Chiropractic Profession Overview

What does a Chiropractor Do?

Doctors of Chiropractic work one-on-one with patients, helping them improve their overall health and find relief from headaches, back, neck and joint pain, without reliance on drugs or surgery. Chiropractors often care for entire families and develop close relationships over time, which makes chiropractic a deeply fulfilling profession. Many chiropractors are in business for themselves or working in a group practice or hospital setting, including the VA. 

Chiropractic doctors diagnose and treat patients whose health problems are associated with the body’s muscular, nervous and skeletal systems. Chiropractors believe that interference with these systems can impair normal functioning, cause pain and lower resistance to disease. They are most well known for the hands-on technique they practice to adjust imbalances in the patient’s skeletal system, particularly the spine.

From (https://explorehealthcareers.org/career/chiropractic-medicine/chiropractor/)

 

Important Characteristics of a Chiropractor

• Communication skills for patient education
• Being an independent leader and self-starter in order to build and maintain independent practice and patient base.
• Having an open mind to complementary and alternative medicine.

From (https://www.chirocolleges.org/about-chiropractic/?source=students) 

 

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