Anatomy
These are the spines natural "shock absorbers."
Inter-vertebral discs
The number one cause for disability in the U.S.
Low Back Pain
Muscle and joint pain as well as fatigue and drowsiness can be attributed to a deficiency in these 2 common minerals.
Calcium and Magnesium
The popping sound heard during an adjustment is not due to bones cracking, but instead is caused by the influx of this gas.
Nitrogen
The number of cervical/neck vertebrae in the human body.
Seven
Fun Fact: Giraffes have 7 vertebrae as well, just must larger.
The system that helps you fight illness and is boosted with every chiropractic adjustment.
Immune System
A common food in our diet causing inflammation and is also legally patented as a pesticide.
Corn
True or False: The age at which someone can begin chiropractic care is early teenage years.
False, as early as infancy is when people can receive care
The number of curves found in a normal human spine when looking at a person from the side.
Three
Cervical, thoracic, and lumbar
The bone often fractured or displaced following a fall to your rear end.
Coccyx/ 'tailbone'
Exposing one square inch of you skin for 15 minutes to the sun will do this.
Give you your daily minimum dose for Vitamin D.
True or False: You only have to see a chiropractor when you're in pain?
False
The number of bones that makes one side of the human pelvis.
Three
Ischium, Ilium, Pubis
Usually occurring in the low back or neck this condition is caused by the pressing of the gelatinous structure in your spine to push on a nearby nerve.
Herniated disc
Vitamin used to boost your immune system.
Vitamin C
True or False: Once you start going to a chiropractor you have to keep going for the rest of your life?
Partially true
Chiropractic care is like exercising- as long as you keep it up, you continue to enjoy the benefits
The percentage of water found in each vertebral disc.
70-90%
Drink plenty of water!!
This is the top cause of pain, joint issues and tension; when this becomes chronic it has been linked to a number of diseases like heart disease, chronic pain and cancer.
Inflammation
Consuming large amounts of this can cause digestive problems such as gas, bloating, diarrhea, or constipation.
Dairy
A common misconception is that chiropractors only work on the back/spine, however these body parts are also treated and adjusted.
Extremities/ arms and legs