what’s the difference between chiropractic and osteopathy (and which is more medically valid)?

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what’s the difference between chiropractic and osteopathy (and which is more medically valid)?

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Osteopathy is generally the idea of trying to heal the whole person or body instead of just treating disease. Osteopaths become DOs and are board certified as doctors that regularly work in hospital settings besides MDs.

Chiropractors are not doctors, though they’ll try to act like primary care. They perform spinal adjustments, joint and spine cracking, with the idea that it should help the nervous system properly align to relieve pain. There is little actual scientific evidence this actually helps besides maybe for some lower back pain.