The Municipal Youth delegation of Marbella has announced that it has extended the chiropractic courses to San Pedro Alcantara with 40 new seats, while it has doubled the offerings in Marbella from 32 to 64. The new announcement will come into effect from April 9.
Chiropractic is the most natural and drug-free health care system which emphasizes on the nervous system of the body in order to optimize the physical and emotional power. This course is aimed at young people between 15 and 35 years old and has extended the training actions developed by the City Council with the aim of improving the working out of citizens.
It consists of an intensive four-month training course (both theory and practical), in shifts of 4 hours, 1 day a week, with the aim to train students to perform a massage with vital bodily perfection, which is usually performed in spas and beauty centres.
In the course curriculum, there is theoretical part comprising histology (study of tissues), osteology (description of the bones), Arthrology (description joints) and Myology (study of muscles). In addition, Chiropractic study also includes practical and educational description of magnetic passes, percussion, friction or combed, venous emptying, kneading, friction, bearings and vibration among others.
The course, valued at 849 Euros, will cost only 360 Euros in total but can be paid as monthly instalments of 90 euros. Classes will be conducted on Fridays from April 9, morning and afternoon in the south of Marbella School (located on the Avenue Ricardo Soriano, 28, local 1, first floor) and the Centro Cultural de San Pedro (located in the Avenida de la Constitución, Pasaje de la Libertad).
To register or to receive all related information, you may contact the Youth area of Marbella (tel. 952 76 11 89/90) and San Pedro Alcántara (telephone 952 78 06 63).
What is Chiropractic?
It is the largest health care discipline and profession after medicine and dentistry. The basic idea of this non-scientific treatment method is based on mechanical disorder of musculoskeletal system which affects the nervous system and hence the reason of many ailments. Despite enormous breakthrough in science and medicine, this has been now widely practiced as a complementary or alternative medicine.
The main theory of chiropractic treatment talks about eliminating the abnormality of the spine, as spinal cord is the source of nerve supply, and brain may affect any part of the body with any kind of subluxation. This method of treatment is generally used as spinal disorders, headaches, neck problem, joint pains or arthritis, etc.
Although there is no such scientific evidence of the effectiveness of this drug-free health care system, personal testimonials of people give positive opinion about this kind of natural treatment. In recent time, chiropractic has gained greater acceptance from the society, medical physicians and has been included in the health plans of many national governments throughout the world.
