Integration: Advances and Barriers
A number of barriers exist for chiropractors interested in sports care. Most sports organizations have an existing relationship with a local physician-based clinic or hospital. Physicians' interests in sports injuries predates chiropractors and the development of their recent sports chiropractic programs. Furthermore, university-based sports programs work with their own undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs for student education and paid positions ranging from athletic trainer, physical therapist, physician assistants to physicians. The problem has been briefly evaluated. and found that in rare instances chiropractors have found positions within major sports franchises or university programs. More likely, is the admittance of chiropractors at the high school level in rural America consistent with low physician ratios. To meet the needs of small athlete populations in rural communities, school administrators, coaches, and parents are often more accepting of non-traditional means of sports care.
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