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Introduction (from the Greek words Cheir = Exercise of the Week hand and Praxis = to treat) as a healing art after helping the Lateral Flexion – Assisted The roots of chiropractic care Stretch can be traced all the way back to janitor in his building regain the beginning of recorded time. some of his hearing with what is Difficulty: Easy to moderate considered in chiropractic circles (Consult your chiropractor before Writings from China and Greece 1 written between 2700 B.C. and to be the first adjustment. doing this or any other exercise.) 1500 B.C. mention spinal adjust- Start: Sit upright in chair. ment (Tui Na) and describe the Exercise: Place one hand on top positioning and moving of the of head, with fingers pointing legs to ease low back pain. Hip- down toward opposite ear. Then, pocrates, a Greek physician, who allow neck to relax as weight of arm pulls head and neck gently to lived from 460 to 357 B.C., side. You should not feel pain in published texts detailing the this position. Drop shoulder on importance of spinal care. He side you feel the stretch. Hold for wrote, "Get knowledge of the 20-30 seconds. Switch sides, and spine, for this is the requisite for repeat 2X per side. many diseases." In the United States, the practice of spinal adjustment started to gain momentum in the late nine- teenth century. From its incep- tion chiropractic has recognized the vital importance of the nervous system and has not Daniel David Palmer was very separated what the nervous well versed in the information system is responsible for from written in medical journals of his the treatment of the bony spinal era and he also had great knowl- structure that protects it. edge of developments that were occurring through the world Dr. Daniel David Palmer, the regarding anatomy and physiolo- “father of Chiropractic”, was gy. After treating the janitor and born in Pickering, Ontario, another patient with heart issues, Canada in 1845. At age 20 he he wrote "I had a case of heart left Canada to pursue various trouble which was not improv- careers until 1895, in Davenport, ing. I examined the spine and Iowa, he founded “Chiropractic” found a displaced vertebra

Presented by: pressing against the nerves which that country. The 1993 Manga innervate the heart. I adjusted study2 published in Canada QuoteQuote toto InspireInspire the vertebra and gave immediate investigated the cost effective- relief -nothing "accidental" or ness of chiropractic care. The "crude" about this. Then I began results of this study concluded “There is a vast to reason if two diseases, so that chiropractic care would save difference between dissimilar as deafness and heart the Canadian government hun- treating effects and trouble, came from impingement, dreds of millions of dollars adjusting the a pressure on nerves, were not annually with regard to work causes” other disease due to a similar disability payments and direct Dr. Daniel D. Palmer cause?” health care costs if chiropractic were used first with low back The science (knowledge) and art pain. References and Sources: (adjusting) of Chiropractic were 1. Palmer, D.D. (1910) The Science, formed at that time. In 1897, Today’s chiropractors frequently Art and Philosophy of Chiropractic Portland, Oregon: Portland Daniel David Palmer established treat individuals with neuro-mus- Printing House Company the Palmer School of Chiroprac- culoskeletal symptoms such as 2. http://www.dcdoctor.com/ tic, which continues to be one of headaches, neck and low back pages/rightpages_allaboutchiro/ the most prominent chiropractic pain, sciatica and other joint research/research_government.html colleges in the United States. pains. Chiropractors also treat osteoarthritis, spinal disk conditions, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, sprains, and strains. However, the scope of conditions that Doctors of chiropractic manage or provide care for is not limited to neuro-musculoskeletal disorders. Chiropractors also have the training to diagnose and treat a variety of nonneuro-musculoskeletal conditions like Through the twentieth century, allergies, asthma, digestive doctors of chiropractic gained disorders and non-suppurative legal recognition in all fifty states otitis media. and in the Canadian provinces. Recognition and respect for As additional research is done, chiropractic in North America chiropractic care for these condi- has resulted in growing support tions may become as normal as for chiropractic care globally. seeing your chiropractor for neck International research also yields or low back pain! positive scientific results for chiropractic which have changed, shaped and molded today’s perceptions of chiropractic care. In 1979, The New Zealand Report strongly supported the efficacy of chiropractic care and resulted in the integration of Writer: Jenny Crosby, DC Design: Elena Zhukova chiropractic and medical care in Graphics: Maria Camille Almirañez Production: Mike Talarico

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