Chiropractic care is a popular healthcare for many Australians adults and children.
In Australia there are more than 12 million visits to chiropractors each year.
The fundamental philosophy of chiropractic is to provide a natural approach to healthcare, allowing the body to naturally heal itself without the use of the drugs or surgery.
Chiropractic concentrates on the intimate relationship between the structure, primarily the spine, and function ( as coordinated by the nervous system ) and how that relationship affects the preservation and restoration of health.
The basic concept of chiropractic is based on the fact that the nervous system controls every cell, tissue, and organ in your body. When vital nerve communication pathways are interfered with, as can occur with a variety of structural and /or functional problems in the spine, the body and the brain stop sending accurate information to each other, resulting in dysfunction and most commonly presenting as pain.
Everyday occurrences such as poor posture, slips and falls, bad diet, exposed to toxins or lack of exercise can cause the bones of your (vertebrae), to lose their motion or position. Chiropractors refer to this abnormal motion of the vertebrae as a Vertebral Subluxation.
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Chiropractic Philosophy
Actually, it is somewhat misleading to say that chiropractic has a philosophy. According to Dr. B.J. Palmer, the developer of chiropractic (whose father, D.D. Palmer, is credited with its actual “discovery” in 1895), chiropractic IS a philosophy – as well as a science and an art.
That is, chiropractic is not merely a method of adjusting a person’s spine or correcting subluxations. It is a set of beliefs about the human body and about the natural order of the universe.
These beliefs – this philosophy – is the WHY of chiropractic. The science and art of chiropractic (such as the specific adjusting techniques) were developed, and are used, in accordance with the philosophy.
The single most important premise of chiropractic philosophy is that there is an intelligent order to the universe, which gives to matter its properties and actions, thus maintaining its existence. It is becoming equally accepted by the “new” quantum physics, astronomy, biology, and many other sciences.
No longer can anyone study the universe and believe it, and each part of it, is random. There is an order which organizes it and allows it to survive and continue.
Once we accept this major premise – that the universe as a whole is guided by an intelligent order – we may logically conclude that each part of the universe is also guided by that intelligence. This applies to everything, everywhere, at every time.