MD, DC, DO, ND or LMT: Who Do I See?
Our Advisory Board Helps Answer the Question
What is Chiropractic?
Because we now know that our genes are not our destiny,
we also focus on lifestyle and what we consider to be the foun-
"Chiropractic" comes from the Greek word Chiropraktikos,
dations to promoting good health: eating whole foods, drinking
meaning "effective treatment by hand."
plenty of “clean” water, getting adequate sleep, moving each
Doctors of chiropractic use the same time-honored meth-
day and managing our stress and exposure to environmental
ods of consultation, case history, physical examination, labora-
toxins to help alter the way our genes are expressed and prevent
tory analysis, and x-ray examination as any other medical doc-
or delay the onset of dis-ease.
tor. In addition, they provide a careful chiropractic structural
examination, paying particular attention to the spine.
Dr. Deanna Cherrone, MD, Founder, Natural Health & Healing
Your spinal column is a series of movable bones, which be-
in Avon.
gin at the base of your skull and end in the center of your hips.
Thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves extend down the spine from
What’s a DO?
the brain and exit through a series of openings. The nerves leave
the spine and form a complicated network, which influences
D.O. stands for Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine. Osteo-
every living tissue in your body. The conditions which doctors
pathic physicians are fully licensed physicians and surgeons
of chiropractic address are as varied and as vast as the nervous
who practice along side their M.D. counterparts in all medical
system itself. For example, some of the ailments they treat are:
specialties and subspecialties in the United States. In addition
neck and back pain, headaches, high blood pressure, Attention
to undergoing the same rigorous medical training as M.D.s, Os-
Deficit Disorder and Fibromyalgia.
teopathic physicians are trained in hands-on diagnosis and treat-
Accidents, falls, stress, tension, overexertion, and countless
ment, known as Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM).
other factors can result in displacements or derangements of the
OMM is used to help relieve strains that alter physical
spinal column, causing irritation to spinal nerve roots. These ir-
structure, which assists the body in regaining optimal function.
ritations are often what cause malfunctions in the human body.
The major difference between OMM and many other hands-on
Chiropractic teaches that reducing or eliminating this irritation
modalities is that the Osteopathic physician is trained to evalu-
to spinal nerves can cause your body to operate more efficiently
ate the difference between a purely structural abnormality and
and more comfortably.
a structural abnormality that is being caused by an underlying
Chiropractic also places an emphasis on nutritional and
internal problem.
exercise programs, wellness and lifestyle modifications for pro-
The Osteopathic physician is well versed in ways to treat
moting physical and mental health. While chiropractors make
the underlying cause and promote overall health. OMM is
no use of drugs or surgery, Doctors of Chiropractic do refer pa-
used to treat musculoskeletal problems as well as acute and
tients for medical care when those interventions are indicated.
chronic medical conditions. OMM incorporates many different
In fact, chiropractors, medical doctors, physical therapists and
manipulative approaches including very gentle, yet powerful
other health care professionals now work as partners in occu-
techniques. Patients of all ages from newborns to the elderly,
pational health, sports medicine, and a wide variety of other
including pregnant women, benefit from OMM. Having seen
rehabilitation practices.
the healing potential of OMM, some Osteopaths have chosen
to make this the foundation of their holistic medical practice.
Dr. Moshe Laub, Founder, West Hartford Chiropractic, LLC
Osteopathic philosophy is what makes Osteopathy a truly
unique healing art. Osteopathic philosophy holds that each
What is Functional Medicine?
person is a unit of body, mind and spirit; structure and function
are interrelated; and the body has self-healing properties. Rath-
The word function means to operate “normally” while fulfilling
er than focusing on individual diseased body systems, the Os-
a purpose or role. The goal of Functional Medicine is to opti-
teopath seeks to find and support the self-healing mechanisms
mize health so we can live well into old age with full mental,
within the entire patient - body, mind and spirit. In the words of
emotional and physical vitality.
A.T. Still, M.D., D.O., founder of Osteopathy, “it is the object of
Functional Medicine is a patient centered approach to
the physician to find health, anyone can find disease.”
health care, which looks at the whole person as a network of
interconnected systems which function best when they are all
Dr. Tom Moorcroft, D.O., founder of Origins Of Health located
in balance. Patients are not their dis-ease - they are unique bio-
in Glastonbury.
chemically, psychosocially and genetically. For these reasons,
treatment in our practice is customized to the individual based
What’s a Naturopathic Physician?
on symptoms, which are a sign of dysfunction and also on the
results of testing which is done to get at the root cause of those
Naturopathic Medicine is a general practice medicine
symptoms.
based on a very different approach to treating patients than most
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