Difference Between Chiropractor & Physical Therapist

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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.