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An area of debate among chiropractors is whether "vertebral subluxation" is a metaphysical concept (as posited in B. J. Palmer's philosophy of chiropractic) or a real phenomenon. In an article on vertebral subluxation, the chiropractic authors wrote:
A chiropractic adjustment intends to affect or correct a vertebral joint's alignment, motion, and/or function. Specifically, adjustments are intended to correct "vertebral subluxations", a non-scientific term given to the signs and symptoms that are said by chiropractors to result from abnormal alignment of vertebrae. [3]
Straight chiropractors claim that vertebral subluxation has considerable health effects and also add a visceral component to the definition. Mainstream medicine and some mixer chiropractors consider these ideas to be pseudoscientific and dispute these claims, as there is no scientific evidence for the existence of chiropractic subluxations or ...
Palmer claimed that vertebral subluxations interfered with the body's function and its inborn ability to heal itself. [48] D. Palmer repudiated his earlier theory that vertebral subluxations caused pinched nerves in the intervertebral spaces in favor of subluxations causing altered nerve vibration, either too tense or too slack, affecting the ...
Nor is there any reason to believe that 'pelvic deficiency' or its associated 'subluxations' are pathologic conditions." [ 3 ] "Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique is a nonsensical diagnostic and treatment system centered on the notion that leg-length analysis can locate subluxations and determine when to adjust the spine."
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Lumbar, cervical and thoracic chiropractic spinal manipulation. In the late 19th century in North America, therapies including osteopathy and chiropractic became popular. [8] Spinal manipulation gained mainstream recognition during the 1980s. [1] In this system, hands are used to manipulate, massage or otherwise influence the spine and related ...