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Q: Should I go to school to be a Doctor of Chiropractic or Doctor of Physical Therapy? Please help!?
Oh and by the way in response to the smart ass answer, I have done my research. If there are only stupid answers on here then why is this guy responding to everyone’s questions?

A: Asking a question like this on yahoo answers is going to get you a lot of stupid responses about the two professions. If you are really throwing up these two options then I suggest you do some good reading, and maybe visit a couple of each to find out about what they do, because its not really at all similar.

Me personally, I would do to the Chiropractic school, but this is only because thats what helped me with my own personal problem. And thats what most peoples opinions are going to be based on.

Find out some more about the professions and make an educated opinion, not just one based on what other people have told you.

Q: What are the top colleges to become a doctor of chiropractic medice? What are the top chiropractic colleges?
I need to know where the best place to go to school would be to get my D.C.

A: At this time graduates of Chirpractic colleges earn the doctor of Chiropractic degree (DC), not a doctor of Chiropractic Medicine degree (DCM). The term medicine is often misleading in that Chiropractic, as is Allopathy (Western medicine), Osteopathy, Naturopathy and other health care forms are each a different form of medicine. I graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College of Los Angeles in 1991, which had an outstanding out-patient clinic that prepared me for nearly all possible problems I have been asked to evaluate and treate, and feel it is one of the best in the world, not just the USA. All of the colleges which are CCE accredited are professional and have high standards. If you are interested in attending a Chiropractic college, it is important to consider the region you would prefer to live in while at school. If you are most interested in a traditional approach, then Palmer Chiropractic College in Davenport, Iowa, might be best.

Q: How Difficult Is It To Get Into Chiropractic School?
First off, I know how many people feel about chiropractors, so no need to try and talk me out of it. I am not a big fan of some of their claims too. Originally I wanted to go into health psychology but it takes nearly a decade of grad school, costs close to $200,000 in tuition, and the pay is horrible. However, I found that chiropractics is similar enough to health psychology to peak my interest and it takes far less time, money, and the pay is about 2-3x higher.

With that said, I am curious as to how difficult it is to get into a doctor of chiropractics program. I can’t find much info about general admissions rates to these programs. I do exceed the miniumum requirements to the program that I applied to (National University of Health Sciences), by quite a bit. For example, I have a 3.5 undergrad GPA when a 2.5 is the minimum. Normally I would say that admission is more or less guaranteed, but this is still for a doctoral program, so I am a little less confident.

So does anyone know how difficult it is to get into chiropractic school?

A: So let me get this straight. You understand chiropractors are quacks preying on gullible patients, but you like the salary possibilities, so you’re willing to overlook the crackpottery? Perhaps you should take course in Ethics before enrolling…

Regarding your specific question, several surveys have confirmed that Chiropractic Schools have the lowest standards of any the professional schools claiming to be about Health. Here are the numbers, from 1999. (Entrance Standards have proportionally risen for all professions since 1999).

Profession
% with Bachelor’s Degree
Minimum GPA
Average GPA of Entering Students

Medical
99.4%
3.16
3.56

Optometry
76.9%
2.55
3.30

Osteopathy
97.0%
2.68
3.26

Dental
66.9%
2.79
3.13

Podiatry
89.4%
2.76
3.06

Chiropractic
42.2%
2.38
2.90

In general, chiropractic students are not very bright, and of course they have this problem with ethics.

Q: Where can I receive a D.C. degree?
I have a B.B.A. and am considering going back to school to become a chiropractor. I currently live in TN and do not wish to go far from here. Resources online a limited and it seems like there are few schools offering Doctor of Chiropractic programs. What and where are some of the best ones? How long do the programs take to complete? About how much do they cost?

Gracias!

A: With a Bachelor’s, you can get into almost any chiropractic school probably with a few extra prerequisite classes.

From Tennessee the closest school is Life University in Atlanta. Don’t go there though. They do not give their students a strong science base and generally produce fanatics that claim to be able to cure diabetes or cance with adjustments. Complete BS.

The better schools would include National (Chicago & St. Petersburg, FL), Northwestern (Minneapolis), NYCC (in Upper New York State), SCUHS (near LA), UConn- Bridgeport and Texas Chiropractic College. Those would be the best. Palmer in Florida is ok but newer. Don’t go to Sherman either. Most of the other ones are acceptable.

The program will take ~3.3 years going straight through or ~5 years taking summers off.

I graduated ~6 years ago with around $100,000 in debt.

Q: Chiropractic(DC), Osteopathic(DO), or Allopathic(MD) as a focus of study?
I’m completing some prereq in a chiropractic school before I continue into my first trimester but I’m having some serious doubts. I’m all about alternative medicine and what it has done for me but focusing into a career is difficult. Insurance companies and other people don’t support it because of the lack of medical evidence. I also don’t want to waste my time and money. I want a career that is rewarding and directly help people. I’m not a fan of pharmacology even with a father in research and mother in medicine. I’ve been happy with chiropractors but I just don’t see a steady and lucrative future. Most people say its about establish yourself in the right location but I’m not convinced. I have worked many chiropractors and they usually don’t work but a few times a week. They also have to market themselves to the point its every week. I don’t know if that hold true for medical doctors but it could be skewed. I also don’t know the future outlook is for chiropractor especially with physical therapist having a doctorate program in the works. Then on the other hand my studies in chiropractic school are just as hard and as long as medical school. I thought osteopathic would be the best of both worlds but its still under the AMA. Since I’m going as far as DO then might as well try MD right? In my case I’m not a crazy about medical school but its another option. Most people have said why do you change your mind after you’ve decided on chiropractic…for me I try to keep every option open. I don’t want to be in debt to school for 20 yrs of my life and I’m not getting younger. I’m open to suggestions and ideas of schools that anybody has in mind…
Insurance is not a big deal, since so many people don’t have any. I’m looking for long term financial security and some clarity for the future in each profession. I don’t want to study for 4 more years and not be content. Also in many cases lead to failure.

A: You cannot go wrong with DO or MD, I would stray from Chiro because it seems that insurance companies are limiting benefits for them. Not only that, allowed amounts are very small for that type of medical practice.

Q: Career Advice::Doctor of Chiropractic Care or Doctors of Physical Therapy only please!?!?
I’m a high school Senior going to Berkeley this fall. I need advice on what I should major in and the steps I should take to ensure a successful career to obtain a credential in DC or DPT…activities,volunteer work, employment ect…
Thanks :D

A: If you hope to become a PT, you should examine the requirements for entrance into the specific graduate level program to which to hope to apply. It usually requires several courses that includes chemistry, physics, biology, math, and psychology. Declare a major as an undergraduate (preferrably one that encompasses most of those courses). Begin taking your gen eds, major and prerequisite courses. As you neer completion of your BS, look for a volunteer or employment opportunity in a physical therapy clinic…preferrably one where someone would be willing to write you a letter of recommendation. Strive for a high GPA as admission is selective.

Good luck

Q: Bachelor of science in biology vs. bachelor of health science?
What is the difference between the two degrees (course wise)?
In university i would like to be able to take social sciences as well as classes in English and Business. Can this be done with both degrees?
After university I intend on going to graduate school and completing a doctor of chiropractic degree.
Please help me

A: I think it is better check it on Internet, especially the university you want to go. The reason is that different colleges have different requirements for the programs. I am sure that you will find more information about Bachelor of science in biology and bachelor of health science there, and then you are able to see the difference.

Hope that help.

Q: Pursuing a Chiropractic Career?
I am interested in being a doctor of chiropractic. I am doing some research on it, and was wondering if anyone who is a chiropractor can share their experience with this career. Like what kind of things they do, the school required, the pay, and being a chiropractor in general. Thanks

A: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos071.htm

http://www.acatoday.org/level2_css.cfm?T1ID=33&T2ID=203

Q: Why do chiropractors adamently insist that they are as highly trained as M.D.’s?
I have heard many things about chiropractors, both good and bad. But nothing bothers me more than to hear someone say that chiropractors are as highly trained or trained better than M.D.’s. I am a current Doctor of Physical Therapy student, and when I graduate, I may have a doctorate, but I will certainly not insist on being called a “doctor” equivalent to an M.D. We (DPT, M.D., D.O., D.C.) are all taught some of the same, but some very different medical aspects. However, I feel that chiropractors try to make outrageous claims they can’t live up to, which is a concept that is revisited when they claim to have better training than M.D.’s. I’m not here to bash chiropractors, I just want people to know the truth when it comes to healthcare, I mean, last time I checked, chiropractors only need 2 years of undergrad before entering chiropractic school.

A: As a DPT myself, I tread lightly to answer this question…as we are currently being accused of “trying to be doctors.” You and I have the luxury of knowing that the demands of our profession have reached that beyond a master’s degree and that a doctorate is evolving due to the increasing curriculum of our programs. Yet, we both recognize that our degree extends us to being experts within the scope of our practice…ie, we are the “experts” when it comes to the actual physical treatment of patients for rehabilitation. Many will agure that a physiatrist is the “true” doctor of physical therapy…yet, most people do not know that physiatrists (unless former PTs or OTs) do not get the hands on experience of actual physical therapy treatments…rather, their expertise lies in the MEDICAL treatment of people undergoing rehabilitative services (for instance, introducing baclofen for the management of spasticity in someone who has had a stroke).

I cannot say that a DC and an MD are equivelent degrees…but it’s like comparing apples and oranges…the scope of a DC is completely different than that of an MD. Yet, the training of a DC is nearly as lengthy as an MD…plenty for them to be considered “experts” in their own field…if you visit the website for the National School of Chiropratic, you will see that a baccalureate degree is required as a prerequisite….you will also notice that the prerequisite courses are somewhat more stringent than PT prerequisites (about a semester more of bio and chem) and are somewhat comparable to courses taken by many premed students. The professional phase of their program is 10 trimesters…I think this is plenty for them to use the title “Dr” as they have spent nearly 8 years in their studies. PT is quickly approaching that…but we have yet to establish standards of practice that will encourage the public to recognize the validity of our field…we are working on it, that’s for sure…but until then, I recognize the DPT has value…but do not expect the general public to understand the difference between DPT, MD and pHD…therefore I do not use the title and it seems that you have decided to do the same.

I cannot say that I know of any DCs who think they are better trained than MDs…but I know plenty who believe that their practice is superior the mainstream medical system (otherwise, why would they do it?)…I really think it comes down to opinions on approach to treatment rather than being more “highly trained” than an MD.

Q: What’s the difference between chiropractors (DC) and ones with more degrees?
There are just too many chiropractors in the area and I know too little about them. Well I’ve visited one with a phD and one plain ol’ DC and what is the difference? What do you learn in chiropractic school, or when you get extra degrees?Are there any ways to narrow my search for a chiropractor I like, for example are there any awards or distinguishments like extra schooling that would help me know if a chiropractor is the one? Ideally one I like would try to know more things. not require an x ray or weekly visits for the rest of eternity and the doctor would know some “sports medicine”. but good luck myself.
Thank you!

A: Thru years of chronic back pain I finally found a Chiropractor that has ART training…Active Release Therapy…never heard of it before then..it’s like a chiropractic services mixed with physical therapy…they don’t just twist ya up in 15 min and say good by…and my treatment frequency has diminished..never thought that would happen..some of the others have ya coming in every week for months!!!! and chronic back pain is gone…I was a disbeliever but now I am glad I took that one more chance of trying someone.
I could go on and on how great it is but u got to try for yourself and what ails you.

here’s some links to go into detail if you want:

http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=Active+Release+Therapy&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAtGhIwmWUgDEY_o4EWESW2UazKIX%3B_ylv%3D0%2FSIG%3D11im8pidc%2FEXP%3D1209326059%2F*-http%253A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAhvkbl.lpvENKY1_HwJTrW8azKIX%3B_ylv%3D0%2FSIG%3D121pa8pcg%2FEXP%3D1209326059%2F*-http%253A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=Active+Release+Therapy

good luck hope ya feel better:)

Q: When I take exams, the question or statement I try to read jumps on the paper & I cant focus & get confused.?
I try to take exams, Im going to school to become a Doctor of Chiropractic, but I keep failing tests because I dont know how to comprehend the question. Its not that I dont know all the information Im being tested on, I just dont understand the questions Im being asked on exams. I try to read the questions or statements and the words just start jumping around and I cant get through the sentence without getting confused. I reread it a million times and I almost feel like the word Im reading are all mixed up. Like the words are spelled correctly, I just feel like Im reading them out of order. I dont understand what is wrong. I dont know if its some sort of reading disability or what. But I need help figuring this out. Like I said, Im going to school getting my doctorate, and I cant afford to fail anymore exams just because I cant focus on the questions. I feel like Im being jiped somehow. Its really making me want to give up and quit school. I dont know what else to do.

A: Have you tried reading the question quietly out loud to yourself? Like as if you were in a conversation with yourself. That’s how i do it.

Q: why do chiropractors call themselves “doctor” when they have neither a ph.d nor have been to medical school?
this isn’t to slight them – each person has their own opinion about chiropractics and i’m not here to argue about that. i’m curious why they call themselves Dr when they haven’t met any of the traditional requirements of it? (might as well throw dentists into this as well since they are the same way…)

i hate to sound silly, but what exactly is required to call myself Dr if getting a ph.d. doesn’t cut it?

A: They are a “Doctor of Chiropractic”, holding a D.C. or a D.C.M. degree. So they are referred to as Doctor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic

Interesting that lawyers, who hold a juris doctorate, are not called, “doctor”…..they are “Mary Smith, Esquire”……

Q: Will you be my financial mentor?
Have you ever considered, how rewarding being a mentor will be?

You could find yourself filled with the joy and excitement of helping someone who is dedicated to learning.

If you love to help people and have first hand knowledge of how to escape the rat race and live a more fulfilling life. Then please consider sharing your success with me.

I am stuck in a rut. I have been in college for the past 7 year 4 for undergrad and 3 for graduate education. I was going to be a doctor of chiropractic. However after capping out my student loans at a sleepless night generating 224k of debt, I ran out of money 6 months before graduating. Disenchanted with school and the chiropractic profession as a whole I am left broke trying to find a new and better life.

I am recently married and while things are good with my wife and I we are STRUGGLING financially. I have applied to over 150 jobs within the past month and received only 2 call backs, both of which turned out to be scams that wasted my valuable time.

I am looking for a mentor to help me become financially independent. The ideal avenue would be through online revenue however I am open to any one who can teach me to make money.

I can not pay for this service at this time but I am a big believer that you get 10 fold what you give. God bless those who help others in need and I will personal make it my duty to repay you 10 fold for the help in whatever way I can even if its going to be a while down the road.

There has to be more to life then this. Please help me turn things around I will forever be in your debt.

I am looking for a serious person who loves to help.

A: Why do you feel you should get a service for free that everyone else pays for? Over entitled much?

Q: Do you think it is disingenuous for chiropractors to call themselves “doctors”?
Although they have to go to school and take a lot of classes, it is not on the same level as being a medical doctor by any means. The theoretical underpinnings of chiropractic also have no science to back it up. So should chiropractors be calling themselves “doctors”?

A: Chiropractors Do not have to attend a 4 year medical school, they attend a specialty school. Its not equivalent. Chiropractors are not real doctors, just like dentists.

Q: How has conventional medicine harmed you?
I’ll show you mine, if you show me yours :P

1) age 12-14 – I had horrible abdominal pains that were first diagnosed as ‘ovulation pains’ for which I was put on the pill, receiving no relief. Then the diagnosis was that I was looking for attention and was making it all up. I was referred to a psychiatrist who put me on antipsychotic drugs. The pain continued and I missed so much school as a result. Times when I would vomit from the pain, my mother took me to my doc so I could get a sick note for school, but the doctor’s notes would read ‘i see no evidence of dehydration, child needs more discipline at home’

Due to misdiagnosis I failed grade 8. I was so depressed and attempted suicide a few times. I was on so many drugs, for psychosis, depression, anxiety. My doc them suggested I live spend some time with my mother’s family in ‘the old country’ for proper disciplining. During my time there I was not allowed any pain medication, EVER, since I was just making it up. It was hell.

Conclusion – after having been seen by at least 8 doctors, I decided to do my own research and came up with gallstones as a possibility. I approached a new doctor with this, she did an ultrasound and I indeed had stones.

2) Age 18. I saw my doctor for what I thought was a developing hunchback. She told me it was just fat. 19 years later a chiropractor saw this hump and told me my spine was deformed, likely due to the extremely tight muscles over top. After a few months of massage and chiropractic treatment, the deformity, as well as headaches, migraines and other associated symptoms, are all gone

3) Age 36 – severe muscle spasms, 100’s per day, peripheral neuropathy, panic attacks, high blood pressure peaks, endocrine imbalance, torturous head tightness and a miscellany of other problems my MD diagnosed as ’stress’, precribing me anti-anxiety meds, together with Lyrica from my neurologist. My naturopath ran the proper tests and found severe iron, calcium and magnesium deficiency, anemia, and chronic lead poisoning. My chiropractor worked on an area of of my spine that was associated with the nerves that caused many of the problems I was having, and massage therapists discovered and treated severely tight cranial and other fascia tissues.

Between my Naturopath, Chiropractor, Massage Therapist and my own Herbal therapies, My condition improved dramatically. While at the hands of my MD and Neurologist, I was in so much suffering I wanted to die on many occasions. If not for that dedicated team, and my views of health and healing, I might have ended up on drug after drug that never would address the core problems.

I have more stories, but would rather hear yours now.
Mushroom Cloud, please provide scientific and reliable data to substantiate your claim that “When alt-med fails, many people are too humiliated to admit that they chose this kind of treatment, and many are plain dead” what is many? do you have a number? :D
Hannah, It was not 1 doctor, it was DOZENS spanning decades and various cities, ranging from family MD’s, ER docs, and specialists such as psychiatrists, neurologist, cardiologist etc. The medical system has harmed me by training legions of practitioners to prescribe drugs to address symptoms without investing much effort into seeking the underlying cause. You agree the health service is crap, yet you no not provide any scientific data to back your claim that it is the best we have.
rhianna, please learn to read. This question is not addressed to you. I certainly do not answer questions such as “why do you love Jesus,” when I do not and it obviously does not pertain to me. I believe I now understand why you do not acknowledge the scientific evidence validating many of the natural therapies you dismiss as quackery, perhaps you just need to brush up on your reading skills, since you have clearly demonstrated yourself to be challenged in these regards.
Your reasoning lacks both logic and truth. If I had wanted to know about people’s successes with conventional medicine I would have a) asked for that information b) asked for that information in its appropriate category. But you already knew that :) Would you like to now answer how Jesus has saved your life? It would be equally as relevant to my question. Now that I see that you are not interested in answering questions as asked, and prefer to project your own ideas into others’ questions, (narcissism? delusions?), I will be sure to simply ignore you in the future as you obviously have no intention of offering relevant responses, opting rather to offer answers to questions you think should have been asked instead. lol. so sad.

A: Well,here’s some things that I will not deny,have made me “question” certain things…by the way,this is a great question:-)

1) Being a YA member in Alt Med,seeing certain things/attitudes LOL

2) Being in Cosmetology,my hands are pretty vital to me obviously…well,at 22 y/o I began to show signs of Eczema (on hands),so ofcourse I went to the Docotor (at that time I was still under the care of MD’s vs DO’s),over the course of the next few years,I saw all kinds of MD’s within my office…

They ALL kept giving more topical Steroids (stronger and stronger ones) ,one even gave me an RX for LACTIC ACID….ever tried to put “acid” on your hands when you have Eczema???!!!!!! Talk about BURN,sadly I was just young,and I blindly respected/trusted them……

Finally,and I stress FINALLY…they gave me a referral to a Dermatologist,he immediaetly took me off all the hard core steroids and told me that all these years,they were too strong for me,and making me WORSE! He puts me on a milder one mixed with Eucerin,it helps a lot…..for awhile….

Finally years down the road,I’m at a store,I see a book called the Bantam Medical Dictionary (keep in mind we had no Internet yet) I start studying myself….on my OWN,after years of MD’s,failed treatments…I make the link between Asthma,Allergies and Eczema(which I have all)…

Of allllll the Docs I saw,NOBODY ever told me there was a “link”,from there I found out that Benedryl had anti-inflamm properties on the skin when taken internally,again not even ONE of those Doctors ever suggested Benedryl to me……I am now Eczema Free 90% of the year….thanks to MYSELF.

Again…this wasn’t “one bad Doctor” LOL I saw atleast 10 during this time,b/c that’s how my Doctors Office was ran at that time,you saw whoever was available.

There’s others…but that would be “the” one that made me begin the quest to educate MYSELF :-)

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