How hard is chiropractic school ? Is it worth the time and money?

Chiropractic, physical therapy, law I dont know what would be more worth it....Im the average joe so would chiropractic be something i can manage or not?

Chiroquackery School is not hard at all. The entrance standards are FAR lower than for Medical Schools or one of the other ethical medical professions.

The question is鈥攚hy would you want to go ? Chiropractors are taught superstitious mumbo-jumbo that's just not true. (They think blockages in the spine cause all disease). Chiropractors have such poor understanding of science that they're constantly embarrassing themselves with worthless gizmos that they foist on their patients鈥攆or example magnets that they wave up and down the spine to get rid of "imbalances". The point of chiropractic practices is to hook patients into as many bogus and expensive "preventative" spinal sessions as possible. Chiropractors have a MAJOR problem with ethics. And now I hear very few chiropractors make decent money.

If you want to do spinal manipulation in a more or less ethical manner, think about attending a School of Osteopathy.

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yea i go to the chiropractor a few times a week and i plan on pursuing this career and so i talk to him and he told me that the college is boring but the expirience is fantastic and it really is worth it

well, it must pay well.They charge about $50 per hour and they see about 12 clients per hour so that is $600 per hour...not bad.
But you are dealing with peoples' bodies here....are you good with people?

First, don't downgrade yourself. You are not an average joe. None of us are. I'm in medical school and I can assure you that anyone can become a physician if they are willing to put in the time and apply self discipline. Chiropracty can be an excellent career however don't enter it because you are settling on it and think it's the easiest health professional career to get into. I have a friend who is a chiropractor and he loves it. He has an excellent lifestyle and he makes well over 150K operating 3 offices. However, he was really into the musculoskeletal aspect of medicine and likes manipulation. I personally am not fond of manipuation nor do I have a particular leaning toward the MS system so medicine was a better choice for me.

If you are just examining lifestyle and money issues, it's worth it. You will have independence and if you are flexible with location, you can have job security and income approaching the six figure range. However, I caution anyone to enter a career they are not genuinely passionate about. I know people in medical school who went into it for the wrong reasons and are now miserable or are trying to get into the best lifestyle fields like radiology and anesthesiology because they want to minimize their patient exposure and earn a lot of money. You will ultimately become used to the lifestyle and money regardless of how nice it may become. However, if you have trouble getting out of bed because you hate what you do, it's not worth it regardless of the income in my humble opinion. Good Luck to you

I know a few chiropractors and from an income perspective they do really well, and have excellent work/life balance because they set up their practice close to home, work the hours they want to, stuff like that. Personality wise I would describe most of them as outgoing, positive and genuinely caring people. As a matter of fact, they're sort of Average Joes :-)

Don't walk... RUN as far away from chiropractic school as you can. Many jurisdictions are dropping chiropractic from their insurance plans, incomes are falling, and at least half of it is sheer quackery anyway. The chiropractors who make the most money are the least ethical, the ones who are eager and willing to push patients into treatment they don't need which has no evidence in support (like adjust newborns, etc). If you are a critical thinker and have integrity this profession is not for you.... you'll graduate with medical school sized debt but will not have anything that even remotely resembles a doctor's paycheque for years and years (if ever). If you're lucky you'll earn after expenses about as much as you would working at Starbucks. Chiropractic school is the best way to utterly ruin your life that I can think of.