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Information on Spinal Adjustments?

I am interested in the home study of chiropractic medicine at this time and was wondering if anyone had any online resources or popular literature that I should seek out. I am mainly interested in the actual adjustments and techniques and things that will help me learn about assessing the condition of the spine of someone and how to tell the difference between natural curvature of the spine and protruding or miss-aligned vertebrae, although I would also like to see more diagrams or examples of the actual techniques if you have them and yea... "Don't do it" or "It is dangerous" or the even more helpful "Chiropractics has no benefits" statements are not an answer to this question... If you want to share your opinion about its home study/practice or the field in general please go to a forum or something I just want the answer to the question I have asked which is where can I find this information on my own basically. Wow... can none of you read? seriously... you try to present yourself as being so intelligent and yet you cannot read or follow simple freaking instructions... I applaud lightning for at least having knowledge pertaining to the subject but you again did not answer my question at all you just corrected the "all-knowing dave".. I'm going to re-type it in larger letters... maybe this will get the point through... I DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINION ON THE SUBJECT I DO NOT CARE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK IT CAN BE EASILY LEARNED DO NOT POST A DAMN ANSWER UNLESS IT IS INFORMING ME OF WHERE I CAN FIND EXAMPLES OR DOCUMENTATION OF IDENTIFYING POTENTIALLY MISS-ALIGNMENTS OR IS INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SPECIFICALLY (meaning devoid of your personal opinion of anything pertaining to my question or its subject in general in any way shape or form) now stop using my question to whore points unless you actually have relevant information that will help me Thank you to Massage Therapist for being the first literate poster! The link you provided is definitely a good product but I forgot to mention that I had already heard about that website and was hoping for something more along the lines of a free website or other literature I might find in the medical sections of larger bookstores or maybe amazon or somethin I dunno, lol

Public Comments

1. You seem to be getting 'chiropractor' confused with 'orthopedic doctor'. Orthopedic doctors are the only ones qualified to make a diagnosis about spinal curvature or other skeletal-related ailments.
2. Dave, Get your facts right. Orthopaedic doctors are not the only ones qualified to assess and diagnose Spinal curvatures. Non US trained OSteopaths, Chiro's and Physiotherapists are perfectly capable af assessing and diagnosing these conditions. An orthopaedic Dr make offer surgical intervention but does not have exclusive rights to the patients nor would his diagnosis be anymore relavent in a non surgical setting. If I wrote to an insurance company or a doctor with a diagnosis of inappropriate spinal curvature, with cobb angles etc. it would not be dismissed but would be taken quite seriously. To the asker, Do you really think this is something you can learn on line? If you are going to learn Chiropractic, do it properly. There is no substitute for supervised clinical practice under watch of an experienced practitioner. This brings all the stuff you learn from other media to life. Edit: Trying to cut corners and learn this kind of thing on line cheapens the profession. That is why i didn't answer it as you wanted it answered. However I have pointed out where you can learn to do this correctly. I have an IQ in the 130's thank you very much
3. Check out www.home-chiropractic.com It has a video and a workbook that shows how it do assessments and adjustments...I think this is what you are looking for.
4. Shawn, I searched for the site offered by the massage therapist and could not find it. It seems your question has no answer. To perform the actions you wish requires: 2 years pre-med 4 years professional (D.C.) school Successful passing of national Board Exams Individual State Board exams