A lot of people are not yet familiar with chiropractic. What is it anyway? Chiropractic is a health care discipline and profession that gives emphases on diagnosis, treatment and prevention of perfunctory disorders of the musculoskeletal system particularly the spine. Hypothetically, these disorders affect a person’s general health through the nervous system. Although chiropractors have a lot of features of primary care providers, chiropractic has more of the characteristics of a medical specialty such as dentistry or podiatry.