Despite being a young discipline, quiropraxia ya isá installed in the unconscious of people: we all know that if we have back problems or the like, dutyíwe love to resort to a quiroprátactic to try to alleviate that pain or injuryón.
And is that the chiropractic is an alternative medicine specialized in diagnosisóStatic and treatment of the musculoskeletal systemético, being his specialty and treatment más común, the one with the spine.
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Chiropractic history
The origin of the it is chiropracticá an Iowa, in United States, when David Daniel Palmer, on 1895. David was Canadian but movedó to the United States when I was young. His life was full of jobs that he can nowíWe love to consider pseudoscience, como la sanación magnétic or spiritism, then well reputed.
was foundó with a concierge whoíhas lost the sense of oíafter suffering an accident. Daniel discoveredó that you haveíto a vévertebra ofñada, and repaired itó, returnedénature, unintentionally, the auditionónot to that man.
startedó then to investigate everything related to the spine and cómo éIt affects the general functioning of the body., giving way to chiropractic. Although for legal reasons, it was his son who really createdó the school and the main discoveries of chiropractic, carrying his prátactic to the California and Oregon.
Although with legal problems in the United States, su prálittle by little was accepted and exercised in manyísimos paíyou are all over the world. MáWe will see the situation laterólegal n of chiropractic in Spainña.
¿Whaté does a chiropráskeptic?
Chiropractic aims restore the health of the body without the help of fármacos, that is to say, seeks to use the capacity of one's own body so that él se sane a sí same. They base this on the fact that when the nervous system of a body isá sano, all his césquid, fabrics and óorgans resist disease and ill health. The chiropractor approachápractical is to locate the source of ill-health and reduce the interferences that may exist so that the body eliminates it.
Thus, the central element of chiropractic is the central nervous system, because an interference or péloss of motion or positionóabnormal n in any bone of the spine, endangers the nervous system, limiting transmissionón of nerve impulses to the entire body, limiting the ability to éste to heal.
chiroprusáskeptic they have then, as a goal, improve the functioning of the nervous system throughés of chiropractic adjustmentsápractical to eliminate any interference in the central system, centerástanding in the column, el cráneo and the pelvis.
chiroprusápractical are the spine experts, so they help to restore the biomecáunique of ésta, always on functionón of the cl storyíunique patient, dáchiropractoráctico a complete picture about diseases, cirugías, accidents, diseases and demás detail that may affect the health of the patient.
After analyzing the historyíunique and talk and inquire about the problem directly with the patient, we proceed to develop a careful diagnosisóorthopedic stichéI say, neurológico and chiropráskeptic. The radiographsíthe son keys to discover whether they exist or not, what abouté gravity, structural and functional problems associated with the spine.
Having examined all of the above, a chiropr adjustment plan is madeáCritic if necessary, monitoring with exámenes perióand with follow-up reports throughout the process.
Therapy normally begins in the second session.ón and has a durationón of two months, starting with 2 O 3 short sessions per week, decreasing therapies until having quizá only one weekly. It all depends on the chiroprátactical and patient, and what the chiropráctico has detected in the evaluationón prior.
The ailments nácommon s treated by chiropractic are: ciática, herniated disc, Back pain, Neck Pain, numbness in the limbs, sports injuries, migrateña, accident therapies, misalignments due to amputations.
Chiropractic myths
How máwe'll see later, the chiropractic aúno today, It is not accepted in Spainña, although yesí in many countriesíof the world, and is classified as pseudoscience or a pránon-medical practice. But not only does it have that burden, there are many myths among people about chiropractic. Hereí We mention some of them and what really happens:
1. It hurt. Movements and corrections are believed to cause pain, and it is totally the opposite, the biggestía of patients feel relief.
2. It is expensive. Sayúin a study in the United States, where there is no social security, chiropractic is 40% más cheap than a treatment méI say cláphysical
3. It is dangerous. Many people believe that the adjustments chiropractors makeáctics can cause damageñthe important ones, when in reality, It is less dangerous than any prádaily practice.
4. The niñthose who do not need chiropractic. On the contrary, take little oneñTaking therapy can reduce the risks of back-related pain and diseases.
5. They don't have that much preparationón like the métips. In spañto chiropractic is a university degree of 5500 hours of study, certified as a care practitioneróprimary n. They have the same preparationón than any méI say.
6. It's like a massage. In chiropractic there are around 200 téadjustment techniques, and is often confused with a massage. Chiropractic consists of adjustments always focused on the vévertebrae that may be damagedñadas, releasing the body, by adjusting with manual movements on the back, of the interferences that we have already mentioned.
La situationón of chiropractic in Spainña
Chiropractic makes its way in Spainña, each time más people go to specialists in chiropractic and there are moreás students in the degree in chiropractic, and it's not weird, the WHO considers chiropractic as the third professionóno sanitary, along with general medicine and dentistryía.
but España, together with greece, are the únicos dadíits from the unión European Union that does not recognize chiropractic, that is to say, they do not have an Official Professional Association, and they do not accept the homologationóNo of chiropractic, although yesí is Válida for any other país european, well the othersás países do not have this abnormalityía.
The Associationón Spainñhello from Chiropráctic seeks the government to end this and isé next to the paíEuropean ses.
