Chiropractic Care
Dr. Paul W. Jensen
Doctor of Chiropractic.
Palmer Collage, Davenport, Iowa, USA
Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology and Immunology.
University of Wisconsin.
Emergency Medical Specialist.
Madison Technical Collage
Origins
An unrefined type of physical manipulation of the spine and skeleton has been practiced throughout the world for thousands of years and was utilized as a clinical procedure by early-age doctors in ancient Greece, Rome, India and the Orient. Hippocrates, often referred to as ‘the Father of Healing,’ described and outlined methods of treating bodily ills. While these were similar in approach to those used by modern chiropractic, for the most part they were concerned with osseous relationships and failed to recognize the neurological component. Hippocrates also developed theories on spinal mechanics, manipulation and general health care, as did Galen, the renowned second century physician.
It was not until 1895, however, that modern chiropractic utilizing precise spinal adjustments to reduce subluxations — had its beginning. The developer of the chiropractic theory, Daniel David Palmer (1845-1913), was a self-taught ‘healer’ and scientist with a practice in Davenport, Iowa. It was his objective to find a cure for disease that did not rely upon drugs. In his research, D.D. Palmer made the profoundly significant discovery that individual vertebrae could become subluxated, producing improper nerve function, irritation and dysfunction in the body. Palmer’s development of the method for the adjustment of specific vertebrae in a systematic fashion is what distinguishes scientific chiropractic from the gross manipulations of earlier days, and chiropractic as advocated by the founder, even though narrow in focus, has broad body effects because of the relief of interference in the nervous system.
Nerves control your muscles. The SEMG measure how well the motor nerves are working by reading the amount of current found in the muscles. Subluxations disturb the function of the nerve causing an abnormal amount of electrical current flowing to your muscles.
The percentage reading on the graph indicate areas where the mucle along the spine are pulling harder.
The blood vessels are controlled by the same part of the Central Nervous System that runs your organs and glands, known as the Autonomic system. Your skin is the largest organ of the body and the blood vessels under the skin work as the body's thermostat. Education, Training & Practice
The chiropractic adjustment of the human spine usually is administered by hand, although several mechanical adjustment techniques have been developed.
Appropriate force is applied to the improperly aligned spinal segment through a carefully administered directional thrust, moving the segment back into its correct or improved juxtaposition with the vertebra above and/or below.
The safety of chiropractic has never come under question by proper, informed objective investigators.
The degree of Doctor of Chiropractic from an accredited chiropractic educational institution is required for licensure in all of the 50 states in the U.S. Chiropractic educational standards are strict and demanding, requiring a thorough background in the basic sciences roughly equivalent to medical, dental and osteopathic programs.
Four or more years of full-time, in-residence instruction is then required in human anatomy, physiology, biology, biomechanics, chiropractic diagnosis, adjustive techniques, public health issues and chiropractic philosophy.
Effectiveness
At Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, a study was completed upon 409 pain patients. All experienced back pain for over three weeks.
They were divided into two different groups:
The first group received Medicinal treatment with thorough medical knowledge. The second group received chiropractic treatment.
The clinical trials continued over a course of twelve weeks. The results were that 57% receiving chiropractic treatment noticed dramatic improvement , however only 13% did so with the group who had medicinal drugs administered to them.