If you hear a popping sound while getting your joint adjusted in a chiropractic office, don’t be alarmed. It's almost certainly caused by the release of a gas bubble from the joint, which is the same as what occurs when you crack your knuckles. There should be no significant pain involved.

Before you head for your local chiropractic office, make sure your insurance covers chiropractic care. Although it's generally a well-accepted form of alternative medicine, most medical organizations frown on it, and some insurance companies won't cover such treatment.

Though you have to be a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) to open a chiropractic office, don't fool yourself into thinking that DCs are medical doctors. It's possible, but DCs don't spend as much time in school as MDs, and they focus on curative methods that are more anecdotally-based than scientific.