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Articles: chiropractic

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Chiropractic

by Dr Carl Irwin

Chiropractic arose as a separate profession to that of medicine in the United States in the 1890s. In this era of heroic medicine many alternative disciplines emerged, chiropractic...
Ishta Spinal Touch - Core Alignment

by Sue Weller and Allyn Edwards

This article focuses on the Ishta Spinal Touch – Core Alignment method used to assess the level of postural distortion in the spine, pelvis and other parts of the body, and how thi...
McTimoney Chiropractic

by Dr Christina Cunliffe

As the largest healthcare profession in the world after medicine and dentistry, and in the light of the new legislation regulating its practice in the UK, chiropractic is fast beco...
McTimoney Chiropractic

by Susan Cartlidge

McTimoney chiropractic is a particular branch of the profession in the UK which developed for some years outside of the apparent mainstream, so to speak. There are over 300 McTimon...
Proprioception - Our Body Position Sense

by Simon King

In medical schools and textbooks, proprioception is defined as 'body position sense' - the ability to know where our body is at all times. The ultimate purpose of proprioception i...
Reflex Reactions - Our Body's Rapid Defence Mechanism

by Simon King

This article draws our attention away from consideration of such things as immune system functioning, genetics, nutrition, and the effects of stress, inviting us to think about the...