What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a natural health care system that gently removes interference from the spinal column and nervous system.

Congratulations on taking the initiative to seek a natural solution to health care.

Chiropractic is the largest drug free health profession in the world. It is based on the premise that, providing there is no interference to the function of the nervous system, the body has the ability to both heal itself, and to be able to perform at its optimal potential.

Your chiropractor can assist your body in both its healing ability and in the attainment of its maximum potential by correcting areas of imbalance or dissymmetry within your spine (vertebral subluxations.)

Vertebral subluxations are simply areas where the function of your spine is interfering with your nervous systems ability to communicate with the rest of your body. If left unattended, these can permanently alter your body’s expression of well being and its ability to function optimally.

Chiropractic care is an option for everyone… babies, infants, children, pregnant women and older people. Everyone can be assisted to reach and keep optimal health with chiropractic care.

Complete health care should include a regular spinal checkup.

Where did Chiropractic begin?

In 1895 Dr D.D Palmer performed a chiropractic adjustment on his deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard. Following this adjustment the janitors hearing was restored. Dr Palmer thought he had miraculously discovered a cure for deafness. He later discovered that other health problems responded to chiropractic care also, problems such as colic in babies, menstrual pain, sciatica, migraine headaches, epilepsy and digestive problems. As the function of the nervous system was restored, so too was the patients health.

Over the last 108 years Chiropractic has continued to develop into a wide range of techniques which enable your chiropractor to fit the type of adjustment to your body type.

How can Chiropractic care help so many people with so many different ailments?

The nervous system which is housed and protected by the spine, is the direct communication channel between the brain and the rest of our body. Thus it controls all your functions and organs, from turning and lifting your arm, to the digestion of your food, to the beating of your heart. Thus it stands to reason that dysfunction in the ability of our spine to work correctly can affect your bodies ability to function optimally and your overall wellbeing.

The Chiropractic Adjustment

The Chiropractic Adjustment is performed to relieve these subluxations, which will help the healing process so that once again your body can return to its natural state and function to its fullest potential.

Not all adjusting techniques produce the sound associated with ‘cracking your knuckles’. Some create no sound at all, and some, only a little. The sound is thought to be caused by gas rushing in to fill a partial vacuum that is created when a joint is slightly separated.

How well educated is your chiropractor?

It is not possible to study Chiropractic in Belgium. Standards of Chiropractic education world wide are kept above a high level by the Councils on Chiropractic Education International (CCEI), a governing body, subsidiaries of which fall into regions, of Australasia, Canadian, European, and United States. A listing of internationally accredited schools can be found below, or on the website for the Councils on Chiropractic Education International (CCEI): http://www.cceintl.org

Chiropractor Alison Holden completed her 5 year Chiropractic course at ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY www.bh.rmit.edu.au

An average of 11 Chiropractic college hours provides a course breakdown in hours as follows:

Plus
Other required subjects, Spinal adjustments, Manipulation, advanced radiology, pharmacology, immunology, general surgery
Grand total class hours 4485 (source Koren Publications inc.)

Internationally Accredited Courses can be found at the following universities

Doctor of Chiropractic Programs Accredited by the Australasian Council on Chiropractic Education (ACCE)

ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
http://www.bh.rmit.edu.au

MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
http://www.chiro.mg.edu.au

THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON CHIROPRACTIC EDUCATION
Doctor of Chiropractic Programs Accredited by ECCE

ANGLO-EUROPEAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC
http://www.aecc.ac.uk

INSTITUT FRANCO-EUROPÉEN DE CHIROPRATIQUE
http://www.ifec.net

SYDDANSK UNIVERSITET ODENSE
http://www.studieguide.sdu.dk/studier/index.php?uid=15

UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN
http://www.glam.ac.uk

Doctor of Chiropractic Programs Accredited by CCE of Canada

CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE
http://www.cmcc.ca/

UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC AT TROIS RIVIERES
http://www.uqtr.uquebec.ca

Doctor of Chiropractic Programs Accredited by CCE US

CLEVELAND CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE - KANSAS CITY
http://www.clevelandchiropractic.edu

CLEVELAND CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE - LOS ANGELES
http://www.clevelandchiropractic.edu

LIFE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC
Note: This program is on a public sanction of PROBATION and has been re-listed by court action. Please see related CCE commentary at the beginning of the CCE website at http://www.cce-usa.org
http://www.life.edu

LIFE CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE WEST
http://www.lifewest.edu

LOGAN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC
http://www.logan.edu

LOS ANGELES COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
http://www.scuhs.edu
Formerly referred to as Los Angeles College of Chiropractic.

DOCTOR OF CHIROPRACTIC DEGREE PROGRAM IN THE COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES OF THE
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
http://www.nuhs.edu
Formerly referred to as National College of Chiropractic.

NEW YORK CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE
http://www.nycc.edu

NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC OF THE NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY
http://www.nwhealth.edu
Formerly referred to as Northwestern College of Chiropractic.

PALMER CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE
http://www.palmer.edu

PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC WEST
http://www.palmer.edu

PARKER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC
http://www.parkercc.edu

SHERMAN COLLEGE OF STRAIGHT CHIROPRACTIC
http://www.sherman.edu

TEXAS CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE
http://www.txchiro.edu

UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC
http://www.bridgeport.edu/chiro

WESTERN STATES CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE
http://www.wschiro.edu

Other colleges which may or may not have accreditation, can be found at http://www.scca.ca/chiropractic_programs.htm