Your musculosketal system includes your skeletal bones, related nerves and soft tissue. Your spinal column consists of 24 moveable joints which are at the center of your entire musculoskeletal system. Your arms, legs, shoulders, ribs, neck and head are attached to the spine. And two-thirds of your muscles are attached to the spine. So, it doesn't matter whether you hurt your head or your foot, your spine is likely to have been pulled out of alignment.
Chiropractors are well-trained to correct musculoskeletal injuries.
The formal training they receive is far superior to that which medical students receive. Chiropractic student on an average receive nearly three times as many hours in anatomy course work than medical students. A published study of athletes with no apparent injury showed significant improvement in athletic perfformance after only 12 weeks of chiropractic care.