Dr Chet Collins
?KUWAIT: A chiropractor ?s is a rare profession anywhere. Many chiropractors in Kuwait are expatriate doctors. Dr Chet Collins, who comes regularly to Kuwait from the United States under a contrac t signed with Missoni Hotel, is one of them. He treats Kuwaiti patients at the Six Senses Resort and Spa located at the Missoni Hotel. Currently based in Bali, Indonesia, Collins visits on a quar terly basis. ?I stay usually between 10 days to two weeks. I focus on treatment and motion therapy. I do a lot of one on one restoration therapy,? he said.
Chiropractic is a health care profession concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disorders of the neuromusculoskeletal system and the effects of these disorders on general health. It is generally categorized as complementary and part of an alternative medicine system although some hospitals around the world regularly assign chiroprac tic doctors in mainstream hospitals. ?I t?s about physical problems. Things are sometimes structurally not work ing and people can have long term mild or severe chronic pains. We step in when they are unable to solve the problem even after having resorted to all kinds of medicines, therapists, massages, yoga and so on. When their condition still persists, that is when we tend to work and intervene so that we could help remove the pain,? he said.
Collins, who obtained a degree in chiropractic in the US, said his primar y function was to look at the functions of the muscles and ligaments to make sure that everything is moving correctly and as required. Professionals like him are generally called chiropractors. ?Chiropractors? profession has grown significantly in the US and Europe over the years. Chiropractic doctors work in hospitals in close coordination with neurologists and or thopedics. The focus in chiropractic is more hands-on and the conservative therapist manipulates the body in ways so as to make it move better,? he explained. When something is broken and needs repair or surgical inter vention, or if it is a neurological issue, then surgery or medication is advised. ? There is a large disparity, a grey area, which is not covered completely by medical community.
Some people consider chiropractics only as an alternative because the mainstream has always been the medical community as we know it. Though it is an alternative for some medical practitioners, but for some conditions/disease, the primary appropriate route is a chiropractitioner. Many problems in human beings are mechanical or lifestyle issues. ?You may have a chronic disease and at that moment in time you need medication to deal with it, but you can also achieve results overtime if you focus on lifestyle changes, such as your diet and overall health and fitness. If you improve all of those, then you may have a positive effect, but it may not happen fast enough. So, what we try to do is to emphasize improving selfcare and doing all those things that make your body and your mind strong and resilient. It is possible that you may not even need all that medication in the long run anymore. Your problems may become smaller and the need for inter vention in pharmaceutical side could become less.
That is because you would be returning to normal health.? Just like the mainstream doc tors, chiroprac tors also ask patients? medical histor y before embark ing upon medication. They ask patients why they wanted to see a doctor in the first place. ? Then as I hear them, from my experience and knowledge about the human physiology, I know where to look first or what the problem could possibly be. We determine that and find out what is it that is causing the pain. I find those problems with my hands, I can feel it with my hands, but I need full motion to begin with.? Chiropractors do not issue any prescriptions or medicines for their patients, unlike medical doctors. ?We studied medicine and related pharmaceutical drugs but we do not prescribe medicines,? he said. Patients who undergo chiropractic procedures can expec t 95 percent success in resolving their medical condition.
By Ben Garcia, Staff Writer
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Source: http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/10/13/chiropractic-seen-as-alternative-medicine/
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