Thursday, July 12, 2012

What does HOLISTIC mean?


Doctors of chiropractic believe in a holistic (“total person”) approach to healing, which typifies the new and changing attitude towards health. It is based on the concept of “maintaining health” versus “treating disease.” Chiropractic philosophy includes:
  • recognition that dynamics exist between lifestyle, environment and health
  • understanding the cause of illness in order to eliminate it, rather than simply treat symptoms
  • recognition of the centrality of the nervous system and its intimate relationship with the capacities of the human body
  • a patient-centered, hands-on approach focused on influencing function through structure  focus on early intervention, emphasizing timely diagnosis and treatment of conditions that are wholly functional and reversible 

(http://www.acatoday.org/pdf/Chiro_FAQ.pdf)

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