Misunderstood
A Seattle Chiropractor doctor might be one of the most misunderstood health care professionals in the medical profession. Through the years they are looked at askance by doubters who are full of feeling. In times past, they’ve been worse, or called quacks. This is due, in part, to people’s narrow and limited view of medical treatment – performing surgery and being that only of administering prescription drugs.
It is unfortunate that most of people consider this is all there’s to health care. The truth is there’s more to health care than just surgery and drugs… A great deal more!
Even some chiropractic patients have not a real clear understanding of what chiropractic is, although sad to say. And for those who’ve never been to a chiropractor, most are completely misinformed as to the makeup of the profession. The fact is chiropractic is the biggest drug free type of health care and the third biggest form of any health care in North America.
What’s Chiropractic?
The word Seattle Chiropractor is a blending of the Greek words cheir (hand) and praxis (action) and means “done by hand.” Chiropractic is an alternative medical system in that the professional takes a different approach from conventional medicine in diagnosing, classifying, and treating medical problems.
Basically, chiropractic focuses on the relationship between the body’s structure – mainly that of the spinal column – and the function of the body. Doctors of chiropractic use hands on therapy called manipulation (or adjustment) as their core process.
