Chiropractors... myth or truth?!
Question: I'm an upcoming freshman attending ASU in fall of '08. Being 5'1''-5'2'' and 105lbs everyone tells me I'm too small to be a Chiropractor, that you have to be strong in order to do what they do for a living. Is this true, I really want to become a Chiropractor so I really hope there's no truth behind this but if anyone knows will you please inform me. & please only answer if you know for a fact not if you "think". Thanks : )
Answers: I'm an upcoming freshman attending ASU in fall of '08. Being 5'1''-5'2'' and 105lbs everyone tells me I'm too small to be a Chiropractor, that you have to be strong in order to do what they do for a living. Is this true, I really want to become a Chiropractor so I really hope there's no truth behind this but if anyone knows will you please inform me. & please only answer if you know for a fact not if you "think". Thanks : )
This is a total and complete falsehood. What would be the advantage of being bigger? What could be the disadvantage of being smaller? Unless you're planning on throwing people around then what's their point in saying this? It definitely wouldn't matter if you were a NUCCA chiropractor. You are planning on realigning spines and not car frames aren't you? Don't listen to these losers and become the best Chiropractor you can be. Good Luck and blessing on you!
Size doesn't matter so much as speed.
Since Force=Mass x Velocity, you can make up for lack of strength with speed. There is a limit though. I took over a practice that works on a lot of prison guards, firefighters, and police officers. Some of these guys are big, and the doc I took over for is maybe 5'6" and a150 lbs. There are other contributing factors, but he was what we would call a "rough" adjuster, and he pretty much disabled himself in practice, hence my taking over.
Now there are somewhat like 180 different registered techiniques out there, but the only one that has any real hard evidence in the medical literature is diversified, which is the high velocity-low amplitude type. There are adjusting tables that have mechanisms which drop away, assisting the manipulation, but even with these you will need to use some force.
As for as the "lighter" techniques like NUCCA mentioned above, I wouldn't rely on trying to do these. The trend in healthcare is evidence based, and these techiniqes just don't cut the mustard. They are the "voodooish" things that make people skeptical about us.
Good luck, and I hope you choose one of the good colleges.
Mine is a petite female and she does excellent. Is it OK to say petite or will I get suspended again?
We've seen them all sizes. It didn't seem to make any difference in how good they were. We know a couple who have had to retire early because their hands just got too weak though. Make sure you keep those healthy. We need more great chiropractors. Best to you in your endeavors!
I think that you can do it. My chiropractor is not that big, and she seems to adjust me just fine. I wouldn't want my chiropractor to break my bones!!! They just need to make adjustments.