...of any nervous system interference and get specific recommendations for your chiropractic care program. Your doctor will use carefully directed and controlled pressure to return malfunctioning spinal bones to their proper motion and position, reducing nerve interference. This procedure is called a chiropractic adjustment. There are many ways to adjust the spine. Adjustments feel good. Millions of chiropractic adjustments are safely delivered every day. In fact, chiropractic adjustments are safer than back surgery, muscle relaxers and even aspirin! So safe, even newborns can receive chiropractic adjustments. Regardless of the type of doctor you consult, doctors don't heal. Only your body can heal itself. The chiropractic approach to better health is to remove interferences to your own inborn healing ability. It's as simple as that! · REFERENCES · Wallace, R. Biology, The World of Life, 4th Edition, Scott Foresman, 1987. Moore, K. The Developing Human: Clinically Oriented Embryology, 3rd Edition, W.B. Saunders Co., 1982. Gray, Henry, Gray's Anatomy: Anatomy of the Human Body, 30th Edition, Lea and Gebiger, edited by Charles Mayo Gross, M.D., Philadelphia, 1989. Netter, Ciba Collections: The Nervous System, Vol. 1, Part 1, Anatomy and Physiology, 1986. Chusid, M. Correlative Neuro Anatomy and Functional Neurology, 9th Edition, Lange Medical Publication, 1982. Selye, Hans, M.D., The Stresses of Life, McGraw-Hill, 1984. Lewitt, K. MUDr., Doc. DSC, Manipulative Therapy in Rehabilitation of the Motor Sysem, Butterworth, 1987. Leach, R., D.C., The Chiropractic Theories, A Synopsis of the Scientific Research, 3rd Edition, Williams and Wilkins, 1994. New Zealand Report, Report of the Commision of Inquiry, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, 1979. Haldeman, S., D.C., M.D., Modern Development in the Principles and Practice of Chiropractic, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1980. Kirkaldy-Willis, W., M.D., Managing Low Back Pain, 3rd Edition, Churchill, Livingstone, 1993. Hosek, et. al., Cervical Manipulation, American Medical Association Journal, March 8. 1991. Langman, M.J., Ulcer Complications and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs, American Journal of Medicine, February 22, 1988. Barge, F., H., Life Without Fear, Bawden Printing, Inc., 1990. Haldeman, S., D.C., M.D., Principles and Practice of Chiropractic, Appleton and Lange, 1992.   Back