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 WHAT IS EXTREMITY ADJUSTING AND WHY DOES DR. MERRITT USE IT?
THE CORE OF CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE IS RESTORING BALANCE TO THE MOVEMENT
AND POSITION OF THE SPINAL JOINTS. HOWEVER, OFTEN THERE IS AN UNDERLYING PROBLEM IN THE ARM OR LEG JOINTS THAT PREVENTS HEALING
BY DISRUPTING STABILITY. SOMETIMES EXERCISES CAN CORRECT THESE IMBALANCES, SOMETIMES ORTHOTICS ARE NECESSARY. BUT SOMETIMES A GENTLE ADJUSTMENT OF THE AFFECTED JOINT CAN REDUCE STRAIN ON OTHER JOINTS AND ALLOW FOR PROPER
STABILITY.
FOR EXAMPLE, A PATIENT RECENTLY TOLD DR. MERRITT
THAT SHE HAD PAIN IN HER HIP AND LOW BACK FOR YEARS AND DIDN'T GET LONG-TERM RELIEF FROM OTHER CHIROPRACTORS. AFTER A CAREFUL
EVALUATION, DR. MERRITT DETERMINED THAT THE CAUSE OF HER PAIN WAS AN UNSTABLE KNEE JOINT. THE PATIENT WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE
SHE HAD NO PAIN IN HER KNEE, BUT AFTER A SERIES OF ADJUSTMENTS TO HER UNSTABLE KNEE, SHE NO LONGER HAD PAIN IN HER HIP OR
LOW BACK.
SIMILARLY, A PATIENT WITH AN UNSTABLE SHOULDER
MAY DEVELOP HEADACHES WHICH DON'T GO AWAY UNTIL THAT SHOULDER IS STABILIZED. EXTREMITY ADJUSTING GIVES DR. MERRITT ONE MORE
TOOL TO HELP HIS PATIENTS REACH THEIR MAXIMUM POTENTIAL.
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