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Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the muscluoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health.  Chiropractic care is used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches.

Doctors of Chiropractic - often referred to as chiropractors or chiropractic physicians practice a drug-free, hands-0n approach to health care that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment.  Chiropractors have broad diagnostic skills and are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling.

The most common therapeutic procedure performed by doctors of chiropractic is known as "spinal manipulation," also called "chiropractic adjustment."  The purpose of manipulation is to resotore joint movility by manually applyinga controlled force into joints that have become hypomobile - or restricted in their movement -  as a result of a tissue injury.  Tissue injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of a heavy object, or through repetittivestresses, such as sitting 9in an awkward position with poor spinal posture for an exteded period of time.  In either case, injured tissues udergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminshed function for the sufferer.  Spinal maniuplation, or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing proper healing of the tissues.

Chiropractic adjustments rarely causes discomfort.  However, patients may sometimes experience mild osreness or aching fololowing treatment (as with some forms of exercise) that usually resolves within 12 to 48 hours.

In many cases, such as lower back pain, chiropractic caremay be the primary method of treatment.  When other medical conditions exist, chiropractic care may complement or support medical treatment by rleiving the muscluloskeletal aspects associated with the condition.

Doctors of Chiropractic may assess patients through clinical examination, laboratory testing, diagnostic imaging and other diagnostic interventions to determine when chiropractic treatment is appropriate or when it is not appropriate.  Chiropractors will readily refer patients to the appropriate health care provider when chiropractic care is not suitable for the patient's condition, or the condition warrants co-management in conjunction with other members of the health care team.