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Traditional medicine. Diagnoses. v. t. e. Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine [1] concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. [2] It has esoteric origins [3] and is based on several pseudoscientific ideas. [4] Many chiropractors, especially ...
- Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.)
Chiropractic education trains students in chiropractic. The...
- Osteopathy
In his view, "OMT will and should follow homeopathy,...
- Daniel David Palmer
Daniel David Palmer (March 7, 1845 – October 20, 1913) was...
- Chiropractic Controversy and Criticism
Throughout its history, chiropractic has been the subject of...
- Bonesetting
Traditional bone-setting is a type of a folk medicine in...
- Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.)
Objectives[ edit] Current objectives are tentative and subject to change as the WikiProject evolves. All suggestions for improvement are welcome on the project's talk page. For now these considerations are to be made: Ensure all articles pertaining to chiropractic are accurate and reliable. Adhere to WP:HEALTHRS, WP:UNDUE, and WP:NPOV among others.
Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine. A chiropractor is a person who went to school to learn chiropractic. Chiropractors may diagnose and treat many conditions relating to muscles, joints, and nerves of the body. They may give what is called an "adjustment" to the body. An adjustment is a fast short push to an area of the patient 's ...
D. D. Palmer. The history of chiropractic began in 1895 when Daniel David Palmer of Iowa performed the first chiropractic adjustment on a partially deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard .While Lillard was working without his shirt on in Palmer's office, Lillard bent over to empty the trash can. Palmer noticed that Lillard had a vertebra out of position.
This was an honorary degree awarded to doctors of chiropractic by chiropractic colleges, especially by Palmer College of Chiropractic. The requirements for this honorary degree transitioned from its inception in 1908 until it demise in 1968, and included: high chiropractic academic achievement, postgraduate chiropractic philosophic coursework ...
He was the son of Daniel David Palmer (D. D.), the founder of chiropractic, and became known as the "Developer" of chiropractic. Early life [ edit ] B. J. Palmer was born on September 14, 1882, the son of Daniel David Palmer (or "D.D."), the founder of chiropractic, in What Cheer, Iowa , [2] The Palmer family of six resided in the back of a ...
Brent Leininger, DC, MS. Chiropractic as a profession began in 1895 when its founder, Daniel David Palmer, “adjusted” the spine of a deaf janitor and claimed to restore his hearing. Spinal manipulation was not an unknown treatment in 1895, and Palmer never claimed to be the first to use manipulation for the cure of disease.
