{"id":2435,"date":"2013-09-29T10:38:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T15:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/?p=2435"},"modified":"2014-07-28T10:44:55","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T15:44:55","slug":"what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/","title":{"rendered":"What Exactly Is Chiropractic Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Restoring Mobility of the Spine<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chiropractic care mainly addresses <\/strong>the spine and relieves problems caused by dysfunctions of the spine. Your spine essentially serves two purposes: 1) it supports the weight of your body, allowing a great variety of movement, and 2) it encloses\/protects the spinal cord, which connects your brain to the rest of your body. The spine contains 24 vertebral segments which connect to each other via a system of joints and are held together by muscles and ligaments.<\/p>\n

\"Keeping<\/a>

Keeping your spine healthy means maintaining its full range of motion, without discomfort.<\/p><\/div>\n

Problems arise when a joint in the spine becomes \u201cstuck\u201d and stops moving in its full range of motion. The lack of mobility leads to inflammation and swelling in the region surrounding the joint, along with muscle spasms and pain. It can also lead to symptoms which may not seem related to your spine (tension headaches, tingling or numbness in extremities, pain in knees\/elbows, etc). Many things can cause a joint to get \u201cstuck\u201d such as a slip, fall, or even day-to-day routine activities.\u00a0 A spinal joint that is not working properly will require other joints to compensate, leading to altered motion patterns of the spine. Prolonged abnormal alignment of the spine can lead to permanent changes in the spinal structure which is why it is important to address spinal issues quickly.<\/p>\n

A chiropractor focuses on restoring the full range of motion to a stuck joint utilizing precise and shallow adjustment of the spine. In most cases, the doctor will only use their hands to administer these adjustments. Often, when people complain of back and joint pain, they will say \u201csomething is out of place,\u201d or \u201ca bone in my back is dislocated.\u201d Most often, this is not the case. Rather than being \u201cout of place,\u201d the joint is typically locked somewhere within its normal range of motion. The adjustments a chiropractor makes are done with the goal of restoring the normal motion of that joint.<\/p>\n

Once the normal range of motion is reestablished, a person is able to move in a more comfortable manner. Other joints no longer have to compensate for the poorly moving joint. Pain, muscle spasm, and inflammation (the body\u2019s most important defenses against dysfunctional joint movement) are no longer needed, and will dissipate.<\/p>\n

See\u00a0How We Can Help<\/a>\u00a0for more information on what types of treatment we offer at our office.<\/p>\n

Have any questions about chiropractic care? Give us a call at 615-650-6533 or email us at info@eastendchiro.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Restoring Mobility of the Spine Chiropractic care mainly addresses the spine and relieves problems caused by dysfunctions of the spine. Your spine essentially serves two purposes: 1) it supports the weight of your body, allowing a great variety of movement, and 2) it encloses\/protects the spinal cord, which connects your brain to the rest of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,221,120],"tags":[232,230,162,233,231],"yoast_head":"\nWhat Is Chiropractic Care? - Nashville TN - East End Chiropractic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A good chiropractor explains the goal of treatment. Here at East End, our goal is to restore your spine's full range of motion, without pain.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Is Chiropractic Care? - Nashville TN - East End Chiropractic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A good chiropractor explains the goal of treatment. Here at East End, our goal is to restore your spine's full range of motion, without pain.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"East End Chiropractic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eastendchiropractic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-29T15:38:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-28T15:44:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/What-is-chiropractic-care-Nashville-TN-East-End-Chiropractic-300x202.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Olsen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@eastendchiro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@eastendchiro\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Olsen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"John Olsen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7edba5ec48cca3766c832ba00bc838b\"},\"headline\":\"What Exactly Is Chiropractic Care?\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-29T15:38:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-28T15:44:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/\"},\"wordCount\":432,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"adjustments\",\"joint\",\"range of motion\",\"reduction of pain\",\"spine health\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Back Pain\",\"chronic pain\",\"General Chiropractic\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/\",\"name\":\"What Is Chiropractic Care? - Nashville TN - East End Chiropractic\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-29T15:38:56+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-28T15:44:55+00:00\",\"description\":\"A good chiropractor explains the goal of treatment. Here at East End, our goal is to restore your spine's full range of motion, without pain.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Chiropractic Services\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What Exactly Is Chiropractic Care?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/\",\"name\":\"East End Chiropractic\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"East End Chiropractic\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eec-header-mobile.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eec-header-mobile.png\",\"width\":450,\"height\":131,\"caption\":\"East End Chiropractic\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eastendchiropractic\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eastendchiro\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7edba5ec48cca3766c832ba00bc838b\",\"name\":\"John Olsen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c713253b50aab2ead4ef4fe8417e21e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c713253b50aab2ead4ef4fe8417e21e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"John Olsen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/author\/docjohnpaul\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What Is Chiropractic Care? - Nashville TN - East End Chiropractic","description":"A good chiropractor explains the goal of treatment. Here at East End, our goal is to restore your spine's full range of motion, without pain.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What Is Chiropractic Care? - Nashville TN - East End Chiropractic","og_description":"A good chiropractor explains the goal of treatment. Here at East End, our goal is to restore your spine's full range of motion, without pain.","og_url":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/","og_site_name":"East End Chiropractic","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eastendchiropractic","article_published_time":"2013-09-29T15:38:56+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-28T15:44:55+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/What-is-chiropractic-care-Nashville-TN-East-End-Chiropractic-300x202.jpg"}],"author":"John Olsen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@eastendchiro","twitter_site":"@eastendchiro","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"John Olsen","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/"},"author":{"name":"John Olsen","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7edba5ec48cca3766c832ba00bc838b"},"headline":"What Exactly Is Chiropractic Care?","datePublished":"2013-09-29T15:38:56+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-28T15:44:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/"},"wordCount":432,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["adjustments","joint","range of motion","reduction of pain","spine health"],"articleSection":["Back Pain","chronic pain","General Chiropractic"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/","url":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/","name":"What Is Chiropractic Care? - Nashville TN - East End Chiropractic","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-29T15:38:56+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-28T15:44:55+00:00","description":"A good chiropractor explains the goal of treatment. Here at East End, our goal is to restore your spine's full range of motion, without pain.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/what-exactly-is-chiropractic-care\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Chiropractic Services","item":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What Exactly Is Chiropractic Care?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/","name":"East End Chiropractic","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#organization","name":"East End Chiropractic","url":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eec-header-mobile.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/eec-header-mobile.png","width":450,"height":131,"caption":"East End Chiropractic"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eastendchiropractic","https:\/\/twitter.com\/eastendchiro"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/person\/d7edba5ec48cca3766c832ba00bc838b","name":"John Olsen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c713253b50aab2ead4ef4fe8417e21e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c713253b50aab2ead4ef4fe8417e21e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"John Olsen"},"url":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/author\/docjohnpaul\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2435\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastendchiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}