When a patient seeks chiropractic health care and I accept a patient for such care, it is essential for both of us to be working toward the same objective. Chiropractic has only one goal. It is important that each patient understand both the objective and the method that will be used to attain it. This will prevent any confusion or disappointment.

First, you must realize that Chiropractic is NOT a substitute for medical treatment of any kind, in any way, for any reason. Conversely, medicine is NOT a substitute for chiropractic. No statement of the chiropractor is intended as a medical diagnosis and should not be confused as such. Patients usually want to get rid of whatever ailments, symptoms or conditions are bothering them. This, however, is NOT the goal of the chiropractor.

Chiropractic is not intended to be a treatment of the symptoms of a medical condition or to treat the cause or causes of a medical condition.

The purpose of chiropractic is to restore and maintain the integrity of the spinal cord and its nerve roots. These vital nerve pathways are housed in and protected by the bones of the spine. Tiny misalignments of the vertebrae (bones of the spine) interfere with the function of these nerves. This condition is called a SUBLUXATION. Subluxations come from many causes and prevent various organs, glands, and tissues from functioning properly.

I do not offer to diagnose or treat any disease or condition. However, if during the course of a chiropractic spinal examination, I encounter non-chiropractic or unusual findings, I will advise you. If you desire advice, diagnosis, or treatment for those findings, I will recommend that you seek the services of a health care provider who specializes in that area.

By means of a chiropractic ADJUSTMENT, subluxations are corrected. Thus, the normal nerve function restores itself. The goal of the chiropractor is to adjust vertebral subluxations for the purpose of allowing the proper transmission of nerve energy over nerve pathways so that every part of the body may have a proper nerve supply at all times.

This allows the innate healing ability of the body to work at maximum efficiency. With a proper nerve supply, health improves. In some, symptoms clear up quickly. In others, the process is slower, and in some it is partial or not at all. Regardless of what the disease is called, I do not offer to treat or heal it. Nor do I offer advice regarding treatment prescribed by others. MY ONLY PRACTICE OBJECTIVE is to eliminate a major interference to the expression of the body's innate wisdom. My method of doing this is specific adjustments given to correct vertebral subluxations.

Health: A state of optimal physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of infirmity.

Vertebral Subluxation (Subluxation): A misalignment of one or more of the 24 vertebrae in the spinal column which causes alteration of nerve function and interference to the transmission of mental impulses, resulting in a lessening of the body's innate ability to express its maximum health potential.