{"id":76,"date":"2008-06-22T01:45:48","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T01:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.best-home-remedies.com\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2008-06-22T01:45:48","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T01:45:48","slug":"chiropractic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.best-home-remedies.com\/blog\/chiropractic\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiropractic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Of the various alternative healing systems available ill the United States, chiropractic is by far the most popular. The more than 50,000 licensed doctors of chiropractic (D.Cs) make up the nation&#8217;s third largest medical profession, after M.D.&#8217;s and dentists. And they&#8217;re licensed to practice in every state.<\/p><div class=\"76f24c20a33dee5faad526b620499aea\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3517850094199463\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_channel =\"\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"0000FF\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"008000\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\n\/\/--><\/script>\r\n                <script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n            <\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>According to a landmark Harvard Medical School survey assessing Americans&#8217; use of alternative therapies, 10 percent of the population visits chiropractors at least once a year. People rate chiropractic as their first choice for treating back problems. Overall, it is the second most popular professionally provided alternative therapy-second only to relaxation therapies.<\/p>\n<p>A handful of chiropractors present them\u00adselves as primary-care physicians capable of treating the same broad range of conditions as family practice M.D.&#8217;s. But the vast majority of chiropractors deal almost exclusively with back problems, joint problems, and muscle aches and pains-what doctors batch together as &#8220;musculoskeletal complaints.&#8221; As many as 90 percent of people who consult chiropractors do so for back pain, neck pain, and headaches (which are often related to muscle tension).<\/p>\n<p>The word chiropractic comes from the Greek cheir, meaning &#8220;hand;&#8217; and praxis, meaning &#8220;practice.&#8221; As a system of treatment, chiropractic is the best example of the mainstreaming of alternative therapies. Chiropractors now serve on the staffs of many hospitals around the country. They&#8217;ve become a fixture in sports medicine-in fact, the U.S. Olympic team has its own chiropractor.<\/p>\n<p>Many M.D.&#8217;s are quite familiar with the benefits of chiropractic and willingly refer patients to chiropractors when it seems appropriate. In a study by Daniel 1. Blumberg, M.D., of the department of psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse, the majority of primarycare M.D.&#8217;s recognized chiropractic as an effective therapy for back pain and said that they would feel comfortable sending patients with back pain to chiropractors for treatment.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the various alternative healing systems available ill the United States, chiropractic is by far the most popular. 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