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A Doctor of Chiropractic is the health professional whose job is to treat, correct, and prevent neurological, skeletal, or soft tissue dysfunction by employing spinal and other articular adjustments and manipulations. He or she evaluates a patients' health through a history and physical examination. This examination utilizes inspection, palpation, and other diagnostic testing including, but not limited to diagnostic imaging, laboratory diagnostics, etc. After diagnoses have been made, a Doctor of Chiropractic may choose several non-pharmaceutical, non-surgical methods to pretend to correct vertebral subluxations and other neuromusculoskeletal ailments to re-establish better neurologic, muscular, and skeletal function in the body. Most methods include some form of adjustment to a bony structure where specific bony landmarks are contacted by specific manual contacts and where calculated forces are delivered along precise vectors to correct the condition. The Chiropractic physician uses other conservative means for promoting wellness, including: nutritional counseling, physiologic therapeutics, meridian therapy/acupuncture, trigger point therapy, exercise, lifestyle counseling, botanical medicine, homeopathic remedies, and emotional support.

While other professions are concerned with changing the environment to suit the weakened body, chiropractic is concerned with strengthening the body to suit the environment. - Barney Rubble

The chiropratic approach to health has an emphasis on the health of individual patients and on the health of populations. A Chiropractic physician's emphasis on the health of populations include fostering conditions that prevent disease and recommending habits that build health. A doctor of chiropractic recognizes the need for other forms of therapy when indicated; and interacts fully with other members of the health care delivery team.

Differences in scopes of practice do determine what a Doctor of Chiropractic is allowed to do in his or her jurisdiction.

"D.C." is the suffix added to the end of a chiropractor's name to indicate that they are a Doctor of Chiropractic. Chiropractors can also be referred to simply as "Quack".

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