Plainville 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! Understanding human anatomy is vital to healthcare practitioners…and their patients! Anatomy knowledge usually was via dissection, but today new technology allows knowledge of the body without it. (1) Your Plainville chiropractor is well-trained in anatomy. Your Plainville chiropractor’s knowledge of anatomy informs your treatment plan from exam to nutrition to treatment for Plainville 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; 2nd year chiropractic students valued anatomy education greater than medical students. Chiropractic students’ motivation and anatomy performance were interwoven in one study. If they were motivated to learn, they did better in anatomy. (2) Your Plainville chiropractor was very motivated to learn anatomy!
ANATOMY IN SCHOOL: Technology
Challenging the effect of technology on anatomy knowledge, researchers shared videos with chiropractic students as extra resources for their study. Of the 71% of students who chose to also use video to learn in addition to dissection, 82% said 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 obliges a solid knowledge foundation of musculoskeletal anatomy. Chiropractic school curricula is created to enrich anatomy knowledge every year of the program. Remembering the knowledge when needed in clinical practice is the target. A survey of chiropractic students revealed 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 seems that learning anatomy in the classroom combined with observing how the knowledge is utilized in the clinical context boosted students’ learning and motivation to learn. (6)
ANATOMY IN PRACTICE
Anatomy has been one of the main preclinical subjects in chiropractic education. Its importance is well-acknowledged. Linking clinical skills to anatomy knowledge in the late years of school help chiropractors as they enter clinical practice upon graduation and beyond. (7) Surveyed practicing chiropractors stated that the most applicable and applicable course for clinical practice in chiropractic school was neuroanatomy (100% agreement). Gross anatomy (99.2%) and histology (86%) were next in line of importance. Anatomy is highly pertinent to clinical practice. (8) Your Plainville chiropractor at Layden Chiropractic brings everything together: examination findings and anatomy to care for and alleviate 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 relieve its pain.
Schedule your next Plainville chiropractic appointments with Layden Chiropractic. There is no need to be grossed out by anatomy! Be pleased that your chiropractor knows anatomy to ease your Plainville back pain, neck pain, and other spine-related pain.
