Adjustment:
The specific application of forces used
to facilitate the body’s correction of nerve
interference.
Chiropractic:
A primary health care profession in
which professional responsibility and authority
are focused on the anatomy of the spine and immediate
articulation, and the condition of nerve interference.
It is also a practice, which encompasses educating,
advising about and addressing nerve interference.
Diagnosis:
A comprehensive process of evaluation
of the spinal column and its immediate articulation
to determine the presence of nerve interference
and other conditions that may contraindicate
chiropractic procedures.
Practice Objective:
The professional practice objective of chiropractic is to correct nerve interference
in a safe, effective manner. The correction is not considered to be a specific
cure for any particular symptom or disease. It is applicable to any patient
who exhibits nerve interference regardless of the presence or absence of
symptoms or disease.
Vertebral Subluxation:
Also referred to as nerve interference,
is a misalignment of one or more of the 24 vertebrae
in the spinal column, which causes alteration of
nerve function and interference to the transmission
of mental impulses, resulting in a lessening of
the body’s innate ability to express its
maximum health potential. More
information about subluxation.
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