Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic was founded on two universal principles.

The body has an innate ability to heal itself.

The central nervous system controls and cooridnates the entire body, and is protected by the moveable vertebrae of the spine.

    Over the past 100 years it  has been well documented that the moveable vertebrae of the spine can loose their normal range of motion and put
tremendous pressure on the nervous system. This lack of motion is called a misalignment or subluxation. In fact a study from the University of Colorado  has shown that the weight of a dime on a nerve can reduce the function of the nerve by 60%. If the pressure is sustained for longer than three hours the nerve will begin to degenerate.



There are three ways to become subluxated.

Mental Stress

Physical Stress

Poor Nutrition

Chriopractors use a direct pressure in a precise vector to the spine, known as an adjustment, to correct these subluxated/misaligned vertebrae, and restore normal motion. This will allow your delicate nerves to function at 100%.

In our office Dr. McGraw uses three methods to find and diagnose a subluxation.

Range of motion
Palpation (feeling the spine and surrounding muscles)
X-Ray evaluation (when necessray)

Chiropractors are well trained in a anatomy of the body with an emphasis on the spine and nervous system.

Compare Chiropractic Training to Medical Training:

MEDICAL		CHIROPRACTIC
Class Hours (Min)	Subject	Class Hours (Min)
508	Anatomy	520
326	Physiology	420
401	Pathology	205
325	Chemistry	300
114	Bacteriology	130
324	Diagnosis	420
112	Neurology	320
148	X-ray	217
144	Psychiatry	65
198	Obstetrics	65
156	Orthopedics	225
2,756	TOTAL HOURS	2,887