Chiropractic care began in the year 1895. And Daniel David Palmer a magnetic healer from Davenport Iowa was the founder of the said alternative medicine. He performed his first adjustment with a partially deaf Harvey Lillard, a janitor of Palmer’s office. Lillard then mentioned to Palmer that he noticed his hearing got better after the treatment several days later. This gives Palmer more than enough reason to open a school two years later.
From then until now clinics can be found almost anywhere in the world like Piedmont Chiropractic Clinics are located in several areas.
Even when the care started, it faced a lot of controversy and criticism. During the early days, chiropractic treatment has a lot of similarities with osteopathy and individuals who practices chiropractic were arrested for practicing medicine without a license. Even D.D Palmer was jailed because of this reason. But now there have been a lot of changes made on the chiropractic field. Changes started when D.D Palmer’s son Bartlett Joshua Palmer took over the management of the first chiropractic school. It was in 1906 when chiropractic treatment has widened its theories. The change was accepted by the followers which then resulted to a rapid expansion of enrollment.
B.J. Palmer allows the use of technology such as x-rays to help chiropractor determine the condition of their patient better. Even now B.J. Palmer’s theory is still being used by modern day chiropractors, like in Piedmont Chiropractic clinic to name one.
The term vertebral subluxation was also first used during B.J Palmer’s year. It was first used by Dr. Solon Langworthy. The first book in chiropractic entitled “Modernized Chiropractic” was also published on 1906. But even with the changes and modernization of chiropractic it is still followed by some controversy and different criticisms.
There was one group of medical experts, the American Medical Association who called the chiropractic treatment an unscientific cult. They even boycotted the treatment until 1987 when they loss an antitrust case. There have been many other cases and criticisms which chiropractic treatment faced but up until now the practice is just getting stronger and getting better. Several changes have been made since it has started and chiropractors would agree that they can compete with the medical physician in making their patients get better. In Piedmont Chiropractic clinic even if the United States has legally accepted the treatment they too faced several criticisms from different people.
The chiropractic care has come a long way from having only their direct treatment which includes a manual spinal manipulation if a patient is diagnose to suffer from a vertebral subluxation. Now they have physical therapy modalities and massage therapy to help their patient. Some chiropractor even have hospital privileges. And in Piedmont Chiropractic clinic they offer all the different form of chiropractic treatment.
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