Chiropractor

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Help people improve their health through spinal and musculoskeletal care.
Make a positive impact by alleviating pain and enhancing mobility.
Unique hands-on approach to diagnosing and treating neuromuscular issues.

💰 Earn $0-$0

📚 Doctoral or Professional Degree

⏱️ 48 MONTH TRAINING

📈 9.9% JOB GROWTH

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What You’ll Do

Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.

Evaluate the functioning of the neuromuscularskeletal system and the spine using systems of chiropractic diagnosis.
Diagnose health problems by reviewing patients' health and medical histories, questioning, observing, and examining patients and interpreting x-rays.
Perform a series of manual adjustments to the spine or other articulations of the body to correct the musculoskeletal system.
Obtain and record patients' medical histories.
Maintain accurate case histories of patients.

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Minimum Education

Doctoral or Professional Degree

Career Prospects

Excellent (Increasing by 5% or more)

Training Time

Over 4 years

Job Openings

3,100 Annually

Median Earnings

$76,530 Nationally

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Best For You If...

YOU Like 💕

Relating with or serving others
Thinking and problem solving
Working with my hands

You are skilled in 💫

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Speaking

You value 🙏

Accomplishing things
Having freedom
Personal relationships

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Chiropractor

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Bachelor's Degree

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