Vertebral subluxation
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In chiropractic, a vertebral subluxation means pressure on nerves, abnormal functions creating a lesion in some portion of the body, either in its action or makeup. Chiropractors claim subluxations ar
A chiropractor performing a vertebral adjustment of the lumbar spine on a patient
Alternative medicine
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Alternative medicine refers to practices that aim to achieve the healing effects of medicine, but that by definition lack biological plausibility, testability, repeatability, or supporting evidence of
Vertebral subluxation
…subluxation, which is a "structural displacement" significant enough to be "visible on static imaging studies" such as X-rays. Chiropractic is a field of alternative treatment outside scientific mainstream medicine, whose practitioners (chiropractors) are not medical doctors. In 1910, D.D. Palmer, the founder of chiropractic…
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Acupuncture involves insertion of needles in the body.
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