractors use different methods to perform chiropractic adjustments. Some may use their hands to pop the joints back into place, others may use a drop table or activator, still more may rely on more gentle stretching to ease the joints to their proper position.
Regardless of the specific spinal manipulation method used, the goal of a chiropractic adjustment is to restore proper alignment to the joints and allow the body to heal naturally.
What could cause a Misalignment?
Muscles, ligaments, and other soft tissue are designed to hold your vertebrae and other joints in place, and the discs between your joints are flexible and spongy.
This flexibility allows your joints to move in the way they intended, but it also allows (if the proper conditions are met) your joints to move out of alignment.
This can be caused by:
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Outside force, such as a car accident, fall, or other injury
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Muscle contractions that pull your joints out of alignment
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Poor posture (either while awake or while sleeping)
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Repetitive motions
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Genetic deformities (such as scoliosis)
What conditions do we treat?
Chiropractors care for patients of all ages, with a variety of health conditions. They are especially well known for their expertise in caring for patients with back pain, neck pain and headaches using their highly skilled manipulations or chiropractic adjustments. DCs also care for patients with a wide range of injuries and disorders of the musculoskeletal system, which includes the muscles, ligaments and joints. These painful conditions may involve or impact the nervous system, which can cause referred pain and dysfunction distant to the region of injury. In addition, chiropractors offer advice to patients on diet, nutrition, exercise, healthy habits, and occupational and lifestyle modification.
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