These days, the education that a chiropractor receives is quite similar to what medical practitioners receive.
In fact, a recent study says that chiropractic and medical curricula are “more similar than dissimilar.” Most chiropractic colleges require a Bachelor’s degree before enrollment. A doctor of chiropractic’s training generally requires a minimum of five years of college study.
Obviously, medical [...]
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A Chiropractor’s Education
Spondylolisthesis – What Is That?
Abigail was competing in a gymnastics tournament last year and during one of her floor routines, noticed a sharp pain in her low back after performing a series of back hand springs. She said she landed crooked on the last of four back hand springs which resulted in immediate pain in the middle of the [...]
Headaches: Causes and Treatment
Few conditions leave their victims as miserable and agitated as headaches. There are many causes of headaches including stress, odors, bright lights, noise, fatigue, certain foods, hormonal shifts, allergies, as well as genetic predisposition. With all the possible causes of headaches, it’s not surprising many people seek help from many different approaches such as conventional [...]
Vibram Five Fingers the next big thing or the next big injury?
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past couple of years you have probably heard of Vibram Five Fingers shoes. These shoes are very minimalistic in nature and create a barefoot like experience for your feet. The human foot has 26 bones, 33 joints, 20 muscles, and tons of sensory receptors also called [...]
The Above Down Inside Out Idea
One question I often get asked as a chiropractor; What is Chiropractic? There is a enormous lack of understanding on what chiropractic is? BJ Palmer, the founder of Chiropractic developed the term Above-Down-Inside-Out. This one term helps to explain what chiropractic is.
Chiropractors believe that the body can heal itself from the inside-out, if there is [...]