Chiropractic facts for kids
Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine. A chiropractor is a person who went to school to learn chiropractic. Chiropractors may diagnose and treat many conditions relating to muscles, joints, and nerves of the body. They may give what is called an "adjustment" to the body. An adjustment is a fast short push to an area of the patient's spine or other joints to help their condition. Chiropractors do not use drugs to treat patients. They use natural treatments such as nutrition, exercise, physical therapy, adjustments, and massage in order to help their patients.
Chiropractic has changed since it was created over 100 years ago because chiropractors learn new facts and do new research. Chiropractors have many different ways to treat their patients. They all use drug free treatments. Chiropractic is best known for helping people with spine pain, but chiropractors can also help other problems. There has been a debate as to whether or not chiropractic is classified as Pseudoscience.
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Chiropractors use x-ray radiography to examine the bone structure of a patient.
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A treatment table at a chiropractic office
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A chiropractic adjustment of a horse
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A chiropractor performs an adjustment on a patient.
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Chiropractic adjustment on children
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The charity Sense About Science launched a campaign to draw attention to the BCA legal case against science writer Simon Singh. In 2009, a number of organizations and public figures signed a statement entitled "The law has no place in scientific disputes".
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Daniel David (D.D.) Palmer, founder of Chiropractic
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B. J. Palmer, early developer of chiropractic
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Harvey Lillard, first chiropractic patient
See also
In Spanish: Quiropráctica para niños
