Today’s Doctor of Chiropractic receives an extensive educational background. After three years of Pre-Chiropractic study, candidates for the Doctor of Chiropractic program enter a four-year program. Chiropractic education comprises similar hours of study in human physiology to those of a Medical Doctor. Education differs most significantly in that Medical practitioners receive training in Pharmacology and Surgical procedures, while chiropractors receive training in the care of the spine. Today’s Chiropractor is well-trained to help you reach your optimal health and well-being goals.
Chiropractic is the world’s third-largest health care profession for diagnosing. Today, over 60,000 Doctors of Chiropractic practice in over 60 countries worldwide. Research into Chiropractic continues at institutions worldwide.
Integrated Massage Therapy. Nearly 4000 years old, Massage was recognized as one of the oldest forms of Healing. In the 4th century, the father of Medicine, Hippocrates, referenced massage in medical text and stated, “The physician must be acquainted with many things, and assuredly with rubbing.”
“Rubbing” in later-day language is now referred to as Massage Therapy, Bodywork, and or Somatic Therapy. The application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the body, including, but not limited to, applying fixed or movable pressure, rocking, friction, holding, kneading, and compression.
Practitioners mostly use their hands, forearms, elbows, and feet during massage therapy. The musculoskeletal, endocrine, circulatory- lymphatic, and nervous systems benefit, and overall health and well-being increase.