Chiropractic History
The founder of chiropractic
Who is D.D. Palmer?
This part of the spine supports the head.
What is the cervical spine?
This warms up the large muscle groups.
What is the Precor?
This common technique involves application of a controlled, sudden force to a spinal joint.
What is an adjustment?
This city is home to Palmer Chiropractic College, the first chiropractic college, founded in 1897
What is Davenport, IA?
These structures act as shock absorbers for the spine
What are the discs?
This reduces forward head posture in 65% of patients.
What is the head weight?
Chiropractors must earn this degree before they can practice.
The date of the first chiropractic adjustment.
What is September 18, 1895?
This is the largest nerve in the human body.
What is the sciatic nerve?
This decompresses and hydrates the discs in the neck.
What is wall traction?
This is known as a misalignment of the spine
This chiropractor is responsible with expanding and promoting chiropractic. He is the son of the founder.
Who is B.J. Palmer?
This condition involves the narrowing of the spinal canal, which can lead to nerve compression.
What is spinal stenosis?
Chiropractic vs Medical Model.
What is The medical model is an “outside in approach” where you are missing a piece of the puzzle and the only person who can give you that piece is the doctor. Where the chiropractic model is an “inside out approach”, meaning you have all the necessary pieces, they’re just out of order.
This organization, founded in 1895, is the largest professional association representing chiropractors.
What is the American Chiropractic Association?
This state was the first to recognise chiropractic as a licensed profession.
This ligament runs along the front of the vertebral bodies and prevents hyperextension of the spine.
What is the anterior longitudinal ligament?
The purpose of walking traction
What is it is shown to reduce 10 mm of forward head posture in 15, 20-minute sessions- Why on the vibe plate? You respond three times faster on it
This landmark study, published in 1990, concluded that chiropractic care is more effective than hospital outpatient management for patients with low back pain.
What is the Meade study?
Medicare spends this much on chiropractic every year.
What is about $500 million?