 We're glad to know you're still there and watching The Breakfast on Plus TV Africa and right now we're going to talk about a medical practice that may not be very familiar or people may not be very familiar with. In fact, when I saw the name, first of all, I was calling it chiro, chiropractor. But that's not how it is pronounced, it's called chiropractor. We have a chiropractor in the house and today we're going to do everything from definition to what services these kind of people offer. We're glad to have Dr. Paul Chima in the house. Good morning and welcome to the program. Thank you. Good morning, sir. Okay, so now I know it's chiro, which is not the capital of Egypt. Chiro and Praktor together. Now tell us what a chiropractor is. Okay, so chiropractors first are health practitioners who detect discomfort in your body and help you fix them. So for example, if you have a shoulder blade issue, you have a new issue which is arthritis or frozen neck, frozen hand. You can lift your hand or you have stroke or you have waist pain. They can detect which nerve has the issue, which spinal vertebra has the issue and then correct it so that the manipulate bone, they know how to stop one to move the other. So that's just why they're professionals. And you don't have to poke pills? No, no. So I have been practicing for the past 11 years now. I've never told anybody to take pills except it's critical. Right? I will ask you to go to your doctor and then I will talk to the doctor to tell you what you need to do and I will tell you the duration because you're in my own care. So that's... So how do you go about it? Is it acupuncture? Is it massage? Yeah, okay. So first of all, there's something we call bone setting, right? You crack and fix the bone, put it in position first and then massage, walk on the nerves and then after that you can now do your exercise or go to sleep or relax, take good hot shower and then... When you say crack the bones and put it back and all that, what do you mean? Because it's scary. Okay, so we have two and a six bone as adults here. If you don't meet a chiropractor in your lifetime, then that means you're only cracking about 50 of your bones if you crack, like the one you do like this and all that. There are others that are meant to be handled by professionals. That's what best chiropractors because we know how to manipulate people, put them in shape, right? So people have pelvic tilt, some people have scoliosis, logeosis, some people have neck pain, some neck pain headache and not because you have in your issues, it's just because your bones are not aligned and they are compressing on your nerves. So that can give you a lot of discomfort. You talked about arthritis, being part of the things that you might know, so what do you do? Some arthritis are not from the disc, they're from the back or from your foot, but you will not know because some... My feelings underneath? Yes, feelings underneath. So your knee takes the pressure, right? Your knee because you walk, you run and all that, takes the pressure. So that's different from when the pain is coming from your pelvic, the pelvic controls the whole body, from your brain to your hand, your pelvic control is the center of all, that's where your foundation is, that's where your body balances. So if everything happens to the pelvic, in the part that has no of the pressure and the mind that is compressive, this article is, if it's any kind of, any part of the neurons, it affects that part of the body, no. So for example, if it's on your pelvic and then it is compressing on your elbow, it affects your left leg, if it's on your L5, it affects your right leg. That's if it's compressing on your sciatical nerve. But who do you know will go and keep walking on your nerve? Yeah, but that is just a step to what the problem is. The most of it is from the vertebrae, that has to be aligned first and once that is aligned, then you can... All right, you said if one does not meet a chiropractor in one's life, that means you've only cracked 50% of your bone. No, 50 bones. That's about 10%. So explain that to us. So what happens to the others? Are they redundant? So you would argue with me that most of our mothers who didn't have the opportunity to come over to a new life, I mean city life, right? Have some back pain, the complain of waist pain. They have atratis, they have an headache, they have tutors, a neck, some of them burn down and all that here. It's not because their bones are so big. Yes, that's what they might not understand. But it's because there's just a tilt. Maybe during childbirth, maybe during when you're burning down, carrying children and going to the farm and there's a tilt. That is normal. So I mainly use this as an example. If we drive, we know how it is when your car is misaligned. You can't leave your steering. If you do, to take it to one side. So that's what happens to the body. Accept you, realign it. It will always give you discomfort. Always, always give you discomfort. And it's costubilization. So it's like dislocation, but it's partial. And it's only a chiropractor can fix it. Because if you come to me and tell me you have a headache, I know. Okay, for example, you say you have a migraine. I know the nerve. And it will be vertebrae that controls that part of the body. And I know what to do. If you say you have pelvic tilt. If you say you wake up in the morning, you have pain. If you say you can't run fast. If you say you can't walk fast. If you say you can't do some things that you normally do. Because of maybe some pain. Because you explain it to me. And you know the nerve, the vertebrae. And the reason why you're having that. That's why we are in practice. That's why we are trained. So it's not everybody that has a kind of pain. That is supposed to take pills. I'm not saying it's not good. But some is just to correct that. So how useful are these cracks that we do for ourselves? You know, do this, you do that, you twist your neck. We do that on a normal... How useful are they? Are they harmful in any way? Are they useful to us? Okay. Should we do that more? Yes, we should. The thing is, I was telling somebody here, there's something we do. There's something, there's a way we hold people to crack them. So if, for example, you're cracking L4 and you don't stop L5, you're cracking the boot at the same time. So if the compression is between L4 and L5, that means your dick is suffering. And then the nerves that are on that L4, L5 is suffering. So as a chiropractor, we know how to stop a particular to crack this one, right? So they adjust like that to take this as 1, 2, 3, 4, right? They're just like that. We know how to stop one to fix one, so that two will not have issues. So these are things that when we do, for example, you crack your neck. Those cracks is good because at that time it gives you some moment of relief. But the thing is, as a chiropractor, we know how to stop it so that the essence of it is that compression. Because it's compression on the nerve. That's why each time you find out that people try to do their head like this, or maybe they always do it, it becomes a pattern for them. And subconsciously you do it, not knowing, not even knowing if people are watching them or not. So the thing is, by the time you meet a chiropractor, a chiropractor is trained to know how to stop all the vertebrae, all the joints, to fix that particular problem. So cracking yourself and all those things people do is not bad. But the reason why you should go to a professional is because they know how to not damage or not escalate the problem. They know how to fix that particular problem. Yeah, you're sounding like you're coming fresh and straight from Igbooby. Oh, my God! So tell me, is your work with the bones, only with bones that are not broken, or if someone has a broken bone, you can also work on it? Okay, so it depends on the level of fracture or broken that the person has. So some practitioners, which are the orthopedic surgeons, they will tell you that after I fix this bone, go meet a physio or a chiropractor, because they will help you. So what they do is fix that broken bone. So this is a fracture between, they fix it and then you go to a chiropractor to fix the joint. So that would happen when you're already moving. So the place of a chiropractor is there, the place of a physiotherapist is there, and the place of a surgeon is also there. So these are different people who work on bones, who have different things to do for the bone, who help you in different stages of the accident, or whatever it is you're working on. But if there's no fracture, the chiropractor can come at any time, whether it's you're supposed to go for surgery, whether you're supposed to go for whatever it is, I advise everybody go to see a chiropractor for. I must tell you, listening to you, one may easily mistake a chiropractor for a physiotherapist. Yeah. Do you often get that transmission? I may be a masseuse even. Yeah, so I suffered that when I started practicing in Nigeria, I studied in China, and when I came down to Nigeria, I, they were like, okay, I should stay back in China. But I said, no, I have people in Nigeria who needs this service, as a 2017. So I came back to Nigeria. People misticked me as a physio and as a masseuse. I suffered that for two, three years, and because I know what I learned and I know what it will be for people. So it wasn't until 2020 that people started calling direct for a chiropractor. So I got that a lot of time. But the thing is, I had that confidence that one day, people will need this in Nigeria. How popular is it now in Nigeria? Wow. Are you many at all? So there is just a few of us in Nigeria who is practicing. Yeah. But as I've known, I came down to Nigeria. People didn't, there was no chiropractor. In fact, a chiropractor, what we didn't want to, what you got, no, no, no, no, no. And then I tell them your price, you'll be like, no, I can't pay this, I can only pay this. But right now, it was worth it to buy it. That means it's very expensive to get your services? Is that what you're saying? It's not quite expensive. The reason is because there are people who are supposed to go for surgery that have averted, right? They were supposed to go for surgery, they've been booked for surgery. I can't count any of them. The last person who didn't listen to me, God forbid, I'm saying this, he died. No. Because he was not supposed to go for surgery. So the pelvic is the most delicate part of the body. The pelvic is the part of the body that cannot be replaced. So he had a pelvic issue. And I told him, for this problem I'm saying here, you're not supposed to go for surgery. But he said, my family said, my people has contributed and everything, men of the day. So what I'm saying is that the reason for chiropractors and the reason for those of us that are named and studied it very, very well is because it's like a treasure, right? It's a lot of pain, discomfort, sleep, headache and stroke and all that. So it helps you not spend no time in the hospital, spend your time in the drugs and get your results. So how do you get prepared to be a chiropractor? Well, first, just think about it and not tell me. Do it about and not tell me. And understand and not tell me. Once you do that, that's the first things first. I am a physiotherapist. I studied that was my first degree. But after that, and I was introduced to chiropractic in 2016, I realized that that's the next big thing. And then I went for it. And today, I'm not practicing chiropractic, fish again. I'm strictly in chiropractic. What length of time does it take from the day a patient comes to you to the day that the results will start showing how everything will be done? So I would say this year, when I started practicing, I was doing six sessions. Yeah. But there's something about when something is your purpose and when you are, you have to do that thing. So I reduced to three sessions. Now I fix people in two sessions. And I'm working out. How long is a session? One hour. One hour. So in two hours, you're fixed. Yes, you're fixed. Okay, now let me ask you this critical question that a lot of people will want us to ask. You also deal with the nerves. Maybe it's not related. I'm talking like a layman. But the nerves, people go for buttocks. To correct breasts, to correct the butt, some people have erectile dysfunctions as well. Those things have to do with the nerves. Do you do that as well? Okay, so for erectile dysfunctions, first of all is to make everybody understand that every organ in your body, be it your kidney, be it your digestive system, has a nerve that links it from the brain to your pelvic, then to that organ. So what chiropractors are taught to do is to understand first, like I said, a lot of me, first is what is the link and which vertebrae controls that organ. So the spinal cord is inside the spine, which is your vertebrae. So at each joint, it comes out for your hand, for everything. So when they are doing this surgery, the professional man knows not to touch. The blood vessels not to touch because he knows once he touches it, the person is gone. Is that the person who overbleeds and all that? So we also are taught how to... So I know how to... Doctor, it's just a yes. Is it just a yes or no? You want femur brace. You go to a chiropractor, you can go. You want femur... No, you want femur brace. Don't come after your party. You want to correct the erectile dysfunctions. You want to go to a chiropractor. You want bigger pumps. Do you want to check how much? Oh, okay. Because all of us, we just take his nerves and all that. So anybody comes to you and you firm it? Anything sexual is other, come to a chiropractor. Because if you don't sleep well, you won't function well. In any capacity, whether you're taking food, whether you're sleeping, whether you're having sex, whether anything... Even for the elderly man? Everybody. So as a chiropractor, I don't believe that any age can make you not function well when it comes to sexual... Market don't come. Yeah, yeah, because we are taught how to see... So even though I was trying to tell people that when your nerves are compressed, right, it can take you years, but it won't... We wish you had more time to ask more. I think so. You'll have to come back another time. We have to go. Thank you. Thank you so much, Dr. Paul Chima for coming. Thank you. Chiropractor, that is his profession. I guess a lot of people have not heard about it. I didn't hear it till like two days ago or one day ago. So it's learning. Every day you have the opportunity to learn something and we've learned today. If we have another opportunity, we'll bring Dr. Chima back to the studio to talk to us. But for now, we have to let him go. So we're so grateful for your coming here today. Thank you for having me. Thank you so much. Oh, thank you so much for your time. We're supposed to give you the quote of the day. So do not always have control. We do not always have control over where life brings us, but we can control how we choose to respond to new circumstances. That's according to Leonard L. Kendrick. All right. Thank you for your time today. It's been a beautiful time this Monday on The Breakfast with you. 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