What type of education does a doctor of chiropractic need to become licensed?
In order to become licensed as a doctor of chiropractic, or DC, a students need to go through a 4-5 year academic program, after successful completion of their undergraduate studies. The curriculum of a chiropractic school is very similar to that of most US medical schools. Course work includes an in-depth study of anatomy, physiology, pathology, neurology, radiology, biomechanics, spinal manipulative techniques, physical therapies, and nutrition. The major difference between the curriculum of a chiropractic education and a medical one is that doctors of chiropractic clock in more hours of anatomy, and do not study pharmacology, as chiropractic is a drug-free profession. In addition to the core curriculum studied by all chiropractors, the doctors at All in Good Health have gone above and beyond by accumulating hundreds of hours of post-graduate studies in a wide variety of health-related topics including acupuncture, nutrition, kinesiology and neurology.
