On September 18, 1895, Harvey Lilliard was the lucky recipient of the first chiropractic adjustment, given to him by Daniel David Palmer, D.D., in Davenport, Iowa. The story goes that Lilliard, a deaf janitor in Palmer’s office, was working with his shirt off. Lillard bent over to empty the trash can and Palmer said that Lilliard had a vertebra out of position. As the story goes:
He asked Lillard what happened, and Lillard replied, "I moved the wrong way, and I heard a 'pop' in my back, and that's when I lost my hearing." Palmer, who was also involved in many other natural healing philosophies, had Lillard lie face down on the floor and proceeded with the adjustment. The next day, Lillard told Palmer, 'I can hear that racket on the streets.'
Since that time millions of adjustments have taken place around the world and people receiving them testify to the fact that regular chiropractic care means always being at your best.
There is a vast difference between treating effects and adjusting the cause.
~ Dr. D.D. Palmer, Father of Chiropractics