What is chiropractic? Chiropractic is a unique model of health care. Chiropractic is based on the scientific fact that your nervous system controls and coordinates every function of every cell, tissue, organ, and system of your body. Your nervous system consists of your brain, spinal cord, and millions of nerves. While the skull protects your brain, the 24 moveable bones of your spine called vertebrae protect your spinal cord. Since these vertebrae were designed by the body to allow motion, they are more vulnerable to injury than the rigid skull. Therefore, we see that many everyday activities can cause these spinal bones to lose their normal position and motion. This can result in nervous system dysfunction and ultimately, ill health. When a vertebra loses its normal position it can irritate a nearby nerve. We call this condition a Vertebral Subluxation (sub-luk-sa'-shun) Complex (VSC). The chiropractic approach to health is to detect, reduce, and help prevent nervous system dysfunction. Chiropractic is the art of detecting these Vertebral Subluxation Complexes, which produce nerve interference, and correcting them. This is done through natural safe means without the use of drugs or surgery. Chiropractic uses a hands-on method called an adjustment. A chiropractic adjustment is the use of a specific amount of force in a precise direction applied to the vertebra in the spine that is causing nerve interference. Adjustments help to return the bone to its normal positioning and range of motion, thus relieving tension and pressure from the nerves. Chiropractic adjustments are extremely safe and effective. cont...