SIC 8041 Offices and Clinics of Chiropractors

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SIC 8041
OFFICES AND CLINICS OF CHIROPRACTORS

This category includes establishments of licensed practitioners having the degree of doctor of chiropractic and engaged in the practice of chiropractic medicine. Operations serving as clinics of chiropractors are also covered in this industry.

NAICS Code(s)

621310 (Offices of Chiropractors)

Industry Snapshot

The central element of chiropractic is the practitioner's belief that the nervous system holds the key to maintenance of a healthy balance in the body. Practitioners believe that their manipulations of the spine can prevent disease and promote well-being. Doctors of chiropractic (DCs) believe that a patient's susceptibility to disease increases when homeostasis, or a healthy balance, in the body is disrupted by the misalignment of vertebrae. Chiropractors use gentle manual pressure to correct such misalignments, or subluxations. Chiropractors also use muscle massage and ultrasound stimulation of deep tissue.

Although doctors of medicine, as represented by the American Medical Association (AMA), long have suggested that chiropractic is something that falls far short of medicine, in recent years, antichiropractic rhetoric from the AMA has diminished significantly. Indeed, some medical doctors today grudgingly acknowledge that there definitely is a place for chiropractic, particularly in the treatment of chronic back and neck pain and headaches. For their part, most chiropractors unhesitatingly refer certain patients to medical doctors if they feel the latter are best equipped to deal with those patients' ailments.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook 2002-2003, there were approximately 50,000 active chiropractic licenses in the United States in 2000. Some of the DCs not currently in active practice on their own may teach, conduct research for chiropractic colleges, or work in hospitals. Chiropractors may be self-employed or salaried, with those self-employed usually earning more. According to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), the average income in 2000 for all chiropractors, including self-employed, was about $81,500 after expenses. Median annual earnings of salaried chiropractors were $67,030 in 2000. A chiropractor's income may be influenced by a number of factors, including experience, characteristics, qualifications, and geographic location.

Based on a poll conducted by the Gallup organization in the early 1990s, the ACA estimates that about 10 percent of the adult American population visits a chiropractor every year. Assuming that this figure has remained relatively static, that would mean that 27 to 28 million Americans use...

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