“I don’t believe in Chiropractic”
I have been a Chiropractor in Livermore for over 5 years now, and I didn’t realized how much controversy there is about my profession until I went to Chiropractic College. I thought Chiropractic was like any other specialized medical field and that people who had spinal problems or back pain would know that they should see a Chiropractor like they see an optometrist for their vision problems, or a dentist for their teeth. Now that I am practicing and growing my office in Livermore, I always encounter people at the grocery store, parties and other common places who are complaining of aches and pains. If I tell them I am a Chiropractor a lot of them will hesitate, kind of chuckle and say, “I don’t believe in Chiropractors”. This statement makes me wonder if Chiropractic is thought of as a religion of some kind where you either are a true believer or not, and if you are, you must go forever to your chiropractor to relieve you of your pain and clear your sins. When I ask these people who respond that way if they have ever been to a Chiropractor a lot of them say no and tell me how they heard of some scary story where their friend went and got their back “cracked” and they are now “addicted”.
So what happens to these people who are “believers” in Chiropractic or are “addicted” to getting their backs “cracked”? Actually, Chiropractic is not a religion or myth of any kind. Chiropractic has been supported by over a hundred years of research and scientific evidence and has become the largest natural health profession in the world. Many patients of Chiropractic offices speak out to their friends and families about their recovery from their chronic pains they thought they had to live with or had been accustomed to popping 4-5 pain killers a day. A lot of these people who have discovered Chiropractic find that getting their spine adjusted was not only a relief of pain but a solution to the cause of their injuries and the resulting pain. Most of my patients who come to “believe” in Chiropractic practices tell me how they had no idea how the body really worked and where their pain was coming from. Many of them also confess that they found relief in other functions of their body once they began to receive Chiropractic adjustments. So how does this all really work?
Chiropractic care is not about a “belief” or an “addiction”. The “addiction” of Chiropractic care may be the addiction to feeling healthy and pain free and wanting to stay that way. This addiction can be compared to the addiction of exercising, brushing and flossing daily and eating healthy. The “belief” of Chiropractic may always be a controversy but whether or not people choose to discover what Chiropractic care really is, Chiropractors around the world are growing and continuing to spread miracles to people by providing them with a solution to their pain and helping their nervous systems to function more optimally.
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