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Chiropractic allows natural self-healing |
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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
by JULIA HARR
Intern Lifestyles Editor
Editors Note: This is the final part in a five part series on alternative health care practices in the High Country.
Snap. Crackle. Pop.
This isn’t breakfast; this is what you’ll hear at the chiropractor’s office.
“The body runs on numerous systems but the nervous system is the most important one as it controls everything in your body,” Chiropractor Meleah Mauldin of Mauldin Family Chiropractic said, “Chiropractic focuses on the nervous system; it clears the paths so the body can heal itself.”
The American Chiropractic Association defines chiropractic as “a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health.”
Daniel D. Palmer developed chiropractic at Davenport, Iowa in 1895.
He
was well-read in medical journals and had great knowledge of
developments occurring regarding anatomy and physiology, according to
the American Chiropractic Association.
Mauldin said she
first became interested in chiropractics through watching the athletes
on her dad’s football team benefit from adjustments.
She then moved to St. Louis to pursue a five-year degree program in chiropractics from Logan College of Chiropractic.
Mauldin said the major difference between medical school and chiropractic school is the treatment approach.
“Medicine is the
study of diseases and what causes people to die,” she said.
“Chiropractic is the study of health and what causes people to live.”
Mauldin said her favorite part of chiropractics is witnessing the miracle of the body healing itself.
“Nature needs no
help, it just needs no interference. It’s not the chiropractor that
performs the miracle, but the body itself,” she said. “I get to witness
that everyday.”
A common misconception of chiropractic care is that only people with pain can benefit from the adjustments, Mauldin said.
“This [is] about much more than pain, pain is only a small part of it,” she said. “It’s about overall wellness.”
Mauldin said
everyone can benefit from chiropractics. She said patients as young as
infants have been treated with chiropractics.
Like other
alternative practitioners, Mauldin is excited Western medicine is
beginning to refer people to her and other alternative therapies.
“I don’t think
[chiropractics] has to be considered an alternative,” she said. “I
think it would be great if people saw us first.”
Mauldin also said she believes if Western and alternative doctors collaborate, people will reap the most benefits.
“We all look at
the body differently and the more angles the better,” she said.
“There’s more than one way to treat the body; together we can treat so
much more.”
Mauldin shares an office with acupuncturist Katherine Ramsey Higgins Knight and the two often refer to each other.
Their office is located next to Harris Teeter at the Shops at Shadowline and can be reached at 282-355-9052.
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