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Chiropractic Medicine
Career Overview:
A system of diagnosis and treatment based on the concept that the nervous system coordinates all of the body's functions and that disease results from a lack of normal nerve function.
Chiropractic is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system and the effects of these disorders on general health.
Chiropractor Medicine includes anatomy and physiology, biology, diagnosis and diagnosis imaging, and spinal manipulation.
Chiropractic services are used most often to treat neuromusculoskeletal complaints, including but not limited to back pain, neck pain, pain in the joints of the arms or legs, and headaches.
Full Chiropractic Medicine profile
Common Chiropractic Medicine Requirements:
At least 90 semester hours with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 or higher, though most students enroll after completing a bachelor’s degree.
A well-rounded general education including coursework in humanities, social and behavioral sciences, and communications and languages, as well as,
24 semester hours in life and physical sciences with a substantive lab for half.
Some schools may require GRE scores
Letter of recommendation
Chiropractic Medicine Programs:
Most programs will have a rigorous curriculum and hands-on training, blending theory and practice.
Students that pursue this course of study will graduate with a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC).
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