Adjustment:
An
adjustment or manipulation involves moving the spinal vertebras back
into their normal position with a series of quick thrusts.
Conditions that benefit from chiropractic care:
neck pain, back pain, athletic injury, scoliosis, and headaches, DJD,
HNP.
Chiropractic care can improve joint motion, speeds up healing, restore
proper blood flow to the joint and in the log run affect degenerative
changes positively.
Chiropractic adjustments regulate and balance the nervous system
The way a chiropractic diagnoses:
Good
history taking
Orthopedic, neurological, and physical examination.
X-rays or MRI (depends on the case)
Chiropractic treatment
relies heavily on “hand- on” procedures using touch (palpation)
to determine structural joint misalignment.
The length of the
treatment depends of the severity of the case, the patients life
style including
Amount of exercise,
Proper food intake,
Body weight
Type of their everyday
job
There is no surgical or medical invasion to the body with
chiropractic care
Disc nourishment:
The disc is made up of annulus fibroses and nucleus polposes,
there is minimal blood supply to the AF and none to NP
The only way a disc can get its proper nutrition is through
diffusion after movement
Weather exercise or adjustments
Scoliosis
Scoliosis is the bending of the vertebral column from
side to side.
Can be due to hereditary, idiopathic
It worsens drastically with the heavy lifting of school
bags on one side.
Sitting side ways watching TV or computer work for Hrs
in a row
S/SX
Can be not painful, stats at an early age:
Uneven shoulders
Leaning to one side
One prominent shoulder blade