Chiropractor

Chiropractor

Duties and Responsibilities: Chiropractors are primary are professionals that play a life-changing role. Chiropractic reliefs pain, increases flexibility and improves performance through safe and effective spinal adjustments and management. Doctors of Chiropractic work one-on-one with patients, helping them improve their generally health and find relief from headaches, back, neck and joint pain, without reliance on drugs or surgery. Chiropractors often care for entire families and develop close relationships over time, which makes chiropractic a deeply satisfying profession. Whether in business for themselves or working in a group practice or hospital setting, chiropractors enjoy high esteem in the communities they serve, as well as satisfying and financially secure lifestyles. To be a chiropractor is to make a true difference every day, helping patients improve their health and quality of life naturally.

Salary: The average salary for a Chiropractor is $56,833 per year. The highest paying skills related with this job are Nutrition Support and Patient Education. Experience has a moderate effect on income for this job.

Education: Chiropractic education requires at least 4 years of professional study and includes a 4-year undergraduate/college prerequisite in most states.

Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

No, I don’t think I would enjoy being a chiropractor. This is because chiropractors work with the bones, like the spine and etcetera. Working with the bones can be a really delicate job and although I’d be helping a lot of people and changing lives, my interests are onto different professions.