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What Is Chiropractic Health?
What Is Chiropractic Care & Treatment?
Myths of Chiropractic Medicine
The Spine & Nerves in Chiropractic Health
Education of a Chiropractor
Chiropractic Techniques
Subluxation in Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic Cranial Adjustment
Chiropractic Neck Adjustment
Chiropractic Thoracic Adjustment
Chiropractic Lower Back Adjustment
Chiropractic Extremity Adjustment
Chiropractic Care for Infants
Chiropractic Care for Athletes
Chiropractic Care for the Elderly
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Sean Flaherty earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University, and was awarded his Doctor of Chiropractic from Life University in Marietta, GA. He has spent...read more
"Hi! I am Dr. Sean Flaherty from Summer Chiropractic in Puyallup, Washington and I just want to talk to you a little bit about the education process that a chiropractor goes through. A lot of times people ask me are you really a doctor? And the answer to that is yes we are doctors, we are board certified, four major board exams and then usually it is a state exam on top of that. Some states have an exam and then also a lot of chiropractors go on and get their physical therapy exam as well and board certified in that as well. Our education process in school where most states require you to have a bachelor’s degree if you are going to practice along with your doctor’s degree and so the actual chiropractic part itself outside of the bachelor’s degree you will see that if you compare us with the medical doctor I am not saying one is better than the other, but we actually take a few more hours than them, our program starts off initially, pretty much studying the same things until it gets a little later on in school where they are more into pharmacology and you will find us more into bio-physiology and adjusting techniques. On top of that, we are required to keep a certain amount of hours in continuing education every year and I think I believe that is 21 hours for this state and it varies from state to state."
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smith017 said
on 8/2/2008 Dr. Flaherty is mistaken when he states that a chiropractor can 'go on and get their physical therapy exam as well and board certified in that as well'. To become a physical therapist you must graduate from a 2-3 year graduate level physical therapy program and pass the national exam. Do not believe a chiropractor that states that he/she also provides physical therapy unless he/she graduated from a PT program and passed the exam. Chiropractic and Physical Therapy are two distinct professions.