Each state has its own legislation when it comes to health and healthcare , but it is curious and interesting to find that chiropractic receives such diverse attention and treatment with little consensus within the medical community.  

The World Health Organization has somehow regulated the practice of chiropractic , even establishing university courses, registration boards and ad hoc laws.

In some countries, the costs incurred by patients for chiropractic are even covered by the health system and health insurance .

What is chiropractic

Officially chiropractic  is  an alternative medicine that deals with disorders of the musculoskeletal system , especially with regard to the spine and, as the name suggests, the techniques are applied with the hands , therefore without invasive tools, and concern the manipulation of the bones . , joints and various soft tissues (muscles and organs).

The main reason why chiropractic struggles to be accepted by science is the fact that it is based on the concept of “spontaneous intelligence of the body” , that is the innate ability of the latter to balance and possibly cure what in chiropractic are called subluxations . In many of its practical aspects, chiropractic seems to intersect and often overlap with physiotherapy and osteopathy .

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Who turns to the chiropractor

Anyone can turn to the chiropractor  for a wide range of problems: statistically speaking the most common are constant headaches, sciatica , pain in the neck and back muscles close to it.

Pregnant women can also turn to a chiropractor , and they often do so to relieve the stress that their back has to go through during the transformation of the body during the nine months of gestation.

Simplifying, we can say that pain is a way used by the body to make us understand that something is wrong . It is something they experience after accidents, infections, poisonings and other similar experiences.

Muscle and posture pains are no exception, and often, if not treated, they become the cause or contributing cause of other problems , such as breathing and locomotor difficulties, allergies , vision problems, etc.

Reasons to go to the chiropractor

There are a number of fairly common symptoms or indicators that can prompt us to consult a chiropractor.

• Headache . There are countless potential causes of headaches and there are many different types of headaches. It could be dehydration, brain trauma, lack of oxygen, or incorrect spinal alignment. When spinal alignment is the cause , the blood flow destined to reach the brain is reduced, and with it the supply of oxygen, a situation that can be remedied with proper chiropractic treatment.
• Muscle and joint pains . This is a very vague and vast catarogy at the same time, yet when we experience this type of pain we should not immediately run in search of painkillers and analgesics but discover the cause of the disorder which is often due to a musculoskeletal alignment problem . Chiropractic takes care of these cases, ensuring a correct alignment of muscles and bones, therefore a correct functioning of the body and a reduction of this type of pain.
• Posture problems . These are in most cases due to jobs that require sitting for many hours , such as those who are in the office, school or driving a vehicle. All these hours of work produce a great deal of stress on the neck, shoulders, and upper spine . Regularly consulting a chiropractor will ensure proper spinal alignment.
• Back pains . When these are chronic, it is a bad sign and the main reason that prompts people to see a chiropractor. Often foot alignment is involved in this problem and the chiropractor will do what it takes to realign the back muscles and bones without the use of surgery or medication .
• Foot problems . We just mentioned them: if you find that your feet have drastically different angles or if you need shoes with different soles, then you need to consult a chiropractor . Often the origin of all this is in the backbone and it is there that the specialist will go to work.
• Reduction of limb movements . If you experience this symptom, seeing that you can no longer rotate your arms as before or open your hips or gure your neck, even in the absence of pain, you should consult a chiropractor . Realignment and addition of chronic subluxations helps regain lost motion.