Here the son of Daniel D. Palmer, the founder of Chiropractic, makes an adjustment on a patient.

The chiropractic model of health focuses on the concept that the human body is designed to work in a healthy state.

Chiropractic founder, Dr. Daniel D. Palmer, first suggested that our bodies contain all of the necessary requirements to heal itself if it has the opportunity to do so.

This idea is counter to what most of us were taught as children. Most medical practices teach us that healing requires medication. Chiropractic practices just the opposite: the healing power comes from inside the body.

There are exceptions of course, but the initial ideal is a universal truth: bioelectrical energy from the brain, passes through the spinal cord and nerves, provides the source of power in health. Palmer observed that if the flow of this energy is stopped or reduced, illness and pain will result.

Chiropractic theory suggests that returning the natural flow of those electrical impulses and returning the nerves to their highest function is the most important building block to getting well.

Burki Chiropractic Center's healing philosophy has been built around this timeless theory, as it has been demonstrated in patients for many years.

Chiropractic is one of the fastest growing health care professions in the western world.

Without a normal nerve supply, affected organs and tissues are more susceptible to disease, often producing the symptoms of pain and ill health.

Because of the way your spine is designed, improper motion or position of spinal bones can irritate or choke delicate nerves interfering with the function of the tissues they control. Chiropractors call this subluxation.