Chiropractor: Healer using therapy that attributes disease to neural malfunction with treatment primarily based on manipulation of the spinal column. Originally, a healer who used his hands to manipulate the body.

(See also: Chiropractor, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Chiropractor

Healer using therapy that attributes disease to neural malfunction with treatment primarily based on manipulation of the spinal column. Originally, a healer who used his hands to manipulate the body.

(See also: Chiropractor, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

A spinal adjustment is the method of choice for treatment of musculoskeletal conditions by chiropractors. Commonly referred to as an "adjustment," this chiropractic treatment is defined as a high velocity, low amplitude thrust used to restore proper function to a joint. This is often associated with a loud audible popping sound that results from nitrogen gas being released from the synovial fluid found in diarthrodial joints. When an adjustment is performed by a chiropractor, the force applied separates the joint surfaces of th ...

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Wilk v. American Medical Association was a federal antitrust suit brought against the American Medical Association and 10 co-defendants by chiropractor Chester A. Wilk, DC, and four co-plaintiffs. Until 1983, the AMA had made it unethical for medical doctors to refer patients to chiropractors, by classifying chiropractic as unscientific. Prior to 1980, Principle 3 of the AMA Principles of Medical Ethics stated: "A physician should practice a method of healing founded on a scientific basis; and he should not voluntarily profe ...

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Dr. Bernard Jensen (March 25, 1908 - February 22, 2001) was a chiropractor, entrepreneur, and the author of numerous books and articles on health and healing. Although best known for his work in iridology, Jensen was a noted proponent of a variety of alternative care methods including hydrotherapy (such as colon hydrotherapy), fasting, reflexology, polarity, glandular balancing, homeopathy, ...

Including:

• Bernard Jensen - Publications

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In chiropractic, vertebral subluxation is a condition in which a vertebra has lost its proper juxtaposition with an adjacent vertebra (to an extent less than a luxation) in such a way as to alter nerve function. The existence of subluxation in the sense used by chiropractors is a matter of controversy, and the concept is not recognized by mainstream medicine. See also. Straight chiropractic Categories: Accuracy disputes | Including:

• Chiropractic - History
• Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation
• Chiropractic - Usage
• Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation
• Chiropractic - United States
• Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic
• Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic
• Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Chiropractic - United States. In the United States, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) is in charge of setting minimum guidelines for chiropractic colleges; however, additional requirements may be needed for a license depending on the jurisdiction where a chiropractor chooses to practice. Chiropractors often enter chiropractic school with a Bachelor's degree, or with three yea ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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broadcasting: Form of absent healing originated by chiropractor Ruth Drown (see Drown radio therapy and radionic photography).

(See also: Broadcasting, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Chiropractic - United States. In the United States, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) is in charge of setting minimum guidelines for chiropractic colleges; however, additional requirements may be needed for a license depending on the jurisdiction where a chiropractor chooses to practice. Chiropractors often enter chiropractic school with a Bachelor's degree, or with three y ...

See also:

Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education, licensure, and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Chiropractic - United States. In the United States, the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) is in charge of setting minimum guidelines for chiropractic colleges; however, additional requirements may be needed for a license depending on the jurisdiction where a chiropractor chooses to practice. Chiropractors often enter chiropractic school with a Bachelor's degree, or with three yea ...

See also:

Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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The plaintiffs were chiropractors in the state of Louisiana. They sued in the United States District Court to prevent state officials from applying a licensing scheme to them, arguing both that they were not within the group to whom the statute applied, and that the statute was unconstitutional. The District Court noted that a state court might find that the state law did not apply to the plaintiffs, and abst ...

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England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Facts, England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Issue, England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - Result, England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners - External link

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Bynes was born to Richard Bynes (a dentist) and Lynn Organ (a dental assistant). Her father is Catholic and her mother is Jewish. Her brother, Tommy, is a chiropractor and her sister Jillian is in college, where she will soon complete a degree in psychology. Besides acting, the 5'8" Bynes's interests include fashion design and drawing (she once painted a portrait of David Letterman as a gift to him), being a make-up assist ...

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Amanda Bynes, Amanda Bynes - Acting career, Amanda Bynes - Personal life, Amanda Bynes - Filmography

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Vertebral Subluxations are a concept that evolved over decades of research conducted in the chiropractic, osteopathic and medical professions. The term was borrowed from medical literature to designate a disruption of normal nerve activity, theorized to be at the source of noticeable changes in the body. Contrary to unsupported assertions (see below), the concept of subluxation is not a mystical invention of chiropractors. There are historical references going back to Hippocrates to support the long held belief and clinical impression that functio ...

See also:

Subluxation, Subluxation - History: Chiropractic perspective, Subluxation - Historical Perspective, Subluxation - Further reading

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The E-meter has undergone many changes since it was invented in the 1940s by Volney Mathison, an early collaborator with Hubbard. The Mathison Electropsychometer (as it was then called) was produced for use by psychotherapists and chiropractors. It was adopted for use by Hubbard in the early 1950s, apparently as a tool for research into his Dianetics, before being temporarily dropped in 1954. Hubbard explained why he abandoned its use: Yesterday, we used an instrument called an E-Meter to register whether or not the process w ...

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E-meter, E-meter - Usage, E-meter - Development of the E-meter, E-meter - Theory of operation, E-meter - Controversy, E-meter - External sites and references, E-meter - Official Church of Scientology site, E-meter - Other sites

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Even "products" like politicians and professions (such as chiropractic), are subject to mass marketing. One of the earliest users of the radio for mass marketing purposes was B. J. Palmer, the developer (not founder) of chiropractic. He stated: "Our school is on a business, not a professional basis. We manufacture chiropractors." [1] To market chiropractic - and thus attract paying students to his school - he started the radio station WOC (Wonders of Chiropractic) in Davenport, Iowa, in 1924. It was the first radio station to b ...

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Mass marketing, Mass marketing - Definition, Mass marketing - Products sold, Mass marketing - Unusual products sold, Mass marketing - Questions of quality

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All persons who possess a doctoral degree are entitled to call themselves "Doctor". (However, the use of "doctor" as a noun is almost exclusively limited to medical doctors.) Physicians invariably use the title "Doctor" as a prefix. Dentists, podiatrists, chiropractors, osteopaths, optometrists and veterinarians are also called Doctor whether or not they possess a doctoral degree. (In the United States, however, they invariably do.) In the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other areas whose culture was more recently li ...

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Doctor title, Doctor title - The Noun Doctor in the Medical Profession, Doctor title - Other Doctoral Degrees, Doctor title - Use of Doctor as a Title of Address, Doctor title - Legal Doctors, Doctor title - Other uses of Doctor

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The use of manipulative therapy — especially as practiced by chiropractors — is regarded with controversy by medical authorities in many nations. Of interest is that Hippocrates, considered to be the Father of Medicine, describes manipulative therapy utilizing various methods of spinal realignment in his writings. Its use throughout history is well-documented. [7] It is covered by many health plans such as Medicare in the United States. Although some medical doctors (MDs), many doctors of osteopathy (DOs), as well as some Physical Therap ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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Contemporary chiropractic is generally divided into three basic schools - straight, mixer, and reform - which differ in their approaches to patient care. However, all chiropractic approaches are, at a minimum, heavily based on the use of manipulation as a treatment for mechanical musculoskeletal dysfunction of the spine and extremities. Straight chiropractors only concern themselves with vertebral subluxation correction. Practitioners often use varying vertebral manipulation techniques known as "adjustments" for th ...

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Chiropractic, Chiropractic - History, Chiropractic - Chiropractic subluxation, Chiropractic - Usage, Chiropractic - Scientific support for chiropractic, Chiropractic - Chiropractic education licensure and regulation, Chiropractic - United States, Chiropractic - Philosophical schools of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Criticism of chiropractic, Chiropractic - Safety concerns

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