| Adjustment:
The specific application of forces used to facilitate the body’s
correction of nerve interference.
Chiropractic:
A primary health care profession in which professional responsibility and
authority are focused on the anatomy of the spine and immediate articulation,
and the condition of nerve interference. It is also a practice, which
encompasses educating, advising about and addressing nerve interference.
Diagnosis:
A comprehensive process of evaluation of the spinal column and its immediate
articulation to determine the presence of nerve interference and other
conditions that may contraindicate chiropractic procedures.
Practice Objective:
The professional practice objective of chiropractic is to correct nerve
interference in a safe, effective manner. The correction is not considered to
be a specific cure for any particular symptom or disease. It is applicable to
any patient who exhibits nerve interference regardless of the presence or
absence of symptoms or disease.
Manipulation:
The forceful passive movement of a joint beyond its active limit of motion. It
does not imply the use of precision, specificity or the correction of nerve
interference. Therefore, it is not synonymous with chiropractic adjustment.
Paraspinal EMG Scanning:
A painless, non-invasive procedure to measure and record the electrical signals
given off by the muscles that attach to the spinal column. Electrodes are
placed on the skin and their readings are shown in the form of a graph. Since
one of the symptoms of nerve interference is abnormal muscle activity, the EMG
is becoming a popular method for charting muscle spasms and spinal imbalance.
Spine:
upper
neck, upper cervical spine (C1 - C2)
• C1 - Brain, Nasal and Palette Glands, Lungs, Heart, Spleen, Kidney,
Stomach, Liver, Large Intestines
• C2 - Eye, Sinuses, Brain, Nasal and Palette Glands
mid/lower
neck, cervical spine (C3 – C7)
• C3 - Eye, Sinuses, Nasal and Palette Glands,
• C4 - Eye, Sinuses, Nasal and Palette Glands, Sublingual Glands,
Submaxilary Glands
• C5 - Parotid Gland, Sublingual Glands, Submaxilary Glands
• C6 - Parotid Gland, Thyroid
• C7 - Thyroid, Lungs
mid
back, thoracic spine (T1 - T12)
• T1 - Lungs, Heart, Parotid Gland, Carotid Artery, Pulmonary Artery
• T2 - Lungs, Heart, Parotid Gland, Carotid Artery
• T3 - Lungs, Heart, Stomach, Pulmonary Artery, Carotid Artery
• T4 - Liver
• T5 - Stomach
• T6 - Pancreas
• T7 - Spleen
• T8 - Liver
• T9 - Adrenal
• T10 - Small Intestines
• T11 - Kidney
• T12 – Kidney
lower
back, lumbar spine (L1 - L5)
• L1 - Large Intestines
• L2 - Large Intestines
• L3 - Large Intestines, Spleen, Bladder
• L4 - Large Intestines, Bladder
• L5 - Large Intestines, Spleen, Bladder
basebone
or tailbone, sacrum and coccyx
• SACR - Large Intestines, Spleen, Bladder
Thermography:
This procedure measures the temperature on the skin surface to locate
inflammation of muscles and soft tissues. A special camera takes pictures,
which reflect the different temperatures by displaying a range of colors on
film. Thermography has been used to pinpoint spinal nerve and muscle stress.
Vertebral Subluxation:
Also referred to as nerve interference, is a misalignment of one or more of the
24 vertebrae in the spinal column, which causes alteration of nerve function
and interference to the transmission of mental impulses, resulting in a
lessening of the body’s innate ability to express its maximum health
potential.
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