Christian Farthing - Fun Facts About Chiropractic You Didn’t Know
October 09, 2017
The people benefiting from chiropractic care continue to rise as we discover the importance of good spinal health. If have been a patient of chiropractic, you probably know a lot about what the therapy can do for you. But here are some fun facts that you probably didn’t know about chiropractors:
- The word “chiropractic” is derived from the combination of two Grecian words. “Cheir” which means hand and “praktos” which means done. Chiropractic literally means “Done by the Hand”.
- The first chiropractic adjustment was given by Daniel David Palmer in the year 1895. Palmer is regard as the “Father of Chiropractic”. He helped a janitor named Harvey Lillard who regained his hearing after suffering from a back accident 17 years before.
- Doctors of Chiropractic go through more than 4,200 hours or 175 straight days of lecture in the classroom, laboratory and clinical internships during their 4-year doctorate graduate school program.
- Doctors of Chiropractic treat over almost 50 million people worldwide every year.
- There are 95,000 active doctors of chiropractic across the world. And there are 10,000 students enrolled in chiropractic educational programs in the UK alone.
- The National Football League teams seek help from chiropractors. All teams have their own chiropractors to boost the player’s performance, maintain their wellness and treat strains and injuries.
- Only known to a few, infants can greatly benefit from chiropractic care. The adjustment is adapted to suit the infant’s need and is perfectly safe.
- There are over 1 million adjustments happening across the world every day.
- Chiropractic is regulated by law in over 40 countries worldwide. In the United States, doctors of chiropractic are licensed in all countries.
- An injured person is 28 times less likely to have spinal surgery if the first point of contact is a Doctor of Chiropractic, rather than a surgeon.
- Treatment for pain in the lower back treated by a doctor of chiropractor costs up to 20% less than when consulting a medical doctor.
Chiropractic is safe. Records form insurance and court cases have constantly shown that chiropractic is the safest portal of entry health care available to the public today. Although no healthcare procedures are 100% safe, chiropractic stands on its record of safety and effectiveness unmatched in healthcare. In the United States chiropractic is included in federal health care programs. Also in the U.S. chiropractic students are qualified to receive federal student loan assistance and DCs are authorized to be commissioned as health care officers in the armed forces.
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