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The Activator Method Chiropractic Technique (AMCT) is a chiropractic treatment method and device created by Arlan Fuhr as an alternative to manual manipulation of the spine or extremity joints. The device is categorized as a mechanical force manual assisted (MFMA) instrument which is generally regarded as a softer chiropractic treatment technique.
D.D. Palmer, DC: founder of what we currently think of as chiropractic during the end of the 19th century. Mabel Heath Palmer, DC: first woman in Chiropractic, B.J. Palmer's wife, became a doctor of chiropractic in 1905. James W. Parker, DC: Founder of the Parker College of Chiropractic. Jim Pankiw, DC: former member of the Parliament of Canada
In the United Kingdom, there are over 2,000 chiropractors, representing one chiropractor per 29,206 people. [217] Chiropractic is available on the National Health Service in some areas, such as Cornwall, where the treatment is only available for neck or back pain. [222]
Ben Hansen, a chiropractor elected to the Nebraska Legislature in 2018. Mabel Heath Palmer, first female chiropractor, author of the first anatomy textbook for chiropractic students, and founder of Sigma Phi Chi, the world's first chiropractic sorority; Forrest C. Shaklee, creator of the first multivitamin in the US, philosopher, and entrepreneur
In 2003, the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners found that 69.9% of chiropractors used the technique, and 23.9% of patients received it. [14] The majority of US chiropractic schools and some schools in other countries teach the AMCT method, and an estimated 45,000 chiropractors worldwide use AMCT or some part of the technique. [5]
The community is located near the intersection of U.S. 301 and State Road 62 and is part of the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton Metropolitan Statistical Area. Parrish contains the Florida Railroad Museum, which operates weekend passenger rides round trip from Parrish about 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast to Willow. [4]
The American Chiropractic Association was founded in 1922, and in 1930 merged with the Universal Chiropractors Association to form the National Chiropractic Association (NCA). In 1963, the NCA was reorganized, once again under the title of the American Chiropractic Association.
An increase in perceived resistance would indicate which area of the body required chiropractic manipulation. [2] Specifically, Toftness made the claim in his 1971 patent that "what is sensed by the operator is a friction or dragging sensation which retards the passage of a finger or fingers over the surface of the deflection plate."