Many patients who enter a chiropractic office have specific health care concerns ranging from back pain to headaches, leg pain to asthma. It surprises many when they discover that Doctors of Chiropractic don't treat symptoms. A medical approach is to treat symptoms. This is done by using drugs or surgery to numb, slow down, speed up or cut out the malfunctioning body part. Instead, Chiropractors find the underlying cause(s) of your body's malfunction, ache or pain, and help correct it.
This means that Chiropractors don't have an asthma adjustment, a headache adjustment or a back pain adjustment. They adjust the spine as required in every individual person in such a way as to remove the interference to nerves thus allowing your body to function more normally. Of course when nerve function improves and the body is functioning more optimally symptoms improve as a natural consequence.
Proper function, controlled by the nerve system is an important component of a good health plan. Fortunately, the proper function of your nerve system is the primary interest of your Chiropractor.
