Vancouver Chiropractor is Well Trained in Anatomy to Care for Your Spine
Gross. Macroscopic. Microscopic. Topographical. Sounds like we’re talking about geography or something, but it is really human anatomy. Anatomy is a 2000+ years old study. The ancient Greeks did it long ago! Aware of human anatomy is critical to healthcare practitioners…and their patients! Anatomy study typically was via dissection, but today new technology permits knowledge of the body without it. (1) Your Vancouver chiropractor is well-trained in anatomy. Your Vancouver chiropractor’s knowledge of anatomy informs your treatment plan from exam to nutrition to treatment for Vancouver back pain relief.
ANATOMY IN SCHOOL: Motivation
Learning new information can be intimidating. Healthcare and chiropractic schools are full of learning and students. Students’ reactions to learning anatomy are different: first year dental students were more anxious than chiropractic students; second year chiropractic students esteemed anatomy education more than med students. Chiropractic students’ motivation and anatomy performance were interwoven in one study. If they were motivated to learn, they performed better in anatomy. (2) Your Vancouver chiropractor was highly motivated to learn anatomy!
ANATOMY IN SCHOOL: Technology
Challenging the effect of technology on anatomy knowledge, researchers shared videos with chiropractic students as bonus resources for their study. Of the 71% of students who chose to study anatomy on video in addition to dissection, 82% stated the videos were “helpful” and 73% saw them as “an enjoyable way to study”. (3) That is a good use of tech!
ANATOMY IN CHIROPRACTIC SCHOOL
Chiropractic puts anatomy to good use! Chiropractic requires a solid knowledge foundation of musculoskeletal anatomy. Chiropractic school curricula is created to enhance anatomy knowledge every year of the program. Retrieving the knowledge when useful in clinical practice is the target. A survey of chiropractic students found that they showed significant rise in knowledge throughout the program as expected. (4) Anatomy instruction in chiropractic education is similar in design, delivery and assessment, especially for topographical anatomy and neuroanatomy. (5) It appears that learning anatomy in the classroom linked with observing how the knowledge is utilized in the clinical context increased students’ learning and motivation to learn. (6)
ANATOMY IN PRACTICE
Anatomy has been one of the key preclinical subjects in chiropractic education. Its significance is well-acknowledged. Connecting clinical skills to anatomy knowledge in the latter years of school help chiropractors as they enter clinical practice upon graduation and beyond. (7) Surveyed practicing chiropractors stated that the most pertinent and applicable course for clinical practice in chiropractic school was neuroanatomy (100% agreement). Gross anatomy (99.2%) and histology (86%) were the next two top important courses. Anatomy is highly relevant to clinical practice. (8) Your Vancouver chiropractor at Vancouver Disc Centers brings everything together: examination findings and anatomy to treat and relieve your pain.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Michael McMurray on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes spinal stenosis anatomically and how The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management helps ease its pain.
Schedule your next Vancouver chiropractic appointments with Vancouver Disc Centers. There’s no need to be grossed out by anatomy! Be pleased that your chiropractor knows anatomy to ease your Vancouver back pain, neck pain, and other spine-related pain.
