1. Chiropractic Education

The Council on Chiropractic requires 4,200 hours of education. The chiropractic colleges require between 4,800 hours and 5,200 hours for graduation (depending on the college). The average total number of hours of anatomy, biochemistry, microbiology,...

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2. What is Chiropractic?

Chiropractic is a natural, hands-on method of healing. The Greek word Chiropraktikos, meaning "effective treatment by hand" is the origin of the word chiropractic. Chiropractors correct subluxations in the spine. Subluxation is a $10 word that means...

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3. Chiropractic: A Question of Balance

Posture and Muscle Balance To simply say that poor posture stresses the spine doesn't really convey how much of a burden poor posture is on your health. The most obvious problem caused by poor posture is muscle tension. Muscle tension is merely the...

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4. NET: NeuroEmotional Technique

NET is a mind-body approach. Practitioners use NeuroEmotional Technique (NET) to normalize unresolved physical or behavioral patterns by making a physiological correction.

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5. Chiropractic and Dysmenorrhea

A study appearing in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics (June 1992;15(5):279-285) looked at the effect of a chiropractic adjustment on women suffering from dysmenorrhea pain. The subjects of the study were 45 women with...

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