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chiropractic adjustment

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chiropractic adjustment,
n any of a variety of physically manipulative techniques used to correct the functions of the spine or joints. May be applied with varying ampli-tude, velocity, amounts of recoil, and lengths of lever.

adjustment
summarization of statistical measures in which the effects of differences in composition of the populations being compared have been minimized by statistical methods.

chiropractic adjustment
application of force to a vertebral articulation to restore biomechanical and neurological function.


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Crow, looking tan and healthy, said that, for her, ``Cancer was a bit of a show stopper, a sort of life chiropractic adjustment,'' and that for now, she has beaten the disease.
Now I am not saying that going to a chiropractor will cure any of these things, but by getting a chiropractic adjustment, you boost your immune system and allow your body to function better, thus allowing your body to take care of unwanted conditions faster.
The court reasoned that Hangarter's handful of attempts to perform chiropractic adjustments were nothing more than "futile attempts" to return to her previous occupation and were insufficient to reverse the jury's determination of total disability.
 
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