What is Chiropractic?
Chiropractic was founded in 1895 by DD Palmer. His son BJ, developer of chiropractic, said that “Medicine is the study of disease and what causes a man to die. Chiropractic is the study of health and what causes a man to live.” It is a philosophy, science and art that is dedicated to the removal of nerve interference, permitting optimal nervous system function. Interference to the nervous system is called a Vertebral Subluxation.
Chiropractic is not designed to make you instantly feel better. It is designed to make you instantly heal better. Here at Goodland Chiropractic, Dr. Justine, D.C. performs a detailed, thorough history. Completes a physical examination and detects vertebral subluxation through the rest of Gonstead's six part examination. She then removes this interference by performing a highly specific chiropractic adjustment.
Chiropractors are doctors of the Nervous System. The Nervous System allows for adaptation and integration of everything you experience. It is responsible for coordination and communication with every single cell in your body. Every day our bodies are under physical, emotional and chemical stresses. To adapt is crucial for survival and optimal wellness. The body has an innate ability to heal itself and maintain a state of balance. When there is interference, the Nervous system cannot maintain optimal function. It does everything in it's power to maintain the highest level of function and wellness that it can. By restoring this system with a specific chiropractic adjustment, the body restores itself to optimal function in every other system of the body.
Dr. Clarence Gonstead, D.C.
GONSTEAD TECHNIQUE
Dr. Clarence Gonstead, D.C. is the founder of the technique practiced at Goodland Chiropractic. He developed a specific, full-spine system of analysis with low force and high velocity adjusting. His focus and dedication to understanding human anatomy and biomechanics led him to him owning the largest chiropractic clinic of his time. He believed it was a chiropractors objective to, “Find it, fix it, and leave it alone.”
Dr. Gonstead, D.C. was not focused on the patient feeling better temporarily but rather focusing on getting to the root cause of the problem. He utilized his degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Wisconsin which paved a path of deeper understanding that every structure requires a strong and healthy foundation to function at optimal level. This intuitive knowledge along with his 50 years of experience in over thousands of cases and continuous clinic studies drew people from near and far. He changed the tiny, secluded town of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin where he built his clinic with a high volume of patients and fellow chiropractors flocking to get help with their ailments. Dr. G, D.C. had a work ethic, focus and determination that led to him rarely getting up and going to sleep in the same day. He even had a hotel and landing strip built to accommodate the influx of people needing his systematic and specific chiropractic care. He is well known as the “chiropractors' chiropractor.”
This systematic approach consists of a six part examination that has been so effective at treating vertebral subluxation, that is taught in most chiropractic colleges today. The work of Dr. Gonstead, D.C. to advance the chiropractic profession is still being carried on today.