What Are the Differences Between DOs and Chiropractors?
DOs have a medical education that includes a four-year undergraduate degree, a four-year medical school degree, internships, and at least one hospital residency. In addition, DOs prescribe medicine and perform surgery. Chiropractors do not prescribe medicine and focus on the back and spine, while DOs are trained in manual techniques for all of the body’s regions. Because DOs are fully-licensed physicians, they may develop a treatment plan incorporating osteopathic manipulation with other traditional methods.
