Chiropractic is the practice of a hands-on, drug-free approach to health care that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. Chiropractors have broad diagnostic skills and are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling. One of the most common therapeutic procedures performed by a doctor of chiropractic is spinal manipulation or “chiropractic adjustment”. The purpose of spinal manipulation is to restore joint mobility by manually applying a controlled force into joints that have become fixated or restricted in their movement due to tissue injury. These injuries arise from many things in daily life. It could be caused by a single traumatic event, such as improper lifting of a heavy object, motor vehicle accident and falls.