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International Chiropractors Association

Established in 1926, the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) is the world's oldest international chiropractic professional organization.

12/09/2025

Your spine doesn’t just support your body. It also influences how your nervous system responds to stress.

Researchers found that adjusting different parts of the spine can create different effects in the body’s “speed up” and “slow down” systems.

When the neck was adjusted, the body showed signs of shifting into a calmer, more restorative mode.

Adjustments in the mid-back tended to activate the system responsible for alertness and readiness.

Why does this matter?
Because it shows that chiropractic care can help the nervous system find better balance, whether your body needs to unwind or gear up.

In other words, adjustments don’t just help you feel better physically. They can also support the natural rhythms that help you handle stress, relax, and function at your best.

Looking for an amazing chiropractor near you who understands this? Use our Find a Doc feature on our website: www.chiropractic.org/find-a-doc

👉 Doctors: share this post to your story or feed today to help educate your community about the power of the nervous system and vertebral subluxation!

12/08/2025

As we close out the year, we invite you to invest in the future of chiropractic science.

FACTS—the 501(c)(3) affiliated nonprofit of the International Chiropractors Association—supports research that strengthens our profession from the ground up.

If you’re passionate about advancing basic science, practice-based studies, and clinical research centered on the chiropractic adjustment, this is a powerful place to give.

One of our ongoing goals is to expand research exploring how regular chiropractic care influences whole-person health, including key markers of immune function. Your support helps build the resources needed to pursue this important work.

If this mission speaks to you, please consider making a tax-deductible donation today.
Your generosity fuels the science that protects and advances chiropractic for generations to come.

We have several ways to donate:

🟧 Online here: https://forms.chiropractic.org/internationalchiropractorsas1/form/CVEScholarshipFACTSDonationForm/

🟧 Mail a Check to the office: ICA/FACTS, 6400 Arlington Blvd, Suite 650, Falls Church, VA 22042

🟧 Call the office and make a donation over the phone. 703-528-5000.

12/05/2025

It's time for chiropractors to lead the charge. The public is ready, and the Department of Health and Human Services is poised to make significant changes to the American healthcare system.

ICA President Dr. Joe Betz encourages chiropractors to step up as leaders as American healthcare is being reshaped with new priorities under new leadership.

Learn more about the ICA's role in this at chiropractic.org

12/04/2025

We just launched a brand-new patient education page that is built to make your conversations easier.

It includes a video narrated by our past president Dr. Selina Sigafoose Jackson that explains chiropractic in a clear, friendly way, including:
✔️ What a Doctor of Chiropractic is (schooling + training)
✔️ What a chiropractic adjustment actually does
✔️ How the nervous system works
✔️ Who can get adjusted
✔️ The benefits of chiropractic care

Please link to it on your practice website, share it in new patient email sequences, and post it on social media for curious friends, and even the skeptics who want real answers.

It’s an easy, trusted way to help people understand the value of chiropractic and confidently choose an ICA doctor.

12/03/2025

Did you know your spine and nervous system play a huge role in how your body handles stress?

A chiropractic adjustment can help you move better AND it can also help your body shift into a calmer, more balanced state. In this study, people who received an adjustment showed signs of relaxed heart activity, less discomfort, and better nervous system regulation right afterward.

One key change was improved heart rate variability, which is a marker of how well your body adapts to stress. Higher HRV = a more resilient, flexible nervous system.

In everyday terms:
A chiropractic adjustment helped their body go from “stressed and tense” to “calmer and more in control.”

Chiropractic helps your whole system function at its best.

Looking for an amazing chiropractor near you who understands this? Use our Find a Doc feature on our website: www.chiropractic.org/find-a-doc

👉 Doctors: share this post to your story or feed today to help educate your community about the power of the nervous system and vertebral subluxation!

12/02/2025

Have you ever heard of the “Safety Pin Cycle”?
It’s one of the simplest ways to understand how chiropractic works with your nervous system.

🧠 The head of the pin = your brain

🧍♂️🧍♀️The clasp at the bottom = your body

When the pin is closed, everything is connected. Messages flow from the brain to the body and from the body back to the brain. This two-way communication keeps you functioning, healing, and adapting to life.

But when a vertebral subluxation is present (misalignment or altered movement in the spine that disrupts neurophysiological function) your “pin” opens. The loop is interrupted. Communication becomes unclear, stressed, or distorted.

That’s where chiropractic comes in.

A gentle, specific chiropractic adjustment helps restore normal alignment and function, allowing that safety pin to “close” again, reconnecting the brain-body loop so your system can work the way it was designed to.

Looking for an amazing chiropractor near you who understands this? Use our Find a Doc feature on our website: www.chiropractic.org/find-a-doc

👉 Doctors: share this post to your story or feed today to help educate your community about the power of the nervous system and vertebral subluxation!

12/01/2025

As the year comes to a close, we invite you to join us in strengthening the future of chiropractic.

Your end-of-year giving makes a direct impact, fueling chiropractic research, supporting chiropractic students, and advancing the principled mission our profession is built on.

✨ Chiropractic research that protects and advances subluxation-centered, neurologically based care
✨ Scholarships that empower the next generation of
✨ Educational initiatives that elevate the philosophy, science, and art of chiropractic worldwide

When you give to the Foundation for the Advancement of Chiropractic Tenets and Science (FACTS)—our 501(c)(3) nonprofit partner—your tax-deductible contribution helps fund Chiropractic research that protects and advances subluxation-centered, neurologically based care.

Your generosity today helps ensure a stronger, clearer tomorrow for our profession.

We have several ways to donate:

🟧 Online here: https://forms.chiropractic.org/internationalchiropractorsas1/form/CVEScholarshipFACTSDonationForm/formperma/yHvL3f_5ZSjyFR-CLjzL5BniN2IpXhEl4vvivUYmSUE

🟧 Mail a Check to the office: ICA/FACTS, 6400 Arlington Blvd, Suite 650, Falls Church, VA 22042

🟧 Call the office and make a donation over the phone. 703-528-5000.

Make a meaningful impact before December 31. Support the future of chiropractic.

11/27/2025

There’s so much to be grateful for—especially the ability to feel, heal, and live fully connected.
To every chiropractor showing up with purpose… and to every patient choosing proactive, natural care—thank you.

We’re giving thanks for the gift of this profession today 💛

11/26/2025

It’s not flu season — it’s “inability to adapt” season. 🍂

This time of year, people blame germs… but the real story is the body’s ability to adapt to changes in sugar, cold, and stress. When the nervous system is clear, the body can regulate, resist, and recover the way it’s designed to.

Now is the time to remind your patients that chiropractic care supports the very system that keeps them adaptable: their nervous system.

💬 Doctors: Share this reminder with your community and start the conversation about true prevention and resilience this season.

11/25/2025

The spinal cord connects the brain and body, carrying vital communication to the brain and instructions back out to the body.

If this feedback loop is disconnected or has interference, it can create dysfunction in every system of the body.

Looking for an amazing chiropractor near you who understands this? Use our Find a Doc feature on our website: www.chiropractic.org/find-a-doc

Doctors: Share this video to your story or feed and help more people understand the power of a clear nervous system.

11/24/2025

Every heartbeat, breath, and movement starts with a signal from your brain. 🧠⚡

Those signals travel through your spine, the communication highway between your brain and body. When spinal misalignments interfere with that flow, your body can’t perform or heal the way it’s designed to.

Chiropractic care restores that connection, helping your brain and body work together in perfect harmony, so you can function at your best, naturally.

Looking for an amazing chiropractor near you who understands this? Use our Find a Doc feature on our website: www.chiropractic.org/find-a-doc

👉 Chiropractors: share this to your Facebook feed and Instagram stories to help your community see the bigger picture of chiropractic

11/21/2025

On Thursday, November 13, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to elect Dr. Deed Harrison of Idaho, Dr. Patricia Giuliano of California, and Dr. Max Reinecke of South Dakota to the Board of Directors.

Both Dr. Harrison and Dr. Reinecke previously served in the ICA Representative Assembly. Dr. Reinecke is returning to the ICA Board after prior service on the board.

Read more about them at: https://www.chiropractic.org/ica-welcomes-new-board-members

ICA President, Dr. Joe Betz stated, “I am honored to welcome Dr. Deed Harrison, Dr. Patricia Giuliano, and Dr. Max Reinecke to the ICA Board of Directors. Each of these distinguished doctors brings a depth of experience, a passion for principled chiropractic, and a steadfast commitment to serving our profession at the highest level.

Their leadership, clinical expertise, and decades of dedication to chiropractic excellence will strengthen the ICA and help guide our mission well into the future. We are grateful for their willingness to serve, and I look forward to the meaningful contributions each of them will make in advancing chiropractic worldwide.”

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