A dissertation presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master's Degree in Technology: Chiropractic, Durban Institute of Technology, 2004. / Chiropractors and physiotherapists treat a common pool of patients, often using similar modalities to treat them, yet there has always been an apparent antagonism towards each other as recorded in the literature. This is therefore assumed to be true in the South African context; however there has never been any quantifiable evidence as to what the interprofessional ties are between these two professions in this context / M