Difference Between Chiropractor & Physical Therapist

"Sheellah" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Can someone please tell me what the difference is between these two
practitioners? How would one choose which to go to after an injury?

Thanks!.

Depend son the nature of the injury. Many chiropractors do a fairly good job
with soft tissue back injuries. Other than that, stick with a trained and
licensed physical therapist.

When I went post-wrist surgury to both eight years ago, I didn't notice
a lot of difference, just different body parts.

The P.T. worked with my "frozen fingers" doing lots of range-of-motion
exercises,. while the Chiropractor (who specialized in "sports injuries"
& had been on an Olympic medical team a few years previous) worked on
the range-of-motion in my "frozen shoulder".

I particularly liked her (the Chiropractor) & thought she did a great
job with excellent results. I would have readily & happily have gone to
her with my last year's sprained knee problem, but unfortunately she was
out of the country/on sabbatical during that month.

My husband used a Chiropractor for his back many years ago (before I met
him) over a long period of time & also got good results. 40 years
later, he still occasionally uses the exercises the Chiropractor gave
him, & he's not had any backaches since.