you're over thinking this. The sad reality is they are considered doctors techn

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Mar 12, 2018
6:01:50pm

Mayor of Cougartown All-American

ically and that makes me sad.

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POLL: Are chiropractors doctors?

Mayor of Cougartown

3/12/18 5:37pm

As much as a Paleontologist is...

Fetchin Fetcher

3/12/18 5:39pm

RE: As much as a Paleontologist is...

CDV

3/12/18 5:40pm

lol, I love friends and I somehow missed that one.

Mayor of Cougartown

3/12/18 5:41pm

Or The good Dr Chris Hill

1-Wing RCAF

3/12/18 5:43pm

They go through medical school.

FightingCoug12

3/12/18 5:40pm

They go through chiropractor school, not medical school. They recieve a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from said school.

lightmann

3/12/18 5:43pm

this is not accurate.

Mayor of Cougartown

3/12/18 5:43pm

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East1999

3/12/18 5:48pm

No they don’t.

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 5:58pm

I got dismissed from a jury pool for my reservations about chiropractors

Tricky

3/12/18 5:46pm

I love this story so much

Mayor of Cougartown

3/12/18 5:48pm

probably not equivalent to a MD but on same line as D.O's and DDS's

BlueFrog

3/12/18 5:49pm

D.O.'s (osteopathic doctors) are not on the same line with dentists. They graduate from Osteopath School, which is

lightmann

3/12/18 5:57pm

RE: D.O.'s (osteopathic doctors) are not on the same line with dentists. They graduate from Osteopath School, which is

SJS

3/12/18 6:03pm

that doesn't sound right at all. I am pretty sure D.O.'s are more like medical essential oil salesmen. They aren't

CDV

3/12/18 6:04pm

Look it up.

lightmann

3/12/18 6:31pm

I did. Looks like I am right.

CDV

3/12/18 6:44pm

I consider them on a similar level as a physical therapist or PA. Although, some

delux_247

3/12/18 5:58pm

magic vials.

Mayor of Cougartown

3/12/18 6:00pm

My parents have wasted so much money on that stuff. It honestly angers me.

delux_247

3/12/18 6:02pm

What do you mean by specialist? Doctor and specialist are not mutually exclusive.

Delicate Genius

3/12/18 5:59pm

you're over thinking this. The sad reality is they are considered doctors techn

Mayor of Cougartown

3/12/18 6:01pm

Just trying to answer your poll correctly. They are awarded a doctorate degree, which makes them "doctors," though their

Delicate Genius

3/12/18 6:56pm

Not to diminish anyone career, met many unimpressive M,D’s & D.O’s. I stopped

MatthiasG

3/12/18 6:04pm

Yes but they really are “doctors”

PortlandBlue

3/12/18 6:06pm

I went to a chiropractor two years ago for back pain. He told me...

cougarmeister

3/12/18 6:09pm

An adjustment isn't going to cause an infection, so you can't pin that on the chiropractor.

Delicate Genius

3/12/18 7:00pm

I think the point is that the infection predated the chiropractor’s diagnosis

demon_llama

3/12/18 7:25pm

If by "ineffective" you mean "totally useless" & by "diagnosis" you mean...

cougarmeister

3/12/18 7:32pm

I am pretty sure he wasn’t saying the adjustment caused the infection.

klay

3/12/18 7:25pm

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777

6/10/18 12:13am

Everyone is a specialist. Even the orthopedic/neurosurgeon we vistied recommended a

Bert609

3/12/18 6:12pm

Can they give me drugs? That's all that matters

Fetchin Fetcher

3/12/18 6:32pm

No, and neither are Optometrists.

Santos L. Halper

3/12/18 6:38pm

Yes but not MDs

1-Wing RCAF

3/12/18 6:40pm

Chris Hill gets to be a doctor, why can't a chiropractor be one?

John Doe

3/12/18 6:54pm

Not medical Dr and fine as long as they stay within their training & expertise. Problem is

soupie

3/12/18 7:03pm

lol "taping herbs"

Mayor of Cougartown

3/12/18 7:06pm

RE: lol "taping herbs"

soupie

3/12/18 7:40pm

dang, usually those seeds do the trick

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