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More than ever these days, Chiropractors are highly-trained healthcare professionals.  Coulter, PhD, et al., in a recent American comparison of the hours of study of three chiropractic and three medical schools, found that the chiropractic curriculum totalled an average of 4,800 hours, while medical schools averaged 4,667 hours.

It was interesting to note that while medical students have more extensive clinical training, chiropractic students receive, on average, the same number of hours of microbiology (120 hours) and, very surprisingly, more hours of pathology (205 vs. 162), anatomy (570 vs. 368) and physiology (205 vs. 142).

* you don't need a referral to see a chiropractor,
* a chiropractor is educated to refer out if necessary,
* a chiropractor is a whole health practitioner, not merely a back therapist.

(Reference: Coulter, et al. A comparative study of chiropractic and medical education. Alternative Therapies 1998;4(5):64-75.)