The History of Traditional Chiropractic   The word chiropractic comes from the two Greek words cheiro and praktos which translated into English means the practice done with the hands. Throughout the history of this planet, human beings have been experimenting with the art of spinal adjusting. There are many references found in ancient records giving accounts of this type of health methodology, which was used in an effort to promote healing in the sick and elderly. Evidence of spinal adjusting has been found in documents that date back to ancient civilizations such as those found in China, Egypt, and Greece. This information was passed on in secret writings and eventually found its way to the 19th century, where health practitioners discovered the same important connections between the nervous system, spinal integrity, and general health disorders. Later on, an interest in spinal adjustments developed in many additional areas of the world including America. Medical doctors began to regularly utilize such techniques on patients. In 1895, Daniel David Palmer, a magnetic healer in Davenport, Iowa who was very knowledgeable in human anatomy and physiology, delivered the first modern day chiropractic adjustment to a deaf janitor named Harvey Lillard. The adjustment became famous as Mr. Lillard regained most of his hearing. At first, Palmer thought that he had accidentally stumbled on a cure for deafness. This however, he found not to be the case as other patients with deafness did not respond in the same way as Mr. Lillard. Although this was somewhat frustrating, Palmer was not completely discouraged because in his failure to find a cure for deafness, he began to notice other physiological problems begin to improve in patients to whom he was administering chiropractic adjustments. Palmer began to slowly make the connections that vertebrae which were out of their proper alignment were not causing a specific malady in the body, but instead were interfering with the body's ability to process information from the brain. The brain was sending the proper messages for the body to be healthy. The misalignments in the spinal column were distorting these messages and the chemistry of the body began to make mistakes which eventually caused a decline in the health of that person. Palmer rationalized that a correction of these spinal misalignments would restore proper communication between brain and body, thus chemistry in the individual would balance out naturally. Dr. Palmer started his own chiropractic school in Davenport. Later, his son B.J. Palmer would take over the school and would oversee the formation of the Palmer College of Chiropractic. B.J. Palmer would go on to perform extensive research in the field of chiropractic and would later author numerous articles and books about the science of chiropractic. He was also the chiropractor who developed many of the spinal analysis and adjusting techniques which are still, for the most part, utilized today.   The Chiropractic Objective   The practice objective of chiropractic is really simple to understand. It is a healthcare profession that begins with a very logical premise that human beings have an inborn ability to maintain their level of health naturally. Chiropractic teaches that the inborn intelligence that runs the body is expressed through the nervous system and that regular uninhibited functioning of the nervous system is necessary for a proper state of health to flourish. Doctors of chiropractic periodically examine the spine for the purpose of evaluating spinal alignment. Spinal bones (vertebrae) that lose their proper anatomical alignment in relationship to other spinal segments can place pressure on portions of the central and peripheral nervous system. Interference to the human nervous system can disrupt the various physiological processes that are necessary to maintain life. Chiropractors should be recognized as important members of any community's healthcare team because their professional practice objective of locating, analyzing, and correcting vertebral subluxations contributes dramatically to the overall level of health of citizens throughout the world. The nervous system coordinates many physiological activities in a human being including immune system functions and proper body metabolism. If patients become compromised and their immune systems are engaged in fighting off various diseases they are going to have a much better chance of defeating each disease they encounter if their nervous systems are working without disruptions coming from misaligned spinal bones (subluxations).      Dr. John Reizer 188 Blalock Road, Boiling Springs, SC 864-494-0121   All Office Visits For Established Patients Are $25.00!     © 2002-2010 All Rights Reserved!