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Chiropractors

$75.38K Median Salary 1.8K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 10.9% Job Growth

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About This Career

Assess, treat, and care for patients by manipulation of spine and musculoskeletal system. May provide spinal adjustment or address sacral or pelvic misalignment.

Reported Job Titles

Chiropractic Doctor (DC), Chiropractic Neurologist, Chiropractic Physician, Chiropractor

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Problem Sensitivity
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Information Ordering
Speech Clarity
Near Vision
Speech Recognition
Trunk Strength
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Category Flexibility
Flexibility of Closure
Multilimb Coordination
Finger Dexterity
Fluency of Ideas
Selective Attention

Knowledge

Medicine and Dentistry
English Language
Customer and Personal Service
Biology
Psychology
Administration and Management
Administrative
Personnel and Human Resources
Education and Training
Therapy and Counseling
Sales and Marketing
Computers and Electronics

Skills

Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Speaking
Social Perceptiveness
Writing
Complex Problem Solving
Judgment and Decision Making
Service Orientation
Active Learning
Science
Time Management
Coordination
Monitoring
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Persuasion

Technology Skills

Spreadsheet software
Medical software
Accounting software
Electronic mail software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Calendar and scheduling software

Tools

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