New Zealand College of Chiropractic

To expand students’ manual skill-base by developing their knowledge and application of basic principles of a range of upper and lower limb non-spinal adjustment techniques. This includes assessment of patient case-history, physical examination, chiropractic analysis, rehabilitation modalities and programmes, adjustment of non-spinal articulations of the upper and lower limb and management of non-spinal musculoskeletal subluxations or conditions which commonly present to a Chiropractor.

To build on and develop the skills required to create a thorough, effective and safe patient assessment and management plan for complex musculoskeletal and common visceral conditions seen in health care today, integrating the science, philosophy and art of chiropractic. Chiropractic management will include health promotion, nutritional advice and patient education for a range of patient populations.

To build on the fundamentals of diagnostic imaging interpretation and knowledge of pathological conditions to include degenerative joint disease, rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative arthropathies, septic arthritis, deposition arthropathies, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis and skeletal dysplasia.