What is Chiropractic? Taking a Natural Systemic Approach to Healing
Chiropractic is a way of looking at the human body as a whole. It's based on the idea that the body is self-sustaining and self-healing.
You know that your body is controlled by your brain, but the spinal cord and vast network of nerves that carry its messages are just as important. When this system is not functioning at its peak, your body’s overall performance suffers.
In chiropractic, we don’t use drugs to treat our patients. While supplementation and nutrition are almost always a part of the bigger picture, drugs and prescriptions can be viewed as "band-aids" to treat symptoms rather than treating the source of the problem. Chiropractic decreases the tension on the nervous system and in turn allows the brain and body to communicate better to get out of the crisis. By helping muscles, joints and ligaments to relax, this treats the problem naturally and in turn prompts the body to heal itself. Think of a car that's out of alignment or a house foundation that isn't level. If left unbalanced too long, it will start causing more and more stress until a bigger problem show up!
While it's often perceived that the chiropractors are neck and back pain doctors, that is a only a small piece of what the profession is capable of handling. Chiropractors not only treat soft and hard tissue complaints such as sciatica and joint pain, but are largely called on to deal with many different health issues. Some of these issues include fibromyalgia, allergies, insomnia, and headaches among many more.