What is a Chiropractor?
Chiropractors are primarily mechanical providers of care (adjustments, exercise, tissue work, etc.). A spinal adjustment is a manipulation that is delivered in a specific line-of-drive. Chiropractic education emphasizes mechanical care. Chiropractors are not trained in pharmacology, and/or drugs. Those are outside of their scope of license. Yet most chiropractic patients are taking medication or drugs for their symptoms prior to initiating chiropractic care.
Spinal manipulation and chiropractic-type healthcare procedures have a long history (1, 2, 3). For at least 2,500 years, spinal manipulation has been practiced in many parts of the world, primarily to treat musculoskeletal disorders. Ancient evidence for…
