Does chiropractic medicine improve health

Answer 1

First, chiropractic is not medicine. Second, in a word: Yes.

"Medicine" views the body as an organism made of distinct parts that is acted on by organisms or disease processes. Understandably, from that perspective, the treatments applied are usually 'outside-in': drugs, surgery, etc..

Chiropractors view the body as an organism that was designed to carry out self-defense and repair, and see dysfunction as a sign that the body is not functioning normally, so from a philosophical perspective, the goal of the chiropractor is to restore optimal function to the body, allowing it to heal itself. Using the primary treatment of the chiropractic adjustment, a chiropractor seeks to restore motion to joints that are displaying signs of kinesiopathology (abnormal movement patterns), myopathology (abnormal or incoordinate muscle function), neuropathology (disruptions in somatic, visceral or autonomic function),and histopathology (disruptions in the structure and function of cells and tissues). A comprehensive examination should be performed to determine where the deficiencies lie before an adjustment is delivered.

Obviously, heroic intervention is sometimes necessary. Surgeries are sometimes the best option. Chiropractic philosophy at its core is not necessarily anti-medicine, but it is a completely different view of maintaining health, one that puts much more power and responsibility back into the hands of patients.

There have been many studies that demonstrate various benefits enjoyed by chiropractic patients, and many more are ongoing. There is strong clinical evidence for many different claims, and they are also supported by independent research that has been conducted in the fields of orthopedics and neurology.