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Chiropractor at work

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Chiropractor at work

Chiropractors focus on the relationship between the spine and the nervous system, and manipulate the spine to treat a range of health conditions. This chiropractor is treating a child while other young clients wait in the background.

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New Zealand College of Chiropractic

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Allison Kirkman, Health practitioners – Alternative health practitioners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28342/chiropractor-at-work (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allison Kirkman, published 29 March 2011, updated 28 April 2026.