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Chiropractor

Last modified: July 27, 2010, 09:54 AM
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Chiropractors diagnose and care for patients whose health problems are associated with the muscular, nervous, and skeletal systems, especially the spine. You focus on a holistic view, stressing the patient’s overall health and wellness and provide natural, drug free, nonsurgical healthcare and rely on the body’s inherent recuperative abilities.

Salary p/a
45k - 100k
Qualifications
Post Graduate
Intensity
Standing
Demand
Growing
Travel
Low
Conditions
Indoor
Weekly Hours
Up to 40
Pros
  • No pills, no surgery, nothing invasive
  • Flexible career
  • Work with like-minded people
Cons
  • Demanding qualification program
  • Continuous battle for recognition
The Bottom Line

If you’re into natural medicine, enjoy life sciences; want a flexible career that helps people, then being a Chiropractor could be for you. Knowledge requirement is extensive and you will battle for recognition. A true believer will still take up the cause.

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