Chiropractic comes from the Greek word Chiropraktikos, meaning “treatment by hand” Chiropractic is a branch of the health sciences which focuses upon the body’s neuromusculoskeletal system. A chiropractor is concerned with how your body’s skeletal and nervous system is functioning. Since your spine is the key highway for your central nervous systems, a chiropractor is trained to use a variety of diagnostic methods to examine and treat your spine and bone structure.

The examination of the spine is to evaluate structure and function; this is what makes chiropractic different from other procedures. Your spinal column is a series of movable bones which begin at the base of your skull and end in the center of your hips. Thirty one pairs of spinal nerves extend down the spine from the brain and exit through a series of openings. Accidents, falls, stress, tension, overexertion, and countless other factors can result in a displacement or derangements of the spinal column, causing irritation to spinal nerve roots. These irritations are often the causes of malfunctions in the human body. Chiropractic helps reduce and eliminate irritations to spinal nerves to help your body operate more efficiently.