chiropracty
nounEtymology From chiropract(ic) + -y, modeled after psychiatry.
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Rare Synonym of chiropractic.
- Articles describing the difference between physiotherapy, chiropracty and osteopathy divide the three professions into three broad categories: physiotherapists deal with soft tissue injuries through rehabilitation and exercise, chiropractors deal with injuries and disorders through management of spinal and joint alignment, and osteopaths take a “holistic” approach to management and consider the whole patient.2020 July 3, Alex Phillipos, “Physiotherapy vs Chiropracty vs Osteopathy”, in Atlas Physio: