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What is Chiropractic? How ChiropracticDoctors Practice in South Carolina
What is a Doctor of Chiropractic?
Article by
Dr. Robin Willey
3203 Hwy 9 East, Suite-BLittle River, SC 29566 | 843-390-3244
Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletalsystem and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health.
Chiropractic care is used most often to treat Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal Complaints,including but not limited to:
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Back Pain
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Neck Pain
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Joint Pain
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Joint Pain in the joints of the Arms or Legs
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Headaches
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Sciatic Nerve Pain
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Shoulder and Knee Pain
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Lumbar Sprain or StrainDoctors of Chiropractic – often referred to as Chiropractors or ChiropracticPhysicians
– practice a drug-free, hands-on approach to health care that includes patientexamination, diagnosis and treatment. Chiropractors have broad diagnostic skills and arealso trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to providenutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling.
What is the purpose of a Spinal Manipulation or ChiropracticAdjustment?
The most common therapeutic procedure performed byDoctors of Chiropractic is known as
Spinal Manipulation
,also called "Chiropractic Adjustment". The purpose of manipulation is to restore joint mobility by manually applyinga controlled force into joints that have become hypomobile – or restricted in their movement – as a result of a tissue injury.
Tissue injury can be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of aheavy object, or through repetitive stresses, such as sitting in an awkward position with poor spinal posture for an extended period of time. In either case, injured tissues undergo physical and chemical changes that can cause inflammation, pain, and diminishedfunction for the sufferer.
Manipulation, or adjustment of the affected joint and tissues, restores mobility,thereby alleviating pain and muscle tightness, and allowing tissues to heal.
Does a Chiropractic Adjustment hurt?
Chiropractic adjustment rarely causes discomfort.
However, patients may sometimesexperience mild soreness or aching following treatment (as with some forms of exercise)that usually resolves within 12 to 48 hours.In many cases, such as lower back pain, chiropractic care may be the primary method of treatment. When other medical conditions exist, chiropractic care may complement or support medical treatment by relieving the musculoskeletal aspects associated with thecondition.
How else is a South Carolina Board Certified Chiropractic Doctor allowed topractice? What can they do besides "Adjustments" to thoroughly assess a patient?Doctors of Chiropractic may:
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Assess patients through clinical examination
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Laboratory Testing
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Diagnostic Imaging
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X-Rays
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Other Diagnostic Interventions to determine when Chiropractic Treatment isappropriate or when it is not appropriate.
Chiropractors will readily refer patients to the appropriate health care provider whenChiropractic care is not suitable for the patient’s condition, or the condition warrants co-management in conjunction with other members of the South Carolina CertifiedHealthcare team.
Chiropractic Doctors Who Practice in South Carolina Are Licenced By The State:
The South Carolina Board of CHIROPRACTORS AND CHIROPRACTICSECTION 40-9-10. Definitions.
(a) "Chiropractic" is defined as that science and art which utilizes the inherentrecuperative powers of the body and deals with the relationship between the nervoussystem and the spinal column, including its immediate articulations and the role of thisrelationship in the restoration and maintenance of health.(b) "Chiropractic practice" is defined as the spinal analysis of any interference withnormal nerve transmission and expression, and by adjustment to the articulations of thevertebral column and its immediate articulations for the restoration and maintenance of
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