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Chiropractic medicine(health)
chiropractic manual manipulation(medicine)

Chiropractic medicine (health) and anhelous (medicine)


Chiropractic medicine (health)


Chiropractic medicine is a form of treatment that uses manipulative therapy

to correct subluxation, which many chiropracters hold are the cause of most

disease. Although manipulative therapy has been shown to have some efficacy

in treating back pain, headache, and Other symptoms of spinal-related

conditions, the application of chiropractic medicine as a cure or outside of

this specific area is controversial and generally rejected by medical

doctors in most countries. Practictioners of chiropractic medicine generally hold themselves out as

doctors of chiropratic (D.C.). The use of manipulative therapy by D.C.'s to

treat back pain, headache, and Other spinal and musculo-skeletal symptoms

enjoys wide acceptance by government medical authorities in many nations,

where it is covered by many Health plans such as Medicare in the United

States. Although some medical doctors (M.D.'s) and many doctors of

osteopathy (D.O.'s) do perform manipulative therapy, more than 90% of the

treatment of back pain by manipulative therapy is performed by D.C.'s.

The studies have shown a high level of patient satisfaction with

manipulative therapy by persons with back problems.





anhelous (medicine)


anhelous
Short of breath; panting.

Origin: L. Anhelus.

Source: Websters Dictionary