Individuals who go through the process of becoming a chiropractor are dedicating their lives to improve others through their own hands. Giving a patient relief and satisfaction without harming their body with drugs that can have horrible side effects is a feeling that is unlike anything else. Facilitating an individual to heal and strengthening their life entirely is what chiropractors strive for and many accomplish that ambition. Additionally, studies and surveys have shown why students of chiropractic chose this profession. The top reasons were that they truly want to help people and heal them, the increase in financial status, and the ambition of having the title “Doctor.” (Wardwell 154). Chiropractors must complete many demanding courses
One of the basic reasons that people doubt chiropractic care is that they do not truly understand the practice. A large controversial topic around chiropractic is the causation of strokes that supposedly come from neck manipulations, better known as neck adjustments. George Magner wrote, “I learned that manipulation of the neck can cause tinnitus by injuring arteries that supply blood to the ear” (Magner 3). He also documented several other patients of chiropractic who suffered from additional pain, even strokes, from an adjustment of the neck. The strokes that the patients endured do not necessarily mean chiropractors caused them. Early signs of strokes include neck soreness, headaches, and reduced function of limbs which are all reasons why people visit a chiropractor in the first place. Therefore, chiropractors are not the sole purpose a stroke occurs. Also, adjustments with low force techniques show a zero percent chance of causing a stroke and those odds seem extremely
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following back pain (Chapman-Smith, 71). Treatment for head and neck pain are similar to back treatments in that they both undergo a sequence of mechanical and neurological effects (Chapman-Smith, 72).
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They also lower people's blood pressure which helps saves their life. Chiropractors don’t need medication or any kind of surgery to make their patients feel relieved of pain. Chiropractic care is popular all over the world. Although the chiropractic profession was founded in the United States in 1895, spinal manipulation has a long history of use in China. The first time chiropractic care was used in the United States, it brought back a guy’s hearing back in 1895 by Daniel David Palmer. Just remember the next time a person pulls or throws out a muscle tell them to go see their closest chiropractor, they will make them feel like a new
The word “chiropractor” has two word origins, the Greek words cheir and praxis; meanwhile, cheir means “hand” and praxis means “practice.” Also, most of the work that chiropractors do is done by hand (Pike para. 5). In 2002, going to a chiropractor was found to be the most commonly used program for therapy. Seventy-four percent, about 4 million, of people that had back pain went to a chiropractor to get treated. Among that 74 percent of people, 66 percent of them stated that they got “a great benefit” (Pike para. 9). Many chiropractors work full time but 1 out of 3 chiropractors work part time. Chiropractors work whenever their patients need them, even on w...
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After much disappointment about not receiving pain relief, I found began to research alternative health care options. Prescription medication has always been an option for temporary relief of pain, however; I preferred to fix my problems vice masking the symptoms. During one of my chiropractic appointments, I asked if he could recommend an acupuncturist, to my surprises he had had owned an acupuncture practice for 15 years before moving to Virginia Beach. He agreed to give me my first acupuncture treatment, following that we had several long discussions about his practice, schools, care options and many other things. Our conversations brought to light that ALT MED was something that I had the capacity for, would excel at, and would provide me a way to continue to help people post-military retirement. Since acupuncture isn 't mainstream healthcare provided to military personnel I consider myself fortunate to have first-hand experience with it. My experiences with acupuncturists have been extremely positive. After just two treatments, I noticed significant amounts of pain relief. In July, I experienced Japanese acupuncture as a treatment for a whiplash
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Weerapong, Hume and Kolt (2005) define massage therapy as a physical manipulation of muscles and soft tissues of the body, with the aim of promoting well-being and good health. Some of the mechanical activities involved in massage therapy include exertion of rhythmical pressure, stroking, rolling and rubbing. Massage therapy promotes well-being and positive health by producing psychological, physical and functional outcomes to the afflicted clients. The procedure of massage therapy entails four distinct mechanisms namely; biochemical mechanisms, physiological mechanisms, neurological mechanisms, and psychophysiological mechanisms. All these procedures work together to bring about the effectivity of massage therapy (Fitzcharles, Ste-Marie and Pereira, 2013).
When acupuncture was created, some of the medical concepts it employed were relatively new; there were not many falsified stories for it to build off from. In fact, "acupuncture is said to have been theorized... by Shen Nung, the father of Chinese medicine, who also documented his theories on the heart, circulation, and pulse over 400 years before Europeans had any concept about them" (1). Since then, Europeans and Asians alike have encountered centuries of medical dilemmas and successes. Over time, hypotheses emerge and are either disproved or continue to live on as part of scientific discourse and medical practice. For this reason, most old-fashioned treatments no longer hold true when compared to methods cultivated within the great wealth of knowledge attributed to medicine today – not because we are smarter now or are more civilized, but because the field of medicine has accumulated so much more experience and has improved methods to be "less wrong" countless times. So, why has acup...
Besides their other medical studies, osteopathic students get 200 hours of training in "osteopathic manipulative medicine," a hands-on technique for diagnosis and healing. Limited motion in the lower ribs, for instance, can cause pain in the stomach that seems a lot like irritable bowel syndrome. Identifying the muscle strain in the ribs through manipulation, and then treating it, can relieve the stomach distress. An osteopath learns to apply specific amounts of pressure on a body part, attempting to relax it or stimulate it. While such an approach might have raised eyebrows in the profession a decade or two ago, these days almost no one--except perhaps the crustiest old M.D.'s--dismisses it as New Age nonsense. Manipulative medicine is based on the not terribly heretical idea that structures in the body influence function, and that a problem in the structure of one body part can cause problems in the function of other parts.
Mrs. Lambrecht’s overall opinion on the subject was positive. She thought that this was an excitingly unique idea and could prove to be highly beneficial. Her main concern was whether or not students would be interested in and actually use a chiropractor if one were to be provided. To find out this information, I recommend sending out a survey to students and faculty to determine if demand is present. The only reason I have not done so is because student surveys will have a much lower turnout rate than if it is sent out by a faculty member (especially the
In conclusion, Evidence-Based Practice requires explicit use of best evidence and decision making. However, clinical skills, judgment and experience are as critical. The best systematic recording will have a significant impact on increasing the confidence on the effectiveness of the treatments and correct interpretation of evidence. “To practice EB means becoming a better history taker, better clinical examiner, a consumer of empirical evidence and a thoughtful diagnostician and therapist” (Ambrose, B, 2011). As physiotherapists, we are responsible to make contributions and able to provide patients the best treatment and services.
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