Doctors Are Doctors. Chiropractors are Chiropractors.
Your notion of a "real" doctor probably conforms to a prototype generated by the
mass media. Many have come to think of a doctor as someone who prescribes advice
and drugs or performs surgery. Sporting a white lab coat or surgical scrubs with
a stethoscope at the neck, doctors are seen as all-knowing, omnipotent and able
to save patients in 60 minutes, less commercials.
A medical doctor (MD) and a chiropractor (DC) while different, have both received
a degree from a government accredited medical school or chiropractic college and
are licensed to practice.
But that’s where the similarity ends because each discipline looks at health and
healing in very different ways.
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Medical Doctors
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Chiropractors
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- Sees the disease
- Studies the blood
- Relies on drugs
- Treats
symptoms
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- Sees the person with the disease
- Improves nervous system integrity
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Reduces causes of nerve interference
- Promotes proper bodily function
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Clearly, these are two very different philosophies. Yet, each has its place. If
you have broken bones or you’re bleeding by the side of the road, you want the heroic
lifesaving measures of emergency medical treatment. But if you have chronic aches
and pains or an interest in wellness, you may want the health restoration possible
that is the focus of chiropractic care.