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Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts which is concerned with the support of human health and wellness. Doctors of Chiropractic are specialized physicians who approach a person's health as an integration of all aspects of the being, giving special attention to the structural, neurophysiological and biochemical components as they interact to produce optimum body function and support health

The practices and procedures employed by Doctors of Chiropractic are based upon on the academic and clinical training received in and through accredited Chiropractic Colleges and include, but are not limited to, the use of current medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Such procedures specifically include adjustment and manipulation of the spinal column and adjacent tissues in an effort to reduce irritation and interference in the nervous system, which inhibits brain-body communication and, thereby, impairs overall function and health.

The word "health" comes from the word "heal" and refers to the ability to heal. A body that cannot heal itself is not healthy. Drugs do not "heal" anything. Even antibiotics, the discovery of which was probably the greatest single breakthrough that modern medicine has achieved, do not heal. They only kill bacteria. The body still has to heal once the infecting bacteria are dead. In fact, the body even has to clean itself up from the toxins that are left behind from the dead bacteria and other by-products of the antibiotics, themselves.

Because chiropractic is based upon the premise that the body, under the control of the brain, is self-sustaining and self-regulating, chiropractors do not prescribe drugs or perform surgery. Instead, every effort is made to restore the vital communication between the brain and the body that allows the body to maintain normal, healthy function, which includes the ability to heal itself.

Doctors of Chiropractic, more commonly known as chiropractors, are primary health care providers licensed in all 50 states, and are recognized by governmental health care programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Workers' Compensation programs and more. Every year, more than 30 million Americans see chiropractors as part of their regular health care programs and with over 84,000 licensed chiropractors nationwide and more than 10,000 students currently enrolled in chiropractic school, it is the fastest growing health care profession.