The chiropractor has been practicing their profession from as long ago as from 17,500 BC. A person no less than Hippocrates told the world that a person can suffer from ill health on account of their spine being misaligned. In the modern era, the chiropractor also does what Hippocrates suggested and as early as on September the eighteenth in the year 1895 Dr. Daniel Palmer was the first person to realign the spine.

Healing People

Dr. Palmer is a Canadian who had developed a great interest in healing people and he had already mastered magnetic healing methods before becoming the first modern chiropractor. He became so only because of his great interest in learning about cause as well as effect of various illnesses led him to discover the concept behind why a spine that was not properly aligned could lead to further diseases.

The first modern patient of this noted chiropractor was a person that had lost his hearing about seventeen years ago and he in fact also informed Dr. Palmer that at the time of suffering loss of hearing that he had also strained his back. This led the chiropractor to suspect that the spine has lost its alignment and on closer examination he did indeed find that a vertebra was not in line.

When the noted chiropractor, Dr. Palmer realigned the spine the patient’s hearing also improved which helped prove Dr. Palmer’s theory that the proper alignment of the spine can improve flow of nerves to every part of the body and this will result in better health and disease-free existence.

However, as successful as the chiropractor was in his first attempt at aligning the spine there were still many that scoffed at his finding and technique since such methods did not make use of the traditional theories being practiced by the medical community of the time. This led to the ridiculing of the good chiropractor and his work and what’s more he was labeled a quack.

Unfortunately, this kind of disdain for a chiropractor occurs more on account of the fact that there are many that do not understand chiropractic methods and much disinformation regarding the chiropractor continues to be spread. However, the good work done by Dr. Palmer has withstood the test of time and today chiropractic methods are welcomed by the medical fraternity and it is often used in healing people with different ailments.

It pays to follow a few guidelines at the time that you wish to find a chiropractor. You need to use word of mouth methods and check out the Internet as well as look beyond your immediate social circle in order to locate the best chiropractor.