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Also known as chiropractic medicine, chiropractics, vertebrology, vertebroneurology

Chiropractic () is a controversial form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. The main chiropractic treatment technique involves manual therapy but may also include exercises and health and lifestyle counseling. Most who seek chiropractic care do so for low back pain. Chiropractic is well established in the United States, Canada, and Australia, along with other manual-therapy professions such as osteopathy and physical therapy.

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Alternative medicine.name: Chiropractic
Alternative medicine.image: File:Kiropraktisk ledd-korreksjon av rygg.jpg
Alternative medicine.alt: Chiropractor performing adjustment
Alternative medicine.caption: A chiropractor performing a vertebral adjustment
Alternative medicine.claims: Vertebral subluxation, spinal adjustment, Innate Intelligence
Alternative medicine.risks: Vertebral artery dissection (stroke), compression fracture, death
Alternative medicine.topics: Osteopathy, vitalism
Alternative medicine.orig date: 1895 in Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Alternative medicine.origprop: D. D. Palmer, B. J. Palmer
Alternative medicine.MeshID: D002684