Alternative Health Practice: Chiropractic Therapy (Essay Sample)

Chiropractic Therapy
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Alternative and complementary health practices are treatments implemented instead or together with the approved standard treatments, respectively. Unlike alternative and complementary health practices, standard treatments are backed up scientifically and widely used among healthcare professionals. According to the National Institutes of Health (n.d.), alternative health practices are generally placebos because they do not have pharmacologically proven effects. Alternative health practices take place instead of standard treatments. Consequently, complementary health practices work together with standard treatments. In this discussion, I will explore chiropractic therapy as an alternative health practice, the evidence of its use, and why it is a topic of interest.
Chiropractic therapy is a kind of treatment where chiropractors use their hands and small instruments to streamline and realign the musculoskeletal system. This diagnosis and treatment are concerned with preventing mechanical disorders of the skeletal system. Chiropractic therapy is an alternative health practice because it bases on pseudoscientific ideas. The bones are pressed and adjusted into their natural setting with sudden force. Many practitioners believe that chiropractic therapy has enhanced benefits of reducing spinal pain and improving patient balance and posture. Moreover, chiropractic therapy mitigates neck-related