What type of education is required to become a licensed Chiropractor?
After undergraduate studies, today’s chiropractic physician completes an additional four-year curriculum of over 4,500 college classroom hours of health sciences. Today’s Doctor of Chiropractic is well educated. The science of chiropractic requires a special emphasis on anatomy, physiology, pathology, neurology, biomechanics, X-ray, spinal adjusting techniques and related subjects. This demanding curriculum prepares chiropractic doctors to locate the Vertebral Subluxation Complex and help correct the resulting nervous system dysfunction. To graduate with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, each candidate passes the demanding National Board Examination. Then, doctors apply to a governmental or state professional licensing board and pass a still more difficult test before being granted a license to practice in their particular state. A chiropractic education never ends. Doctors complete postgraduate instruction for license renewal every year to stay current on the latest scientific research
