It is estimated that about 27 million Americans visit doctors of chiropractic each year, and millions more receive chiropractic care throughout the rest of the world. Chiropractic is the third largest primary health care field (after medicine and dentistry) and D.C.s are licensed in all 50 states as well as many foreign countries. It is a highly scientific approach to health care which has been proven effective in numerous research studies.

Yet, many people still don’t really understand what chiropractors do. Some think they are useful only for low-back pain. Others think they "manipulate" spines to treat specific diseases. Still others believe they are just another type of medical doctor who dispenses pills and performs surgery.

All of these ideas about chiropractic are wrong! Chiropractors aren't limited to low-back pain, they don’t manipulate the spine to treat disease, and they don’t prescribe drugs or perform invasive procedures such as surgery.

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