A chiropractor studies your complete medical history, not just the current complaint. A physical examination follows, with a range of tests including movement and posture assessment, specific orthopaedic and neurological tests [if required].

Depending on your history and case, your chiropractic physician may ask for imaging, blood work or other evaluation...

Chiropractic is suitable for individuals of all ages. People visiting my clinic have ranged from a few months to more than 90 years old. And you do not have to have a problem to consult a chiropractor.

Sports people see chiropractors for help with injury prevention and for improving sporting performance...

In healthcare, safety is a relative term, involving the offsetting of risk against benefit. Statistically, chiropractic is safer than surgery or taking drugs. There have been concerns about whether chiropractic adjustments can damage the vertebral arteries in the neck.

Three independent research trials suggest that chiropractic cannot damage health arteries, and that if you...

Even with common non-specific back pain, chiropractic may not be effective. Some of the circumstances that may impede its effectiveness include: 1. When the stressor that has caused the problem is still present in the person’s life. 2. When the problem has no known cure and can only be managed. 3. When the person is gaining an advantage from pain, usually without being conscious of it, and so does not want to let go of the illness...

Various studies have found that chiropractic helps in addiction recovery, menstrual and fertility problems, asthma, acidity, recurrent infections, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder [ADHD] and learning difficulties in children.According to a study published in the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research, patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s disease following trauma to their necks, experienced improvement in symptoms and a halt in disease progression...

Vertebral subluxation complex [VSC]—a mix of poor movement and malalignment of spinal segments—leads to muscle spasm, weakness, inflammation and swelling of the tissues.

Finally, it leads to compression and/or twisting of the spinal cord and nerve roots. The end result of these changes is degeneration of the spine [known as spondylosis] and a disturbance of the body’s state of balance...