chiropracty en · NOUN
Etymology
From chiropract(ic) + -y, modeled after psychiatry.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable) 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: