| Chiropractic |
| Close to one million Albertans choose chiropractic treatment each year as part of their health care. Chiropractic care scores high with Albertans as patients continue to express a high degree of satisfaction with chiropractic. Chiropractic services received the highest rating for access and the second highest rating for patient satisfaction in an independent study conducted by the Health Quality Council of Alberta in 2006. Consumer Reports Survey in 2009 revealed that chiropractic treatment was the most satisfying treatment for back pain. Hands-on treatments were rated as very helpful by lower-back pain sufferers with chiropractic receiving the highest rating. |
| Doctors of Chiropractic are trained as primary contact health care practitioners. After completing an undergraduate degree, Alberta Doctors of Chiropractic will have completed an additional three to four year curriculum of over 4,500 hours of specialized instruction and hands-on training at an accredited Chiropractic College. Finally, in order to earn the privilege to practice they must pass National Board and Clinical Competency Exams. In Alberta, Chiropractors are a regulated health profession, governed by legislation and required to comply with standards of practice as laid out by the College of Chiropractors of Alberta. |
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| Chiropractic is firmly grounded in science and endorsed by research. Few other health care interventions have been assessed as extensively and rigorously as chiropractic. A number of studies confirm that it is one of the safest and most effective methods of health care available, and that patient satisfaction is consistently high. |
| Research findings have changed the attitudes of many physicians. Increasing numbers of medical doctors and health care providers now recognize the benefits of chiropractic care, and many refer their patients to chiropractors. |
