What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a profession that specialises in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of conditions or injuries that are caused by the mechanical dysfunction of the joints and muscles.

It is a treatment used to maintain the normal function of all joints in the body, particularly those of the spine.

Not only this, but Chiropractic concerns itself with the relationship between the nervous system and the health and wellbeing of your whole body.

  • Via the nervous system, the spinal cord transmits all messages from our brain to every cell, tissue, organ and system of your body. If this system is disrupted in any way, the health of our body is affected.
  • While the brain is protected by the skull, the spinal cord is more vulnerable passing through the 24 movable spinal joints or vertebrae, making up the spine.
  • If a spinal joint is damaged through accidental injury or stress from day to day posture, it can disrupt the nerves pathway to a tissue or organ.
  • Chiropractors locate the dysfunctional spinal joints and correct them allowing the nervous system to supply the whole body unhindered.

Chiropractors train for five years at University and qualify as Doctors of Chiropractic. The treatment which Chiropractors specialise in is known as ‘adjusting', which is carefully directed and controlled pressure applied to a dysfunctional joint. As the treatment is performed, the – often stiff – joint is moved and the surrounding muscles stretched. The treatment is safe and painless. In addition to the adjustments, a chiropractor will also prescribe specific strengthening and stretching exercises to speed up and maintain a full recovery.

Every patient is different and the art of a good chiropractor is to use a combination of; observation, case history details and a thorough examination, to apply the correct treatment for each individual.