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Education requirements for sports chiropractors

A sports chiropractor is a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), with additional specialized training in the evaluation, treatment and prevention of sports related injuries.  DCs are educated in nationally accredited, four-year doctoral graduate school programsthrough a curriculum that includes a minimum of 4,200 hours of classroom, laboratory and clinical internship,  with the average DC program equivalent in classroom hours to allopathic (MD) and osteopathic (DO) medical schools (1).  

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On top of this basic chiropractic training in chiropractic, a sports chiropractor will have further educational certifications:  CCSP and/or DACBSP.  CCSP is a Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician®, which requires a minimum of 100 hours of postgraduate education in the Certified Chiropractic Sports Physicians® program at an accredited chiropractic college, completion of post-graduate level hands-on emergency procedures course and a healthcare-provider level CPR certification course  and successful completion of a written exam (2).   DACBSP is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians®, which requires a written exam, a six-station practical exam, and a written project.  The CCSP certification is a pre-requisite for this program (3).


References:
1.  https://www.acatoday.org/Patients/Why-Choose-Chiropractic/Chiropractic-Qualifications

2.  https://acbsp.com/certification/ccsp/

3.  https://acbsp.com/certification/dacbsp/