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Medical Treatment Versus Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic is different. Always has been. Chiropractors and medical practitioners share a few things in common. Both receive many years of education and training. Both have practices. And both care deeply about their patients. But that’s pretty much where the similarity ends.

Medicine and chiropractic have different operating philosophies. They have different ways of assessing a patient’s problem. And they have different types of interventions. If you visit our practice with medical expectations you might be pleasantly surprised. If you saw a medical doctor but expected a chiropractic experience, there could be disappointment.

Here are some of the most common distinctions. It doesn’t make one better than the other. Just different.

Blood Versus Energy

Medicine relies heavily on the results of blood tests. Blood chemistries can detect a variety of metabolic diseases AFTER they have developed. Chiropractic is based on the condition of the nervous system and the ability of energy to flow over it properly. Chiropractors focus on nervous system integrity because interference in energy flow is the underlying cause of many types of pain, metabolic diseases and other health problems.

Treatment Versus Care

A medical doctor has three treatment options. The most common are drugs to change blood chemistry. Then, there’s surgery to remove or modify tissues. And more recently, radiation to burn tissues. These treatment options are primarily designed to treat symptoms while largely ignoring the underlying cause.

The primary form of chiropractic care is the adjustment. There are dozens of chiropractic techniques. Adjustments don’t treat disease. Instead, their intent is to permit more normal brain-to-body nerve communications. As nerve interference is reduced, energy flows properly and the body’s ability to heal back and neck pain, and metabolic disease, are improved. Then, in most cases symptoms usually subside.

Side Effects Versus Positive Effects

Drug intervention always produces side effects. Or more accurately, unwanted effects. It gets even dicier when you contemplate the interactions caused when two or more drugs are prescribed at the same time.

The side effects of chiropractic care are almost always positive effects.   Oftentimes, the benefits of chiropractic care can go beyond helping the patient’s main complaint.  In other words, a patient often begins chiropractic care for Problem A. And later reports that Problem B, which they didn’t even mention, is improving too.

The Body Part Versus The Whole Person

Because of the complexity of the human body, it has spawned dozens of medical specialties. These are experts who know a lot about a small aspect of the body. Thank goodness for specialists.

Chiropractors see the body as an integrated whole. We’re generalists. Our focus on the spine is because it is the most common source of nerve interference and energy flow disruption. Problems along the spinal column can produce obvious spinal problems, such as back and neck pain. But, organs and tissues controlled at that segmental level can be affected too.

Broadly speaking, medical doctors are experts at lifesaving. If you’re bleeding, have broken bones or your heart has stopped, see a medical doctor. Immediately! But , if want a partner to help support your natural ability to heal from back and neck pain, metabolic diseases, and lead a healthier lifestyle — see a chiropractor.

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