noun. A system of therapy in which disease is considered the result of abnormal function of the nervous system. The method of treatment usually involves manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures.

noun. a method of medical treatment that manipulates body structures, especially the spine, in the belief that it restores proper nerve functioning.

noun. A system of health care involving manipulation of the spinal column and other body structures, for the purpose of alleviating neural dysfunction.

noun. a method of treatment that manipulates body structures (especially the spine) to relieve low back pain or even headache or high blood pressure

"Even though there are over 60,000 chiropractors practicing in the US today, and colleges all over the country offer chiropractic certification, we still see some common misconceptions when the term chiropractic is mentioned."

chiropath  chiropractor  chiropraxy  

intervention  treatment  

anticlimactic  climactic  didactic  extragalactic  galactic  

conjoint  derichment  emergency-room  event-based  here-a  

Galenic medicine  allopathic  allopathy  ayurveda  chiropodic