What is a Chiropractic Physician?

A Chiropractic Physician is a physician who can improve the relationship between the spine and the nervous system. When the position of the bones in your spine are not moving properly or when your bones are out of place, you can have joint irritation or nerve interference, which may cause burning, tingling, pain, or numbness. A Chiropractic Physician can properly align the bones in your spinal column and/or extremities, which allows the bones and joints to properly move, reduces joint irritation and relieves nerve irritation and interference. When you experience pain, your body is telling you something is wrong. With Chiropractic care, your symptoms can be treated without side affects from drugs or surgery. Chiropractic Physicians treat patients by manually doing a procedure called “spinal adjustment or spinal manipulation.” Being neuromuscular (nerves and muscles) specialists, the Chiropractic Physicians will apply corrective pressure to the spine using their hands. This manual ...  more