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Parker College of Chiropractic
2500 Walnut Hill Lane
Dallas, Texas, USA, 75229
Phone: 800-438-6932
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Parker College of Chiropractic is a nonprofit, coeducational, private professional institution of higher education. The purpose of the College is the preparation of men and women to become Doctors of Chiropractic, who will then serve as primary health care providers and perpetuate chiropractic services worldwide for the benefit of all mankind.
Parker College of Chiropractic is committed to the maintenance of chiropractic as a separate and distinct healing art which addresses primarily the location and detection of spinal misalignments, dysfunctions and subluxations affecting neural integrity. Correction is achieved by either force or non-force spinal and/or extraspinal techniques.
The integration of this philosophical wellness principle is woven through the basic science, chiropractic science, clinic science and the techniques department.
The College recognizes that structural and spinal subluxation syndrome has a significant relationship to somato-somatic, somatic-visceral and viscero-somatic functions of the body, and recognizes that the state of mind and emotions (auto suggestion) also has an impact on total body function.
The purpose of our professional education is to prepare the Doctor of Chiropractic as a primary health care provider. As gatekeeper to the health delivery system, the chiropractor must be well trained to diagnose (including, but not limited to, spinal analysis, to care for the human body), and to consult with, or refer to, other health care providers.
The holistic health model, not the allopathic disease model, will be the main thrust. All corrective intervention will be directed toward freeing the body from nerve irritation, treating the whole patient who has a disease, not the part of the patient that is diseased, and teaching the patient how to give food to the whole body, instead of food only directed at parts of the body.
Doesn't this "straight," philosophical language make sense to both the mixers and straights? Why can't we unify around it? - by Dr. James Parker
The Body is an electrical (energy) machine, first, and a chemical (matter) factory, second. Electrical (life/intelligence) develops and controls chemical (matter). Simply stated, DCs are electrical (energy) doctors, MDs are chemical (matter) doctors. Chiropractic is based on a Science, a Philosophy and an Art (SPA). The Science is a principle, the Philosophy is a principle, but the Art is not a principle. It is a practice.
Science
The Science of chiropractic is based on the innate normal function of life energy, primarily through the nervous system, which is the master system, both motor and sensory. It controls and regulates all other systems (Gray's Anatomy), and normally functions 100% quantitatively and qualitatively both motor and sensory. Even though the body is basically chemical, life itself is electrical and controls chemical. It is homogeneous, balanced and present from birth to burial. Therefore, the chiropractic Science is a PRINCIPLE. An uninterrupted PRINCIPLE always works.
Philosophy
The Philosophy of chiropractic is the expression of life through the body's WISDOM, which we call innate intelligence. From our present level of research and understanding, the quantity and quality of this innate life energy is transmitted and expressed through the nervous system in many forms of reflex, relay and delay centers; these forms are presently known as motor and sensory, sympathetic and parasympathetic, voluntary and involuntary, efferent and afferent, and autonomic. It is homogeneous, balanced and present from the cradle to the coffin. Therefore, the Philosophy of chiropractic is a PRINCIPLE. An uninterrupted PRINCIPLE always works.
Art
The Art of chiropractic is the technique used to free the nervous system, so that this inborn intelligence can provide life from the umbilicus to the undertaker. There are many techniques, which makes the Art heterogeneous, but these are all subject to change. And there may be more places than the spine where energy is interfered with, i.e., TMJ, memory, even environment, and maybe other ways and areas not yet known. ANY technique to free this innate intelligence without interfering with the body's WISDOM, whether man or machine or instrument, is the ART. The Art is a PRACTICE, and may change many times from the womb to the tomb based on improvement from scientific research. It is NOT a principle. The Art does not always work and includes all techniques to free energy (intelligence) to heal the body.
Principled chiropractors are those who fulfill the two principles, NOT the many practices or any particular area of the body. Just as aerodynamics is the principle, and the Wright brothers' airplane was one practice of that principle, freeing innate intelligence is the principle, and an upper cervical adjustment, for example, is one practice of that principle.
The mixers usually don't seem to understand the principles of practice, while the straights don't seem to understand the practice of principles. Some mixers seem to suffer from Bulimia, while some straights seem to suffer from Anorexia Nervosa. Some in both groups dislike their side of this analogy; they take, but won't give!
...in the Curriculum
At Parker College the fundamentals of chiropractic philosophy are a primary part of the educational foundations for the DC degree, while never losing sight of the importance of the basic and clinical sciences for the purpose of thorough evaluation of the patient. Philosophy courses cover all aspects of chiropractic's origins, concepts, precepts, theories and principles of healing (ancient, historical, and present-day with comparisons to other natural healing arts), including the study of innate intelligence and its effect on the human body, health and chiropractic.
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| Parker College by patdc1 |
Date posted: (11/01/2006) |
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| Get ready to work hard! but it all pays off in the end. I still remember Dr. Giggleman's horrendous muscle test. If you put the work into it in the first 3 tris and really study, then the groundwork is laid and you will be able to coast a little more. If you have the foundation you will learn more in later tris with a lot less effort. Really exposed us to all different philosophies, techniques, etc. For the most part, faculty was not overly dogmatic on either end of the scale, and even the most medically oriented staff believed that the adjustment was paramount. Get your philosophy down because it underlies everything, but don't let it remove you from the real world. Even the stuff that seems ridiculous, pay attention, because whether you agree with it or not, somebody that you love will end up with some condition that you wish you knew a little better to help them, advice wise or other.
I generally test pretty well, but after Parker, I really didn't study for the boards and did well. I'm not that smart, I just studied hard on the basic sciences and when you understand whats happening with the physiology, then you will remember it for life, and you can understand the additional building blocks. Techniques were good, although you need to go to clubs and practice no matter where you go to school. Dr. Mancini has been great and has really pulled the faculty onto the same page trying to incorporate philosophy, science and parker success principles into all of the courses.
When I was there I complained about all the crap that you have to go to, but after seeing friends from other schools, I don't have any regrets. I think Parker is pretty analagous to Life West with a broad based clincally sound, scientifically valid, and philisophically grounded curriculum.
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| Overall an A1 school! Would recommend it to anyone that is willing to work hard and get a great education. Would put them up against any medical school in the country for the knowledge you will have about the human body.
That being said, Dallas is HELL! Devoid of soul or character, flat as a pancake, brown as dirt (where it's not filled in with concrete that is), very materialistic, plastic and spread out for ever. It is cheap to live there, if you don't get too into the nitelife, and you will, because that's all there is to do. But hey, you could be in Iowa. If you enjoy natural beauty and the outdoors then good luck. It is overall worth it to live in Dallas for 3.5 yrs to have a well rounded education, help people improve their quality of life, and earn a nice living for you and your family. Hope this helps. |
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| Here at Parker, you are bombarded with a hellish schedule from day 1. They make no excuses. This is what it takes to be a successful Chiropractor being able to manage 1500 patients a week.
The trimester system is wonderful. It's long days and even longer nights, but after 3 and a half short (and they are short) months you get a new round of classes to get all excited about. The vast range of adjusting techniques will allow you to be more than prepared for your life as a Chiropractor.
The staff is wonderful. Knowledgeable and with proper experience. The location isn't bad. The school is in somewhat of a bad area, but there are security guards on staff at all hours of operation. There are also reasonably priced apartments in very nice, gated, police paroled complexes minutes away. |
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| I could not have picked a better school. |
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| You can get through in 3 years, but get ready to work. by perfectposturechiropractic |
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| Parker is a solid school for preparing you for national boards. The wide variety of techniques offered on campus let one make up their own minds about which technique to use. There are a few silly, infuriating things that you are forced to do, such as the cult-like "clinic camp".. a weekend chocked full of brainwashing, advertising, and a load of new age feel good BS. The clinic experience overall is good, the clinic doctors for the most part are sincere and want to help the interns, although the radiology department is often over strict and unfriendly. I believe that Parker is now evolving to include more structurally based techniques, which is good. The trimester system means that your days and weeks are PACKED. Class all morning every morning, labs all afternoon. Expect at least 25 credit hours per trimester, plus required clinic time from day 1. Add this to the fact that you are smack dab in the strip club ghetto of Dallas, with summer temperatures soaring past 100 degrees, and you have one challenging three year experience that produces competent well rounded granduates with good clinical skills. |
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