Frequently Asked Questions in Durham

A chiropractor is a type of doctor that relies on your body’s own self-healing capability. We don’t use drugs or surgery but instead balance your body so it can heal naturally.

Chiropractic care is a system for evaluating and correcting imbalances in the body that prevent the body from healing itself.

Chiropractic was developed over 100 years ago by a man named DD Palmer. People would come to his clinic for help with a wide range of health conditions.

Chiropractors look for areas in the spine that are misaligned and correct the misalignments to open up nerve flow so the body can heal.

Chiropractic is very effective for a host of conditions.

Some people need only 1 while others need a series of treatments. Everybody is different and heals at different rates.

Chiropractors believe that a balanced body can heal itself. People use chiropractic to help with digestion, energy levels, mood, aches, pains, blood pressure, and immune system!

We look for unbalanced muscles related to the low back and align the spine to open up nerve flow to the low back for optimal self-healing.

We look for unbalanced muscles related to the neck and align the spine to open up nerve flow to the neck for optimal self-healing.

Chiropractic has been proven to be very safe!

Some people pop a lot and others don’t pop at all, it actually doesn’t have anything to do with your body healing and plenty of people get outstanding results without ever popping. Of course, if your joints do pop it feels wonderful!

Some patients get adjusted by hand and some get adjusted by instruments that don’t pop or crack joints. It all depends on your body and your preference.

Some people do experience a complete resolution of pain.

We never recommend anyone try to adjust themselves as the levels of the spine we adjust are specific and based on our chiropractic evaluation. Typically when someone adjusts themselves they feel relief for a moment but there’s no long-term healing benefit as there is with an adjustment from a trained professional.

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Children respond incredibly well to chiropractic care. Of course, their adjustments can be much different than an adult’s adjustment due to their smaller size.