The Crack in Chiropractic

Thu, Mar 10th 2011, 01:26 PM

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"Crack my back for me will
you please?" Or someone will point
a finger and say, "Doc I just need you to crack my neck right here." I hear it all the time in and out
of practice. Crack this or crack
that and I think, "If I wanted to help someone go to the chiropractor and
improve his health how in the world will

cracking his bones entice them to visit one?" I wouldn't want my bones cracked. And why and how do they make that
cracking sound when they are adjusted?

First of all if we address
the phenomenon of sound coming from manipulation of the body parts, it is not
the bone that is cracking. In fact
nothing is cracking at all.The
noise of the manipulation comes from the surfaces of the joint itself. And not all of the body joints are
capable of giving up the "cracking sound" when manipulated. Or as we say in chiropractic, the sound
comes when the joint is "adjusted...

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