You don’t have to ‘believe’ in chiropractic for it to work! Chiropractic works because it’s founded on simple, logical facts, not on a belief system. Here it is in a nutshell. Proper structural alignment of your body is crucial for health.
Structural Misalignments
- Compress nerves where they exit the spine. Because these nerves run our entire body, compressing them distorts the communication which allows our bodies to function properly. This problem frequently exists without any pain!
- Drain our bodies of vital energy. The muscles get recruited to stabilize the spine when it’s crooked, thus depleting our body’s energy stores. It’s like leaving the house with all the lights turned on!
- Speed up the wear and tear which causes arthritis, like when one wheel on your car gets out of alignment, that tire wears down more quickly.
Chiropractic corrections, called ‘adjustments’, restore proper alignment to the spine and extremities, relieving pain, and allowing your body to function it’s best and be more resistant to stress.
Chiropractors today spend more than 4,500 hours in the classroom to earn their degrees, the same as medical doctors. Only after rigorous testing and licensure can one become a practicing Doctor of Chiropractic.
Did You Know?
Thirty percent of the population has low back pain at any given time, and the total cost in the U.S. of low back pain alone is more than $50 billion per year, including health care costs and lost productivity.
Chiropractic care has been proven in numerous studies to be more effective in treating back pain than medication, surgery, exercise, acupuncture and massage.
A seven-year study of patients receiving regular chiropractic care revealed an astonishing reduction of:
- 60.2% in hospital admissions
- 59.0% in hospital days
- 62.0% in outpatient surgeries and procedures
- 85.0% in pharmaceutical costs!
Researchers from Harvard Medical School found Chiropractic to be ‘highly cost-effective’ versus MD treatment, referring to chiropractic as “highly cost-effective” and “represents a good value” relative to medical physician care.