Chiropractic vs Physiotherapy

What is the difference?

Dr Andrew Timbs - Purity Chiropractic - Peregian Beach

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okay a very common question we can ask us
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what is the difference between
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chiropractic and physiotherapy a lot of
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people see in general that there might
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be this attack there’s some thing
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between GPS and physios and
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chiropractors that you know this-this
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profession is stepping on our turf and
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all that type of stuff which is
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completely ridiculous because we all do
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completely different things and the only
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reason there tends to be any issues is a
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lot of times from a GP a person might
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get referred for the wrong reasons right
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I do get a lot of people coming in after
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they’ve been a physiotherapist saying
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the physiotherapy didn’t help me but
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really for what was going on they should
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have never been referred to the
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physiotherapist cuz it wasn’t what they
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specialized him so the difference
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between a physiotherapist and a
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chiropractor is physiotherapy
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specializes in muscles so it is
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rehabilitation post-surgery helping the
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musculature system function better
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chiropractic is nervous system that’s
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the big differentiation between the two
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the only difficulty can come is
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understanding sometimes for what problem
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you know a lot of times you really
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should utilize both but also for some
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specific problems one would be better
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than the other in certain situations and
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hopefully it’s up to a lot of the
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therapists in the chiropractor’s or the
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physiotherapist to understand when to
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say I’ll look I’ll help you with this
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you probably really should see a
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chiropractor or oil I should refer you
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to a physiotherapist to say look they
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would start to work on the muscular and
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they can help in that respect so that’s
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the difference physiotherapy is muscle
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rehabilitation chiropractic nervous
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system and allowing the body to function
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and heal better