Q. (1) Does chiropractic therapy cause any pain?
A:
Therapy is performed in a simple manner and is totally painless. In the therapy a gentle pressure (700 g) is applied manually to the neck just below the ears in order to treat one area of the cervical vertebrae. As the therapy does not involve cracking the spine we can assure you it can be used on everybody, from small babies to the elderly, without any cause for fear or concern.
Even though we use the therapy to treat only one area of the upper cervical vertebrae, overall physical condition improves as a result of the treatment. As the body regains health, misalignment of the bone structure and even facial distortions will decrease.
We believe that identifying and symptoms such as distortions of the pelvis, the spinal column or the skull and applying direct treatment is nothing more than applying learned chiropractic techniques to the human body.
In order to remove subluxation we make an adjustment on only one area of the cervical vertebrae. This activates the innate capacity of the body to identify and cure illnesses by itself, and lets the flow of nerve energy run more effectively throughout the body.
This healing process is essentially independent the therapist’s level of knowledge. There is no need to apply any pressure directly to an affected area or directly correct misalignment.
The body itself can properly utilize its ability to identify and cure illnesses as long as it is maintained in a condition that prevents the recurrence of subluxation, so this is the key for health care and maintenance.
This is the rationale for us to propose that “The root of all illness is one and the same”.
