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Chiropractors

Adjust spinal column and other articulations of the body to correct abnormalities of the human body believed to be caused by interference with the nervous system. Examine patient to determine nature and extent of disorder. Manipulate spine or other involved area. May utilize supplementary measures, such as exercise, rest, water, light, heat, and nutritional therapy.

Other names for Chiropractors: Chiropractic Doctor (DC), Chiropractic Neurologist, Chiropractic Physician, Chiropractor, Doctor of Chiropractic, Physician,

What do Chiropractors do?

  • Arrange for diagnostic x-rays to be taken.
  • Consult with and refer patients to appropriate health practitioners when necessary.
  • Suggest and apply the use of supports such as straps, tapes, bandages, and braces if necessary.
  • Perform a series of manual adjustments to the spine, or other articulations of the body, to correct the musculoskeletal system.
  • 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.
  • Maintain accurate case histories of patients.
  • Advise patients about recommended courses of treatment.
  • Obtain and record patients' medical histories.
  • Analyze x-rays to locate the sources of patients' difficulties and to rule out fractures or diseases as sources of problems.
  • Counsel patients about nutrition, exercise, sleeping habits, stress management, and other matters.

Do you enjoy these?

  • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Protractors
  • Reflex hammers or mallets
  • Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Electromyography EMG units or accessories
  • Blood pressure cuff kits
  • Hand or finger traction supplies
  • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Cervical collars or neck braces
  • Head or neck traction supplies
  • Head or neck traction supplies
  • Continuous passive motion CPM devices or accessories
  • Desktop computers
  • Physiological recorders
  • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Dynamometers
  • Electrotherapy combination units
  • Electromyography EMG units or accessories
  • Electronic medical thermometers
  • Pedal exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Extremity hydrotherapy baths or tanks
  • Orthotics or foot care products
  • Weights or sets or accessories for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Cognitive or dexterity or perceptual or sensory evaluation or testing products
  • Goniometers
  • Dynamometers
  • Pressure indicators
  • Physiological recorders
  • Infrared lamps
  • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Lasers
  • Back or lumbar or sacral orthopedic softgoods
  • Pelvis or back traction supplies
  • Electric vibrators for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Calipers
  • Mechanical stethoscopes or accessories
  • Medical tuning forks
  • Medical x ray buckys
  • Medical x ray apparatus filters
  • Medical x ray units for general diagnostic use
  • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Neuromuscular stimulators or kits
  • Notebook computers
  • Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
  • Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
  • Head or neck traction supplies
  • Therapeutic paraffin baths or accessories
  • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Pelvis or back traction supplies
  • Piezo electric crystals
  • Medical diagnostic pinwheels
  • Plumb bobs
  • Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers
  • Reflex hammers or mallets
  • Resistive exercise bands or putty or tubing or accessories for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Nasopharyngoscopes or accessories
  • Short wave diathermy units
  • Eye charts or vision cards
  • Pelvis or back traction supplies
  • Climbing devices for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Pedal exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Tablet computers
  • Therapeutic balls or accessories
  • Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs
  • Therapeutic ice packs or pillows
  • Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
  • Treadmill exercisers for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Ultrasonic therapy apparatus or supplies
  • Weight machines for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Electric vibrators for rehabilitation or therapy
  • Medical x ray film or cassettes for general use
  • X ray diffraction equipment
  • Medical imaging wet darkroom or daylight processors

Technology used

  • Accounting software
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software
  • Calendar and scheduling software
  • Medical software