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Traditional Chiropractic: Traditional chiropractors or traditional chiropractic physicians practice a hands on approach to your health care. Chiropractors manually adjust the vertebral column. This is to help clear communication pathways in the nervous system. The nervous system, as stated on wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous_system, "coordinates the activity of the muscles, monitors the organs, constructs and also stops input from the senses, and initiates actions." Needless to say, the well-being of the nervous system highly impacts the quality of our daily lives. The chiropractic approach does not include drugs. The chiropractic approach includes a patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. Treatment involves chiropractic adjustments to remove subluxations. Subluxations as defined by www.princetonreview.com/medical, "are disruptions or distortions of nervous system energy flow that may be caused by slight vertebral misalignments." In addition to treatment, chiropractic doctors are often able to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative activities. What causes subluxations? With stresses of modern life, joints often become “hypomobile,” or unable to move as well, due to an injury. When tissue is injured, it undergoes change. Injured tissue can cause inflammation and discomfort. Injured tissue can be caused by one severe event, or repetitive stress over time (e.g. sitting for long hours with poor posture). When joints become hypomobile, the nervous system is not able to function as well, leading to subluxations. It is rare that chiropractic adjustments cause discomfort. Sometimes, patients can experience a mild soreness after they are treated. This soreness is like the soreness one experiences after a vigorous work out. After twelve to fourty-eight hours, the soreness usually goes away. By adjusting the joints that have been affected by injured tissue, chiropractors can help alleviate pain and re-open pathways in the nervous system. By re-opening pathways, doctors can start the healing process. This helps lead to increased mobility, and more importantly, relief of stress in the body. Non-Force Chiropractic: Non-force chiropractic is a subdivision of chiropractic that was pioneered by Dr. Richard VanRumpt. As stated on www.nonforce.com, non-force chiropractic: “utilizes a diagnostic system for subluxation analysis consisting of gentle challenging and a unique leg check. This testing allows the body itself to indicate the directions of misalignment of structures that are producing nerve interference. A gentle but directionally specific thumb impulse provides a long lasting correction to bony and soft tissue structures.” Although adhering
to many of the same principles of the nervous system upheld in traditional
chiropractic, with non-force chiropractic, the technique is slightly
different. Some patients prefer non-force chiropractic. If a doctor
is certified in both non-force and traditional
chiropractic, he or she can discuss both options with the patient.
The patient can then decide which treatment is best for him or her.
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