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5 unusual facts about chiropractic


Arn Anderson

Upon seeing his chiropractor in Charlotte, North Carolina, and consulting medical experts in Atlanta, Georgia, the damage was found to be much more severe and surgery was deemed the only option to keep his left arm functioning at all.

Clarence Gonstead

Clarence Selmer Gonstead (July 23, 1898 - October 2, 1978) was a Doctor of Chiropractic and creator of the Gonstead technique.

Pi Kappa Chi

Pi Kappa Chi is a professional fraternity which promotes the Doctor of Chiropractic and the chiropractic profession.

Shmuel Breban

• “I used to believe that chiropractors were charlatans, but then I went to one, and now I stand corrected.”

World Federation of Chiropractic

The WFC's offices also provides administrative services for the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS).


B.J. Palmer House

Bartlett Joshua Palmer (1882–1961) was the son of Daniel David Palmer who established the practice of chiropractic.

Chiropractic education

Chiropractic is taught at four public universities: RMIT in Melbourne, Murdoch University in Perth, Macquarie University in Sydney and new in 2012 Central Queensland University in Mackay.

Cindy Acree

Before being sworn into office, Acree was approached by several individuals with ties to the Colorado Chiropractic Association, all of whom pressed her to support David Balmer in House leadership elections.

Clarence Gonstead

While enrolled in the Palmer School of Chiropractic, Gonstead became a member of the chiropractic fraternity Delta Sigma Chi.

Friends Of Science In Medicine

In September 2012, FSM was involved in lobbying the Australian Health Minister, Tanya Plibersek, to expand the chief medical officer's study into complimentary medicine to include chiropractic and acupuncture.

Hanoi International American Hospital

The hospital will supposedly offer such services: General Medical Care, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Chiropractic, Psychiatry, Neurology, Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Nuclear Medicine, Nursing Services, Otorhinolaryngology, Acupuncture, Oncology, Cardiology, Pathology.

Lyle Bouck

Bouck attended the Missouri Chiropractic College on the G.I. Bill and graduated in 1949.

National University of Health Sciences

#Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics Selected as the official research publication of the American Chiropractic Association, JMPT is the first and only refereed, internationally and Medline indexed biomedical journal in the chiropractic profession.

New Zealand College of Chiropractic

The New Zealand College of Chiropractic is located in Mt Wellington, Auckland, NZ.

Northwestern Health Sciences University

Founded on June 2, 1941, with just three students, Northwestern College of Chiropractic was first housed on the sixth floor of the W. T. Grant Department Store on Nicollet Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.

Preston Long

Chiropractic Abuse, published by the American Council on Science and Health and edited by Stephen Barrett, the webmaster of Quackwatch, chronicles Longs's three decades in the chiropractic industry.

Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences

Prior to the Field Practitioner Program beginning in Western Canada, the Canadian Council of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (CCCSS) was established in June 1986.


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