- Welcome
- History
- Symptoms and Sickness
- Philosophy
- Vertebral Subluxation
- Instrumentation
- Spinography
- Adjustments
- Adjusting Tables
- Final Thoughts
| WELCOMEChiropractic over the past half century has lost its identity, devolving into a treatment for back pain, headaches, and therapeutic massage. Quite the contrary, Chiropractic is neither a treatment for these conditions nor do we rub backs. Navigate this site and explore a brief overview of an Inceptive Chiropractic practice emphasizing the Inceptive concepts of Chiropractic Philosophy, Science, and Art. "We get sick because of something inside going wrong! We get well because of something inside going right!" |
HISTORY
Pictured below are four people who were fundamental in the development of Chiropractic.
 | D.D. Palmer D.C., the discoverer of chiropractic. He outlined some of the basic principles of chiropractic philosophy, science, and art. But most notably, D.D. Palmer made the first chiropractic adjustment on Harvey Lillard in September, 1895. |
 | Harvey Lillard, a janitor in D.D. Palmer's office building, had his hearing restored after being adjusted. Harvey Lillard had been deaf for 17 years. He did not suffer from back pain or headaches! |
 | B.J. Palmer D.C., Ph.C., the only son of D.D. Palmer, who is credited for developing the scientific basis of chiropractic. His contributions to chiropractic are too numerous to list on this web page. Simply put, B.J. Palmer was the driving force behind specific, scientifically based chiropractic. |
 | W.V. Pierce, D.C., Ph.C., who introduced video motion (VF) x-ray, DermaThermoGraph (infrared) instrumentation, and the system of chiropractic analysis used exclusively in our office. |
| SYMPTOMS AND SICKNESSMy problems are real serious and have nothing to do with my back. Symptoms and Sickness are obvious signs that the body is not functioning in a healthy manner. Following conventional expectations a sick person will seek a medical treatment or remedy. This will involve prescription drugs, injections, physical therapy, massage, surgery and in some instances even spinal manipulations by a chiropractor! Treatments are broad based attempts to eliminate symptoms, suppress sickness, limit illness, and name diseases. The cause of the problem is often blamed on a microbe, environmental factors, or bad genetics. Rarely are other causative factors ever discussed. Regardless of the symptom or diagnosed sickness, the Doctor of Chiropractic looks to define an underlying cause by examining the spine for signs of nerve system interference. Science acknowledges that the Brain and Nerve System coordinates and controls all functions of the human body. Neurological disruption between the brain and body usually arises along the spinal column. Symptoms and sickness can results from years of diminished neurological integration. Specific Chiropractic is the only profession dedicated to the detection and correction of nerve system interference found along the spinal column. |
| CHIROPRACTIC PHILOSOPHYLife (Health) results from orchestrated communication between the Brain and Tissue Cells that make up your physical body. The animation on this page demonstrates the flow of vital information or "Mental Impulses" from the brain to every cell in the body, by way of the Central Nervous System. Coordinated communication between the brain and body without interference is essential for "Quality of Life". In 1895, D.D. Palmer discovered a relationship between spinal misalignment, spinal cord pressure, and loss of healthy function. Disruption of mental impulses from the brain cells produces abnormal cellular and tissue function . . . Quality of life diminishes. Interference to mental impulse transmission because of misaligned vertebra is called Vertebral Subluxation. Removal of nerve system interference, by a properly trained Doctor of Chiropractic, is essential for the restoration of quality of life. This is the essence of Chiropractic. |
This is a high resolution, 3 dimensional CT | VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATIONTrauma produces an injury to the spinal column. Notably this injury is a torque misalignment of one or more vertebra. The torque effect on the vertebra causes a "locking" which eliminates the proper motion of the vertebra. The resulting interstitial pressure on the spinal cord interrupts the "Normal Quantity Flow of Mental Impulses" between the brain and the body to varying degrees. This condition is called: Vertebral Subluxation. When this condition occurs, cellular function may be disrupted. In Chiropractic this process is called: Dis-Ease. Protracted pressure initiating neurological interference causing dis-ease wil eventually produce symptoms and illness! Symptoms may be mild at first, but given time the vertebral subluxation may produce irreparable damage to your health. The vertebral subluxation has been called "the silent killer" for nearly a century. A properly trained Doctor of Chiropractic will use specific instruments and tools to detect, locate, and correct this insidious condition . . . Vertebral Subluxation. Click here to watch a YouTube video for examples of how subluxations can occur. |
The DermaThermoGraph (DTG) utilizes Infra red technology and was introduced to the Chiropractic profession by Walter V. Pierce, D.C., Ph.C. The newest version of this instrument is used in our office. | INSTRUMENTATIONChiropractic instrumentation is unquestionably the key to understanding the effectiveness of Vertebral Subluxation detection and correction. The process of detecting a vertebral subluxation begins with instrumentation. Using an infra-red or thermocouple instrument to record fluctuations in radiant heat along the spine, the Doctor of Chiropractic can determine the presence or absence of neurological interference . . . vertebral subluxation. Understanding the information provided by using precision temperature instruments will help eliminate "guessing". No doctor can feel a vertebral subluxation! All examinations begin with chiropractic instrumentation readings or scans to determine the presence or absence of neurological interference . . . vertebral subluxation. When a disruption to normal quantity flow of mental impulse supply has been detected, the next step is a visual inspection of the spinal column using x-ray. There is no better way to determine the exact nature of the torque vertebral misalignment. |
| SPINOGRAPHY / X-RAYNo X-rays No Chiropractic No Exceptions Spinography is chiropractic term denoting analytical X-Ray of spinal structures. Discovered in 1895, the x-ray was not used as an analytical medium until 1910. This was the time when B.J. Palmer first installed an x-ray machine at the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa. Spinography is a necessary part of the chiropractic examination. Detailed analysis of spinographic film and motion x-ray studies helps facilitate a specific and timely correction of vertebral subluxation by the Doctor of Chiropractic. The correction of a vertebral subluxation is called: Adjustment. Inceptive Chiropractic utilizes 2 types of spinography / x-ray:
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| ADJUSTMENTSNot a Treatment, Not a Manipulation, but the Specific Correction of Vertebral Subluxation. "The thrust properly delivered at the correct place but only at the right time assures Chiropractic RESULTS" Chiropractic Adjustment: A specific force delivered to a Vertebral Subluxation for the purpose of restoring function and eliminating nerve system interference. A chiropractic adjustment can only be delivered to a vertebral subluxation. Any random cracking or snapping without proper analysis is just a manipulation.
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ADJUSTING TABLESAdjusting Tables are specifically designed to aid in the adjusting procedure. Chiropractic table design can vary from simple to complex. Modifications have been continuous for over 100 years. Inceptive Chiropractic incorporates 2 types; The Full Spine table and Knee Chest table. Each piece of equipment provides patient comfort while increasing effectiveness of the chiropractic adjustment.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS"You cannot solve a problem with the same thinking that created the problem" - Albert Einstein Thank you for taking the time to peruse this web site. Chiropractic is not for everyone! Understanding chiropractic takes a considerable shift in a persons' "world view". Even most doctors of chiropractic have a limited perception of the detrimental effects of "decrease normal quantity flow of mental impulses from brain cell to tissue cell". As a result, most chiropractors just want to treat back pain and headaches using spinal manipulations as a form of physical therapy.* Therapeutic chiropractic, which may be effectual in treating certain conditions, tends to only reinforce a medical approach of disease and symptom treatment.** Chiropractic is the correction of Vertebral Subluxation. Chiropractic recognizes that life/health is better orchestrated without disruption of mental impulses. A loss of neurological integration will eventually produce symptoms, sickness and possibly disease. Symptoms are not necessary for the properly trained doctor of chiropractic to assess the presence or absence of Vertebral Subluxation. *That is not to imply that back pain and headaches are not symptomatic of neurological interference. |
