| As in other medical professions, we have individual | | | | appropriate for a given condition. |
| specialists within the chiropractic profession. Through | | | | How does one become a chiropractic neurologist? |
| education, training and board certification, we choose | | | | The training to become a board certified neurologist |
| to limit practice to a certain specialty to assist other | | | | in the chiropractic profession is an additional three |
| physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety | | | | years didactic and clinically based residency program, |
| of conditions. Typically, a chiropractic neurologist | | | | (after the doctor's degree), which is conducted |
| serves in the same consulting manner as a medical | | | | through an accredited university or college. Board |
| neurologist. The difference is that the therapies or | | | | examination is provided annually for which the |
| applications of a chiropractic neurologist do not include | | | | candidate must sit to become board certified. |
| drugs or surgery. | | | | Certification is provided through NOCA, (National |
| As a result, certain conditions are more customarily | | | | Organization for Competency Assurance). |
| amenable to treatment by a chiropractic neurologist | | | | When do I make the decision to see a chiropractic |
| as opposed to a medical neurologist, and vice versa. | | | | neurologist? |
| In my own practice, I see patients with a variety of | | | | Neurologists from a Chiropractic medicine background, |
| vertigo, balance, dizziness and movement disorders, | | | | trained extensively in neurologic rehabilitation |
| dystonia, headaches, and pain. There are naturally | | | | applications, are in great demand. Nonetheless, the |
| conditions for which drugs and surgery are more | | | | unfortunate reality is that most patients will go |
| appropriate, and, many conditions for which drugs | | | | through the usual channels of failed allopathic |
| and surgery are inappropriate. It is my job to discern | | | | treatments, before making the appointment to come |
| the two and treat those conditions that are | | | | see us. Many of these patients suffer needlessly for |
| amenable to the type of treatment, which we | | | | years prior to making that decision, oftentimes |
| provide. There is a growing demand for the drug free | | | | making themselves worse in the process. It is far |
| treatments that we provide. Although not against the | | | | more appropriate to engage our type of drug free |
| utilization of surgery or drugs when appropriate, our | | | | treatment first, escalating to more complicated |
| treatment focuses on not using them. We will refer a | | | | treatments secondarily, rather than vice versa, which |
| patient to another appropriate specialist who uses | | | | bizarrely has been the trend, although more recently |
| these modalities if that treatment is the most | | | | we see this changing. |