Chiropractic

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Chiropractic

• Dr. Christopher Good, DC, MA(Ed), CCSP
• Professor, New York Chiropractic College

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How many people here have been to a Chiropractor?
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The First Chiropractic Patient September 18, 1895
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This profession has come a long way
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What Is Chiropractor ???

• A doctor who specializes in treating nerve,
  muscle and joint problems...
• Using primarily manual therapy and other natural
  methods...
• To restore and maintain health.

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What is Health?

• Optimal function
• Not merely absence of sign or symptoms
• How do you know?
• What controls the function of the body?

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The Nervous System...

• Controls and coordinates
• all systems of the body

Did you know Food 6 weeks Water 6
days Oxygen 6 minutes Nervous System 6 msec
What changes nervous system function?
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What changes nervous system function?

• Chemical Factors
• drugs
• poor nutrition
• Psychological Factors
• stress
• Mechanical Factors
• Trauma
• Compression or Irritation

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Compression or Irritation by ...

• Muscles
• Bones --gtSubluxation
• Joint restriction
• Bone malposition
• Joint degeneration --gt see the X-ray view box
• These can irritate the nervous system, especially
  subluxation

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What causes subluxation?

• Lets look at the spine

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How do you treat Subluxation?

• Go to the Chiropractor, of course!

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Going to the Chiropractor...

• And Get to the Cause of the Problem!

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The Case History
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The Examination
Orthopedic Testing
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The Examination
Neurological Testing
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The Examination
Palpation
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Joint Palpation
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The Examination
X-ray films
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The Examination
X-ray films
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Review of Findings
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Chiropractic Treatment Methods
Manual Therapies Adjustments Manipulations Mobiliz
ations to joints and soft tissue
structures Muscle and ligament therapy
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Chiropractic Treatment Methods
Other Physical Treatments Heat,
Ice Electro-therapies, Ultrasound
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Chiropractic Treatment Methods
Exercise and Rehabilitation Patient
Education Postural/nutritional advice Lifestyle
strategies
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Chiropractic Treatment Methods

• The Good News
• No Drugs
• No Surgery

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Why people go to the chiropractor

• 43 Low back pain
• 33 Neck pain
• 15 Headache
• 11 Extremity conditions
• 9 Other neuromusculoskeletal
• 4 Visceral conditions
• GI, Asthma, Hypertension, other
• -ACA 2000 Survey

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People use Chiropractic for different reasons
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The Profession

• According to the ACA 2000 survey
• 86 Male
• 70 solo practitioners
• work 43 hours/week
• 115 patient visits/week
• Income
• Gross 220,000
• Net 81,500

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Chiropractic Education

• You could probably be a Chiropractic Physician
  if
• You were intelligent
• You liked people
• You enjoy studying the sciences, especially
  biology and anatomy
• You were good with your hands

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There are

• 16 Chiropractic colleges located throughout the
  United States
• 25 Chiropractic colleges located in various
  countries around the world

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Admission Requirements
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Prerequisite Courses RequiredBachelors Degree
Recommended

• General Biology with Labs (6 Semester Hours)
• General Chemistry with Labs (6 Semester Hours)
• Organic Chemistry with Labs (6 Semester Hours)
• General Physics with Labs (6 Semester Hours)

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Did you know that.

• Chiropractic College is Similar to Medical
  College
• Chiropractic students study more anatomy,
  physiology, diagnosis and neurology

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During and after graduation there can be
specialized study

• Sports Medicine
• Orthopedics
• Nutrition

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Many ThanksAny Questions?