Chiropractor : Who and How ?

Introduction

A health care professional who practice to diagnose and treat of musculoskeletal system and neuromuscular disorders by manipulation or physical adjustment of spine is known as Chiropractor.

How Chiropractor Practice

Chiropractor usually practice to reduce pain and functionality of neuromuscular complains, including back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches. Chiropractors also educate their clients or patients to manage their health or pain by their own through exercises, ergonomics and other therapies.

Chiropractors use drug free practices, have broad diagnostic skills and are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling.

Chiropractic doctors mostly performed therapeutic procedure is known as “spinal manipulation,” also called “chiropractic adjustment.”   The purpose of manipulation is to restore joint mobility by physically applying a controlled pressure on joints that have become hypo-mobile or restricted in their movement as a result of a tissue injury. 

Tissue injury can be caused by improper lifting of a heavily object, or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position with poor spinal posture for an extended period of time or injured tissues undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminished function for the sufferer. Manipulation, or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility, thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing tissues to heal.

Chiropractic doctors may also assess patients by clinical examination, laboratory tests, radiology and other diagnostic interventions to determine when chiropractic treatment is appropriate or not.  Chiropractors will freely refer patients to the appropriate health care provider when chiropractic care is not suitable for the patient’s condition, or the condition needs co-management in conjunction with other health care professionals.

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