What Does A Chiropractor Do?
Chiropractors work with the bones and nerves of the spinal column and spinal cord respectively. Chiropractors spend years of highly specialized training in order to locate where misaligned spinal vertebrae are impinging the nerves which travel down the spinal cord and out through the spinal column to the muscles, organs and glands of the body. After locating the vertebrae impinging the nerves (subluxations), the chiropractor, using various highly specialized techniques, is able to move the misaligned vertebrae and thus release pressure on the nerves. That is called a spinal adjustment.

What Causes The Sound Of An Adjustment?
Actually, not all adjusting techniques produce the sound associated with "popping knuckles." Some create no sound at all, some a little. Many techniques, however, do create the sound of a spinal "release." What causes it? The mystery may have been solved by a British research team that took x-ray movies of people "popping" their knuckles. The sound is caused by gas rushing in to fill the partial vacuum created when the joints are slightly separated.

Is It Bad For An Individual To "Crack" Their Neck Or Back? 
The desire to pop the neck or back is caused by tension from a jammed or fixated vertebra.  This causes another part of the spine to compensate by moving too much which results in a "popping" sound. The fixated part should be realigned in a specific manner by a chiropractor so that the rest of the spinal column will balance and stop being so movable and noisy.

How Many Visits Will It Take to Correct My Condition?

Your condition is unique in every way.  How long it will take to correct your condition depends on many factors like the severity of your injury, length of time you've had the injury, your age and many other variables.

Is Chiropractic Care Addictive? 
It is possible to get used to feeling more balanced, less stressed, and more energetic as a result of periodic chiropractic care.  If being healthy is addictive, that sounds like a good thing to us! 

Is Chiropractic Safe?
Chiropractic is among the safest of the healing arts. As proof one merely has to compare malpractice rates between chiropractors and other health professionals. Chiropractors' malpractice premiums are a small fraction of those for medical doctors, especially orthopedists and surgeons.