Chiropractic Student Debt Blog

A whole blog devoted to the CHIROPRACTIC STUDENT LOAN CRISIS.

Friday, January 05, 2007

Chiropractor Most Overrated Career

"Chiropractor" has been voted Most Overrated Career by U.S. News & World Report magazine for 2007:

(Click HERE to read the magazine story)

Some chiropractors think their discipline can cure everything from headaches to sciatica, asthma to premenstrual syndrome. But the Federal Trade Commission only allows chiropractors to claim they can treat low back pain. And even so, research shows that mainstream treatments for lower back pain are equally effective. Many chiropractors also devote considerable time to marketing–in part to pay back the cost of chiropractic school, usually over $100,000.