Reviews on Chiropractors, Chiropractic Products, and Schools

We want to congratulate Western States Chiropractic College on their opening of a new outpatient clinic in Portland, OR - Columbia Integrated Care. The school is working to make sure their interns have a more authentic experience of clinical settings. This new satellite clinic allows interns to see what it’s like to work in an off-campus clinic for the last year of their education. This kind of training should help students better prepare for their career after graduation. The new clinic accepts most major insurances, and they offer a wide variety of services. Patients can get Chiropractic care (including most physiotherapeutics), Massage, Acupuncture, and Naturopathic medicine. Dr. Anita Roberts (Chiropractic Physician) and Dr. Daniel DeLapp (Chiropractic Physician, Naturopathic Physician, and Licensed Acupuncturist), are the attending physicians for the clinic, and they each oversee a group of about 15 interns. If you’re in the Portland area, and would like to schedule an appointment, please call them at 503-808-7979. Tell them ChiroHub sent you!

We want to thank Sherman for being the first Chiropractic College to complete our survey. If you aren’t familiar with the project we’ve been tackling, please read our blog article “Compare Chiropractic Schools“. We’re trying to finally provide prospective students with the kind of information they are looking for - all on one site. We know how hard it can be to dig through every school’s site to find the right information, so we hope this will help user make more informed decisions. When we get the majority of responses back, we’ll put together a comparison page and rank the Schools according to certain criteria. For now, you can go to our official listing for Sherman College of Straight Chiropractic to see the results of their survey.

After hours of hard work, we have finally completed our development of the Chiropractic School Survey. By listening to our users, we developed a questionnaire that attempts to cover most of the major criteria that prospective students use to decide which Chiropractic School is the best fit for their needs. There is nothing like this on the internet for prospective students to do proper research when deciding between schools. This report supports our mission of Chiropractic Consumer Advocacy, and we think that future users will benefit greatly from it.

You can check our Chiropractic Schools page to see if the survey has been completed by the school you are interested in. If you don’t see anything in their individual listing, then they have not responded to our survey yet. In such a case, we recommend that you contact the school and let them know you are interested in seeing their information on ChiroHub. At the school’s request, we can resend them the survey at any time.

Do you want to see which criteria were included in the survey? Check out the long list below, and please feel free to Contact Us with any suggestions you have for additional information.

Location
City
Population
Median Home Value
Crime Rate
Weather (Avg)
Airport
Tuition
Fees
Student Body Size
Avg Class Size
Teacher/Student Ratio in Lab
# classrooms
Campus size (sq ft or acres)
Total # of Clubs/Student Groups
Sports Med Club (Y/N)
List of Clubs ——>
Chiro-Games Team (Y/N)
# Total Hrs Philosophy
# Total Hrs Hard Science
# Total Hrs Adjusting Labs
Technique Systems taught —–>
Elective Courses available —–>
National Board Scores (% pass rate for last 5 years)
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Physiotherapy
Gym
Swimming Pool
Weight Room
Track
Treadmill
# Computers
computers/student ratio
# books in Library
# Journal subscriptions Library
Café on campus
Active Alumni Services?
5-yr loan default rate
10-yr loan default rate
Job Placement Program
Additional Programs (massage, Acc, Diplomates)
School’s Mission Statement
Hospital (VA) Rounds available?
Other OFF campus clinics (charitable, community-based, etc…)
Any Add’l useful info

We’ve all heard the stories of the recent Chiropractic Graduate that goes and gets a job as an Associate, but only to be forced into slave labor by another Chiropractor. Some of us have even been on the receiving end of this deal. It’s not a pleasant experience, but it typifies the cannibalistic Chiropractors that exist out there.
We want graduates to understand that this DOES NOT apply to all Chiropractic Associateships. There are many wonderful Chiropractors out there that will spend quality time with you to help you learn the details of running your own practice, but this article is not about them. It’s about the few who take advantage of new grads and work them until their knuckles bleed. No vacation time, long hours, low pay, loads of extra work, countless off-site presentations - these are some of the signs and symptoms of a bad situation.
This isn’t to say that you shouldn’t be working hard to earn your place in the office. You certainly need to take an active role in helping to build the practice, but you should never feel like you are being taken advantage of or over-worked (without proper compensation).
Until now, there hasn’t really been any kind of accountability for these Chiropractors. ChiroHub has built a directory that should contain every licensed DC in the US (over 70,000 listings)! If you, or anyone you know, has had experience working as an Associate for a Chiropractor, we highly recommend you take the time to visit our Chiropractic Directory and write a detailed review about the doctor you worked for. This kind of public feedback will allow future grads to read about a DC before they sign up to work as an Associate under him/her. Together we can make a safer, more enjoyable work place for all Chiropractors.

There are many things to consider when deciding if Chiropractic School is right for you. You might want to start by reading this synopsis about the profession of a Chiropractor by the U.S. Department of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics.

We are currently in the process of gathering data to help you make the best decision on which school to attend, but you might want to check out our Chiropractic school reviews. These listings have ratings and reviews for each Chiropractic College, so you can see what current and past students are saying about the school.

Making it through Chiropractic School can be a difficult task. Part of making that task attainable is learning effective studying techniques. You should first understand what your curriculum is going to look like. This will give you an idea of WHY you have to learn some of the things that may seem frustrating in the beginning. We recommend going to the website of the Chiropractic College you plan to attend, and find their curriculum. This will give you a road map to plan with.

Here is a list of the top recommended Chiropractic Books for any practicing Doctor. This page is a work in progress, so please feel free to suggest a Chiropractic Book at any time. Our goal is to provide you with all the best resources to optimize your practice, and we firmly believe that literature can be key in doing so. Please let us know if you see any books missing, or if you don’t think one of them belongs on our list.
- Essentials of Skeletal Radiology - by Yochum and Rowe
- Atlas of Human Anatomy - by Netter
- Taber’s Medical Dictionary
- Bates’ Guide to Physical Examination - by Bickley and Szilagyi
- Differential Diagnosis & Mgt for the Chiropractor - by Souza
- Chiropractic Technique - by Peterson
- Principles and Practices of Chiropractic - by Haldeman
- Textbook of Medical Physiology - by Guyton
- Physical Assessment - by Vizniak
- Conditions Manual - by Vizniak
- The Green Books
- Chiro-Code (for billing and coding - get the latest version)