The chiropractic practice has come a long way since it begun in 1895. A lot of changes were necessary to improve the way chiropractor treat their patient. They do make all the changes to be able to keep up with the advancements the mainstream medicine is having. With the improvement and changes, the chiropractic practice is considered to be a mainstream medical field which most chiropractors even the Berkeley Chiropractor extremely proud of.
The first change that the chiropractic practice experience was when D.D.. Palmer the son of B.J. Palmer who is the founder of the practice took control of the school his father has built. He started to consider the use of instruments such as X-ray in diagnosis. The use of any forms of instrument in chiropractic care was once disdained by early chiropractors as they believed that instruments don’t help in treating a patient.
Changes in chiropractic resulted to the division of the practice into two groups, those which still follows the original theories and practices and those who welcomes change as an improvement of their methodology. The two groups namely straights and mixers are what the modern chiropractic is made up. Certain groups like the Berkeley Chiropractor have the two different sub-groups. Though in some cases the two groups don’t agree but they still follow the unified theory that the nervous system especially the spine is the most important part of the human body.
Now some mixers welcome the use of some mainstream medical treatment such as exercise, massage and physical therapy modalities in helping their patient. There are also some instances that mixers would support some public health measures like the water fluoridation but the straight group would strongly oppose this claiming that the action is incompatible with the chiropractic philosophy. Chiropractors also opposed vaccination because they believe that all diseases are caused one way or another by nerve misalignment and a simple manipulation would eventually heal a person. In Berkeley Chiropractor from different groups have the same stand against vaccination.
With all the improvements and changes the chiropractic practice undergoes one thing still continues to be clear, they aim to heal patient in a natural way. A drugless healing is what makes chiropractic very appealing to some people especially residents in United States and Canada. There are a number of satisfied patients which would stand by the practice’ efficacy. There have been studies which began in 1975 to determine the effects, of spinal manipulation in terms of a person’s health. The Berkeley Chiropractic clinic continues to improve and develop more treatments for their patients.
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