Chiropractic adjustments are a hands-on approach to natural healing. They do not involve treatment using drugs and surgery, since chiropractors believe these modes of therapy to be more invasive and unnatural to the body. Drugs typically cause side effects and mask the health problem. Chiropractors treat the nervous system by removing subluxations which cause nerve interference and poor health.

Chiropractors use their hands and some instruments to perform an adjustment. The adjustment involves a gentle, quick movement directed at the subluxation to move it into the correct position. This immediately removes the subluxation and the interference to the nerve, restoring the flow of innate intelligence to the body.