CHIROPRACTIC, OSEOPATHY, PHYSIOTHERAPY There are many healthcare facilities around the world that provide care to injured patients of all ages. Some professions are easily confused due to their philosophy and type of treatment. Commonly mistaken professions are chiropractic, osteopathy and physiotherapy. The purpose of this essay is to clearly distinguish between the three professions to increase both my knowledge and that of others. Chiropractic is a form of healthcare that focuses predominantly on the relationships of the structures (mainly the spine and pelvis) and its functions (mainly the nervous system). (10) The main goal is to treat a patient without the use of drugs or surgery and achieve long-term positive results on patients rather than immediate effects, although there is also immediate pain relief (mainly in the lower back) ). Physical therapy focuses on the movement and function of an injured area to evaluate mobility, diagnose the injury, and treat it. (2) The injured area is usually stabilized to prevent further injury from occurring. Osteopathy focuses on the structure of the body and how the bones, muscles, joints and internal organs function as a unit. (3) Osteopathy does not only treat back or knee pain, but treats the entire body as a suffering unit, therefore there is no specific stabilization for the injured area. Many people tend to get confused between chiropractic and osteopathy. While they are very similar in how they treat a patient, there are also distinct differences that separate the two professions. Both professions have philosophical beliefs of holism, naturalism, and therapeutic conservatism in the processes of caring for a patient. Both...... middle of paper...... most recent with the most recent discoveries8. Porter S. Tidy Physiotherapy. Fifteenth edition. Churchill. Livingstone. Elsevier. 2013 Relatively accurate. It is the most recent edition, so the information is the latest with the latest results9. Kumar P, Raju P, Prasad V. Fundamentals of physiotherapy. India. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. 2005 Precise. Although the publication date is a little old, it is possible that no new information has been found since it is the latest edition.10. Johnson C, Baird R, Dougherty E, Globe G, Green B, Hameline M, Hawk C, Smith M. Chiropractic and public health; Current state and future vision. Journal of manipulative and physiological therapy. July 2008. Volume 31, number 6, page 398. Highly accurate as it is a diary. Healthcare professionals always update their diaries to get information that is as close to accurate as possible.