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Chiropractors use and have used various terms to express this concept: subluxation, vertebral subluxation (VS), vertebral subluxation complex (VSC), [11] "killer subluxations", [2] and the "silent killer". [12] Chiropractors along with some physical therapists and osteopathic physicians, [13] have also used another term, BOOP, meaning "bone out ...
A chiropractic adjustment intends to affect or correct a vertebral joint's alignment, motion, and/or function. Specifically, adjustments are intended to correct "vertebral subluxations", a non-scientific term given to the signs and symptoms that are said by chiropractors to result from abnormal alignment of vertebrae. [3]
Straight chiropractors claim that vertebral subluxation has considerable health effects and also add a visceral component to the definition. Mainstream medicine and some mixer chiropractors consider these ideas to be pseudoscientific and dispute these claims, as there is no scientific evidence for the existence of chiropractic subluxations or ...
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Spinal manipulation, which chiropractors call "spinal adjustment" or "chiropractic adjustment", is the most common treatment used in chiropractic care. [83] Spinal manipulation is a passive manual maneuver during which a three-joint complex is taken past the normal range of movement, but not so far as to dislocate or damage the joint. [84]
Nor is there any reason to believe that 'pelvic deficiency' or its associated 'subluxations' are pathologic conditions." [ 3 ] "Activator Methods Chiropractic Technique is a nonsensical diagnostic and treatment system centered on the notion that leg-length analysis can locate subluxations and determine when to adjust the spine."
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Vertebral subluxation, the core concept of chiropractic, based on both physical science and metaphysical concepts. [3] The concept of subluxation is subject to new and emerging research, and has been the subject of a debate about whether to keep it in the chiropractic paradigm that has lasted for decades. [79]