Up to this day when medical doctors actually advise patients to obtain supplemental treatment from chiropractors for their back pains, a lot of controversy remains behind chiropractic medicine. Probably all these questions have something to do with the fact that the practice does not make use of any type of drug. Sometimes, people even mistake it as the trade of the modern day quack doctor but obviously, they are mistaken. While these chiropractors cannot perform surgeries to relieve back pains, they can administer measures that promote spinal alignment through various massage and therapy techniques in combination with herbal or dietary supplements.