Who are Chiropractors?
Chiropractors are registered and licensed health care providers who are an integral part of your primary care health team. Typically, they have completed a four year Bachelors degree, with four years of post-
graduate training at an accredited chiropractic college. Within Canada there are only two such colleges- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) in Toronto, and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). Following the four years of rigorous chiropractic education, national board licensing exams must be successfully completed along with registration within their province.
Doctors of chiropractic are trained similarly to the way in which medical doctors are, and topics they have expertise in include diagnosis, nutrition, rehabilitation, x-ray reading, and orthopedics.
As primary care practitioners, chiropractors can develop and carry out a comprehensive treatment / management plan, recommend therapeutic exercise and other non-invasive therapies, and provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counselling.
Chiropractors are one of only five classes of health care professionals in Ontario that are able to use the title Doctor, with its accompanying rights and obligations.
Chiropractic is regulated by provincial statute. Each province has a regulatory college, established by legislation in the same manner and with the same structure and similar regulations as the regulatory bodies for other health care professions.
Your chiropractor will work with you to develop a treatment plan, which will include goals of treatment, ways in which improvement will be measured, and an indicated time period. Following the completion of the treatment plan, your chiropractor will work to assess your improvement, and make any recommendations for further treatment or home self-management.
graduate training at an accredited chiropractic college. Within Canada there are only two such colleges- Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) in Toronto, and Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR). Following the four years of rigorous chiropractic education, national board licensing exams must be successfully completed along with registration within their province.
Doctors of chiropractic are trained similarly to the way in which medical doctors are, and topics they have expertise in include diagnosis, nutrition, rehabilitation, x-ray reading, and orthopedics.
As primary care practitioners, chiropractors can develop and carry out a comprehensive treatment / management plan, recommend therapeutic exercise and other non-invasive therapies, and provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counselling.
Chiropractors are one of only five classes of health care professionals in Ontario that are able to use the title Doctor, with its accompanying rights and obligations.
Chiropractic is regulated by provincial statute. Each province has a regulatory college, established by legislation in the same manner and with the same structure and similar regulations as the regulatory bodies for other health care professions.
Your chiropractor will work with you to develop a treatment plan, which will include goals of treatment, ways in which improvement will be measured, and an indicated time period. Following the completion of the treatment plan, your chiropractor will work to assess your improvement, and make any recommendations for further treatment or home self-management.
