chiropractyEtymologyFrom chiropract(ic) + -y, modeled after psychiatry.nounSynonym 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 wh”