Chiropractic began in the United States in 1895. Dr. Daniel David Palmer, its founder, was amongst the earliest practitioners of the modern era to recognise the importance of the spine and the nervous system, as it relates to wellbeing. Dr Palmer called this new art and science “chiropractic” from the Greek words “chiro”-hand and “praktikas”-done by. He took the ancient art of manipulation, which had been practised for centuries throughout the world and developed it into specific chiropractic techniques which are used to this day. Dr Palmer discovered chiropractic the same year as Willhelm Roentgen discovered x-ray. Chiropractors have utilised this technology of spinal imaging and it remains a very important diagnostic aid for the profession to this day. Dr. Palmer opened the Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1904 and there are now over thirty chiropractic colleges world-wide, including four in the United Kingdom. |
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