The examination of the spine to evaluate structure and function is what makes chiropractic different from other health care procedures. Your spinal column is a series of movable bones, which begin at the base of your skull and end in the center of your hips. The twenty four movable bones of the spine protect the vulnerable communication pathways of the spinal cord and nerve roots. Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves extend down the spine from the brain and exit through a series of openings. The nerves leave the spine and form a complicated network that influences every living tissue in your body. If the nervous system is impaired, it can cause malfunction of the tissues and organs throughout the body.  Doctors of Chiropractic call this the Vertebral Subluxation Complex.  The Chiropractic adjustment has been proven to increase motion, increase circulation, reduce swelling and pain, and remove nerve irritation.  Once this nerve irritation is removed, your body is able to do what it is designed to do ~ heal itself!

Chiropractic also places an emphasis on nutritional and exercise programs, wellness and lifestyle modifications for promoting physical and mental health. While chiropractors make no use of drugs or surgery, Doctors of chiropractic do refer patients for medical care when those interventions are indicated. In fact, chiropractors, medical doctors, physical therapists and other health care professionals now work as partners in family practice, occupational health, sports medicine, and a wide variety of other rehabilitation practices.