A joint that has stopped moving and the muscle that has been guarding it for six weeks are two different problems. Adjust the joint and the tight tissue pulls it back within days; work the tissue alone and the joint stays stuck. That is why most care plans use more than one service.
A common pattern for a low back case is chiropractic adjustment to restore joint motion, massage or myofascial work to release what has been compensating, and two or three corrective exercises so the change holds between visits. For a disc case, spinal decompression usually replaces the rotary adjustment. For tendon pain that has not responded to anything else, shockwave.
Acupuncture works differently and is often the option for patients whose pain sits alongside sleep problems, stress, digestive symptoms, or headaches. It can run in parallel with chiropractic care or on its own.
What none of this involves is a package sold to you before anyone has examined you. You get a verbal report of findings at your follow-up, and the plan is built from that.