Dr James Newell

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Dr Newell has been practicing chiropractic for the past 40 years. In that time, he has treated literately thousands of patients from all ages. He graduated from Canyon High School in 1967 and Palmer College of Chiropractic Davenport Iowa in 1977. The term Chiropractic comes from the ancient Greek cheiros meaning hand + praktikos meaning practical. Usually translated to be “done by hand.” The term chiropractor was first recorded in American literature in 1904.

The name was chosen by the developer of chiropractic, Daniel David Palmer. A prolific reader of all things scientific, DD Palmer realized that although various forms of manipulation had been used for hundreds if not thousands of years, no one had developed a philosophical or scientific rationale to explain their effects. Palmer’s major contribution to the health field was therefore the codification of the philosophy, art and science of chiropractic which was based on his extensive study of anatomy and physiology. Palmer performed the initial chiropractic adjustment in September 1895. Palmer examined a janitor who had become deaf 17 years prior after he felt something “give” in his back. Palmer examined the area and gave a crude “adjustment” to what was felt to be a misplaced vertebra in the upper back. The janitor then observed that his hearing improved.

From that first adjustment, DD Palmer continued to develop chiropractic and in 1897 established the Palmer School of Cure, now known as the Palmer College of Chiropractic, in Davenport, Iowa, where it remains today. Following the first adjustment, many people became interested in Palmer’s new science and healing art. Among his early students were Palmer’s son, Bartlett Joshua (BJ), as well as members of the older healing arts of medicine and osteopathy. The first state law licensing chiropractors was passed in 1913, and by 1931, 39 states had given chiropractors legal recognition.

Following his high school graduation Dr. Newell has served in active military duty from 1968 to 1972 as a navy corpsman in Vietnam. Chiropractic runs in Newell family. His father Dr. Eugene Earl Newell graduated from the original Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport Iowa in 1962. Continuing with his dad’s legacy of helping people in pain Dr. James Newell studied at Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport Iowa successfully graduating in 1977.

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