Andrew’s Chiropractic Miracle

About thirty years ago, I had a football injury. Over the next several years, I began to have pain in my left knee, a constant dull ache in the lower back on the right side, and sinus trouble. I went to the medical doctors for help and they said I would have to live with this the rest of my life. The diagnosis was a permanently damaged nerve. The physicians suggested corrective surgery.

I became very depressed. I couldn’t sleep at night and I was very difficult to live with. I was going through hell and so was my family. It was then that I was convinced to try chiropractic. After my first few visits to my chiropractor, I felt a great deal of relief. Now I feel like a new person. My back is greatly improved, without surgery, and it seems as if I never even had knee problems or sinus trouble. It changed my life. When you feel good, you look good and you develop a healthy attitude. It wasn’t very long before everyone noticed the great improvement in me. My own regret is that I waited so many years.

Doctors of Chiropractic are committed to patient education. Patients appreciate knowing in advance the value and purpose of every procedure before it is rendered. Ask questions! Get involved!

Source: Chiropractic First

Hippocrates and Chiropractic

Hippocrates was a Greek Doctor that passed away in the year 377 B.C. He was an author of more than 70 books on healing. Hippocrates was a firm believer of Spinal Manipulation. He believed that nature could heal the body. It was the Doctor’s job to remove the obstacles so the body could perform its miracle healings. By realigning the spine, the brain and body were able to stay in optimal communication. Hippocrates is credited with the following: “Get knowledge of the spine, for this is the requisite for many diseases.”

Chiropractic Miracle?

On September 18, 1895, D.D. Palmer performed his first adjustment on a janitor, Harvey Lillard, who had been deaf for seventeen years. The man’s hearing returned, and because of the success of Palmer’s spinal adjustment, the modern recorded history of chiropractic began.

Here is the description of this event in D.D. Palmer’s own words.

“Harvey Lillard… could not hear the racket of a wagon on the street or the ticking of a watch. I made inquiry as to the cause of his deafness and was informed that when he was exerting himself in a cramped, stooping position, he felt something give way in his back and immediately became deaf.

“An examination showed a vertebra racked from its normal position. I reasoned that if that vertebra was replaced, the man’s hearing should be restored. With this object in view, a half hour’s talk persuaded Mr. Lillard to allow me to replace it. I racked it into position by using the spinous process as a lever, and soon the man could hear as before

“There was nothing accidental about this as it was accomplished with an object in view, and the result expected was obtained. There was nothing `crude` about this adjustment; it was specific, so much so that no other Chiropractor has equaled it.”