A chiropractic adjustment is a specific procedure of moving spinal vertebrae for the purpose of correction of vertebral subluxations.
Much discussion goes on in health care circles as to what to call what chiropractors do.
The answer is simple. Chiropractors perform chiropractic adjustments. Exploit, misuse, take advantage, control, deploy, maneuver, use, ply, swing, wield, grope, examine, finger, fondle, handle, maul, palpate, paw, probe, touch, govern, sway. In looking at the two it is easy to see why chiropractors use the term adjustment. A properly given chiropractic adjustment is designed to correct interference to the nervous system from subluxations.