The chiropractic approach to better health is to remove interferences to your own inborn healing ability(1).

Your nervous system controls the function of every cell, tissue, organ and system of your body(2). Without normal nerve supply, affected organs and tissues are more susceptible to disease, often producing the symptoms of pain and ill health(3).

Because of the way your spine is designed, improper motion or position of spinal bones can irritate or choke delicate nerves-- interfering with the function of the tissues they control(4).

Doctors of Chiropractic are specialists in the detection, reduction and prevention of nervous system interferences(5).

To determine the cause of your health problem chiropractic doctors examine your spine to locate any areas causing nervous system interference(6).

Your doctor will use carefully directed and controlled pressure to return malfunctioning spinal bones to their proper motion and position, reducing nerve interference(7). This is called a chiropractic adjustment.

• 1. Haldeman, S. D.C., Principles and Practice of Chiropractic, Appleton and Lange, 1992.
• 2. Gray, Henry, Gray's Anatomy; Anotomy of the Human Body 30th Edition, Lea and Febiger, edited by Charles Mayo Gross, M.D., Philadelphia, 1989.
• 3. Lewitt, K. MUDr., Doc. DSC, Manipulative Therapy in Rehabilitation of the Motor System, Butterworth, 1987
• 4. Chuid, M. Correlative NeuroAnatomy and Functional Neurology, 9th Edition, Lange Medical Publication, 1982
• 5. New Zealand Report, Report of the Commision of Inquiry, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979.
• 6. Haldeman, S.D.C., M.D., Modern Development in the Principles and Practice of Chiropractic, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1980.
• 7. Kirkaldy-Willis, W.,M.D., Managing Low Back Pain, 3rd Edition, Churchill Livingstone, 1993.