Doctors Are Doctors. Chiropractors are Chiropractors.
Your notion of a “real” doctor probably conforms to a prototype generated by the mass media. Many have come to think of a doctor as someone who prescribes advice and drugs or performs surgery. Sporting a white lab coat or surgical scrubs with a stethoscope at the neck, doctors are seen as all-knowing, omnipotent and able to save patients in 60 minutes, less commercials.
A medical doctor (MD) and a chiropractor (DC) while different, have both received a degree from a government accredited medical school or chiropractic college and are licensed to practice.
Medical doctors and chiropractors differ quite a bit in philosophy. Medical doctors typically rely on treatment of particular disorders, usually with medications or surgical intervention, whereas chiropractors attempt to help the patient’s body to heal itself and thus reducing symptoms.
Clearly, these are two very different philosophies. Yet, each has its place. If you have broken bones or you’re bleeding by the side of the road, you want the heroic lifesaving measures of emergency medical treatment. But if you have chronic aches and pains or an interest in wellness, you may want the health restoration possible that is the focus of chiropractic care.
Ultimately, Dr. Hanft believes that good doctors, whether MD’s or DC’s or Dentists all want the same thing:
To help their patients get better.
