Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Do Chiropractors Function As Complete As My Household MD?

By Randy Goodson

What do they do?

Most medical doctors treat the majority of your ailments by either surgery, poisoning the illness or burning it with chemicals or heat. Instead of invasive surgery, risky chemical treatments or injection of toxins that are deadly, chiropractors use a different way to help your body heal itself. This is why there is some suspicion in the public mind about them. Chiropractors endeavor to treat illness and disease in the body, especially pain, through non-invasive, non-chemical avenues before resorting to the more drastic and dramatic forms of treatment.

With the numbers of healed and satisfied chiropractic clients growing every day, the overall medical establishment has granted it more and more credibility with each passing year.

The great part about chiropractic treatment is that even though you may not understand how it works, just can still appreciate the benefits of how you feel afterward. The field of chiropractic is the third most sought after medical discipline available to students, so that gives you an idea of how competitive a business it is. Many other forms of treatment require the patient to use drugs, but chiropractic treatment is drug free which draws an even larger audience.

What makes Chiropractic so unique?

Comprised of 2 Greek words, Chiropractic literally translates into something similar to "the practice utilizing the hands". One image that comes to mind may be some martial art or judo throw, but chiropractic medicine is far more safe and appealing to clients than that.

Sometimes joints will become rigid and lose range of motion, so a chiropractor will forcefully move the joint in order to align it appropriately to free up nerve signals from the spine. The professional manipulation of joints will properly align your spine and your hips to reduce joint pain and stiffness there and over your entire body.

Can They Be Compared To A General Practitioner?

In undergraduate studies, a chiropractor takes the same medical or pre-medicine classes and credits as any other medical doctor. The number of laboratory, clinical and classroom hours for each chiropractor is 4200 hours. Upon completed the rigorous undergraduate study, every chiropractors moves on to complete their doctorate degree, which involves learning the same difficult and complex knowledge that any other medical professional is required to know.

The practice is different due to the difference in the application and use of the knowledge. Most doctors are trained in pharmacology and the chiropractors are trained in spine health.

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