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PHYSIOTHERAPY AND CHIROPRACTIC:
DO YOU KNOW THE SIMILARITIES AND
DISSIMILARITIES?
• The difference lies in technique and approach
• Chiropractors focus mainly on manipulating the spine and mobilizing
joints through a technique called adjustment. Physiotherapists tend
to work the soft tissues, such as muscles or tendons, to enable
mobility and promote overall wellbeing. Physiotherapy has been
used to treat similar conditions as chiropractic has. However, it has
an advantage: while chiropractic usually deals with spinal conditions
and pains and it enables the body’s inner pharmacy to react and
start the healing process, physiotherapy can have a comprehensive
approach for the patient’s whole body.
• Both have been around for thousands of years
• Physiotherapy is considered to have been established by The Father
of Medicine, Hippocrates himself in the year 460 . He introduced the
idea of manually manipulating the body to achieve pain relief and
boost health.