Historical records indicate that the beneficial effects of spinal corrections have been recognized and utilized by health care providers in many societies since even before the time of Socrates who advised, 'If you would seek health, look first to the spine.'
A central premise of chiropractic is that vertebral misalignments or malfunctions occur in the spine and can produce interferences in the function of the nervous system which have remarkable and far-reaching effects by impairing the individual's health and performance. These misalignments are referred to in chiropractic as subluxations, and are corrected with adjustments administered by Doctors of Chiropractic (D.C.'s).
Chiropractic does not share medicine's traditional focus on pain or symptoms. Rather, it focuses on what it regards as the usual cause of symptomatology: a nervous system impairment that has resulted in an interference with the body's own built-in defences and regulatory mechanisms. Chiropractic contends that an optimally-functioning nervous system enables the body to maintain its homeostasis (i.e., its proper internal environment) and therefore its adaptability, both of which are pre-requisites for its health and survival of life's many onslaughts.
The practice and procedures which may be employed by Doctors of Chiropractic are based on the 5 years full time academic and clinical training received in government funded university courses (Macquarie University and R.M.I.T), additionally today's chiropractic graduate must first undergo 12 months supervised outpatient experience prior to registration and is required to undergo specific post-graduate education to remain a member of the Chiropractic Association of Australia (C.A.A.).
Chiropractic: A proven health care system that offers an effective, low-risk, economical means of intervention for a broad array of health problems through both prevention and correction.
Chiropractic: A system of health care that emphasizes and maximizes the awesome self-healing, self-regulating power of the body.
Chiropractic: The health care system whose time as the official guardian of the public's health is fast approaching!
