Not all plans cover chiropractors -- practitioners who manipulate the spine and other structures within the body to relieve pain and tension resulting from posture, stress or strain. Some plans offer chiropractic care as an optional benefit that you or your employees may choose to add at an additional cost.
This term refers to the behaviors, methods, procedures, etc., that chiropractic practitioners employ in the case-management of patients.
Treatment by the manual manipulation of the spine and related body structures to correct misalignment of the spine and related body structures, X-rays to diagnose and determine treatment progress, and the following adjunctive therapy modalities - hot or cold packs, mechanical traction, electrical stimulation, paraffin packs, diathermy, manual traction, and ultrasound.