How did Chiropractic Begin?
The principle of chiropractic was discovered on September 18, 1895 by Dr. Daniel Palmer of Davenport, Iowa. Palmer was carrying on a shouted conversation with the deaf building janitor. Harvey Lillard. Lillard was telling Palmer that 17 years earlier, while working in a cramped, stooped position, something had popped in his neck and his hearing loss had become progressively worse. Dr. Palmer, a curious man, examined Lillard’s back and found a painful, misaligned vertebra. Suspecting a connection between this vertebra and the hearing problem, he repositioned the vertebra with a gentle thrust Lillard’s hearing improved immediately. With continuing daily care, Lillard was able to hear well within a week. Back to Top I Thought Chiropractors Were Just Back Doctors . . . It is unfortunate that the majority of the population believes that the only thing that chiropractors are good at is treating sore backs. Chiropractic has been shown to be extremely effective in helping people with sore back
