Talk to me about Chiropractic!

Each day several thousand men, women, and children try chiropractic for the first time.

What makes chiropractic unique is that chiropractors specialize in the biomechanical causes of disease including misalignments, subluxations or fixations of the human frame -- especially of the spine.

Chiropractic is the leading natural health care option in that chiropractic is completely "drug free." Do you know that 67% of American adults are taking at least one prescription drug, and that most Medicare-aged patients take an average of 5 prescriptions?

Chiropractic has an excellent reputation for treating back and neck pain, arm and shoulder pain, hip and leg pain, and headaches. But many people still don't know that chiropractors treat the whole body for a number of functional conditions. Some additional conditions treated through chiropractic care include chronic fatigue, dizziness, disc problems, blood pressure (high or low), indigestion, injuries (auto-home-sports-work), whiplash, and neuralgia.

Three very important hallmarks that chiropractors recognize: (1) the overriding importance of a properly functioning nervous system; (2) that pinched or irritated spinal nerves due to vertebral misalignments, or other structural impairments, alter normal nerve impulses and thereby cause pain and disease conditions; (3) that when spinal nerve irritations are removed by means of spinal adjustments and other chiropractic procedures, the nervous system's normal impulses can resume and direct the body's own efforts in recuperation from pain.

If chiropractic care is not indicated, the patient will be advised to seek care elsewhere. Chiropractic is not "anti-medicine" and recognizes there is a place for medical intervention. As chiropractors, we choose to treat without medications and without surgery. We appreciate those who perform the necessary surgeries. Consider all your options when choosing your health care routine. Consider first a conservative and natural approach.

In closing I want to give you a quote from Hippocrates (considered the father of modern medicine): "Look well to the spine for the cause of disease."

Dr. Chester Palumbo - South Square Chiropractic - Durham, NC - 919-490-5400