What is chiropractic?
Chiropractic is the art and science of healing. It encompasses a range of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of back and neck pain, and associated disorders. Specifically, chiropractic is a health care profession that diagnoses, treats and helps prevent disorders and conditions related to the spine, nervous system and musculoskeletal system.
What do chiropractors do?
Doctors of Chiropractic are primary care health care professionals. Chiropractors believe in treating the whole individual, practicing without drugs or surgery. Central to treatment is the chiropractic adjustment, a gentle, directed pressure. Doctors of Chiropractic believe that dynamics exist between lifestyle, environment and health. In addition to clinical treatment, your chiropractor can be a good source of information related to nutrition, lifestyle and exercise.
A minimum of seven years of post-secondary education and specific training provide chiropractors with the appropriate skills to specialize in the understanding and treatment the spine and nervous system - the component bone structures, muscles and nerves. No referral is necessary to consult a chiropractor.
