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WHAT’S SCOPE OF PRACTICE?

Scope of Practice rules define the procedures, actions, and processes that are permitted for the licensed individual. The scope of practice is limited to that which the law allows for specific education and experience, and specific demonstrated competency. Each jurisdiction has laws, licensing bodies, and regulations that describe requirements for education and training, and define…

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CAN CHIROPRACTORS TREAT IN A HOSPITAL?

Some chiropractors in the United States do have admitting privileges in hospitals, depending on individual hospital rules.

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Can Chiropractors /Chiropractic Doctors and Medical Doctors get along?

They can, although a bias has tended to exist in the medical profession against chiropractors, and this has existed since day one, back in 1895. Medicine’s licensure program was created before the Chiropractic profession had one, and so it was challenging to define “Chiropractic Doctor” or “Chiropractic Physician”. Medical Doctors believed they owned both words…

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Can Chiropractors work with hand Fractures?

Chiropractors can manage many aspects of a hand fracture, including diagnosis, x-rays, building a treatment plan, coordinating collaborative providers (like possibly orthopedic surgeons and occupational therapists…) and rehabilitation – but it really depends on the stage of your injury and what you are requesting. With hands, it’s often intensive and if a joint is involved,…

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Can Chiropractors treat Herpes?

Remember that a Chiropractic doctor can take on many different health issues, depending on the focus of their practice. Chiropractors certainly make diagnoses and he can set up treatment plans for herpes infections, which could include oral herpes, genital herpes, or even herpes zoster. The chiropractor can help you eat the right foods, with an…

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Can Chiropractic Adjustments or manipulations treat Herpes?

You could also look at the question involving “Chiropractic” versus “chiropractors”. Many people tend to think of chiropractors as only one type of treatment as in hands on, joint manipulation. Chiropractic is so much more, and chiropractic doctors can certainly treat Herpes Simplex, Herpes Genitalis or Herpes Zoster infections- but to answer your question, aside…

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Can Chiropractic Treat … did you mean “Chiropractic” versus “Chiropractors”?

Did you mean “Can a Chiropractor treat”? Sometimes people mistakenly think of chiropractors as only one type of treatment – as in hands-on adjustments, or joint manipulation – and so they describe “chiropractic” as only being that. Chiropractic is so much more. Chiropractic is a robust and full spectrum healthcare system at the Physician/Doctor level,…

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What is a Chiropractic Adjustment good for? What Can an adjustment do?

There are many opinions and definitions on this, that will vary under different styles of chiropractic. The most well accepted answer is probably that a chiropractic adjustment can be used to treat, reposition, mobilize, decompress, even stabilize a joint between two bones or a region of the body that relies on the mechanics of that…

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Level of Focus on a Specialization.

One of the things we really like to ask a doctor is what is their level of focus on a particular specialty service or specialization. So for example, even though a procedure is in the scope of practice, how often does the doctor do this, and how many of their other recent patients have they…

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Can Chiropractors be urgent care providers?

This really depends on the clinic, however typically chiropractic clinics are ambulatory care facilities, not specifically set up for urgent or emergency needs. It is ideal to be aware of a network of urgent care facilities that can work with your chiropractor, or refer you directly to a chiropractor. You might want to scope some…

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