School of Chiropractic Continuing education

Orthopedics and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (NMSM)

Become a chiropractic specialist and improve the quality of your patient care.

300 hours

Orthopedics Specialty (a minimum total of 300 hours required)

Online 300 hours

Total program hours available

$400

Ten-hour weekend seminars

Overview

This post-doctoral program is designed specifically for practicing chiropractic physicians interested in becoming neuromusculoskeletal medicine specialists in private practice or health care systems, including:

Community health centers
Rural health centers
Hospitals
Health Science centers
Medical clinics
Allopathic, Chiropractic, and Naturopathic medical schools

Topics

The advanced clinical training will prepare you to become a chiropractic neuromusculoskeletal medicine specialist and enhance your skills necessary to evaluate and manage the care of patients with acute pain, chronic pain, and high-impact chronic pain syndromes. University of Bridgeport offers a combination of onsite seminars and online learning, which reduces your opportunity costs by decreasing travel expenses and time away from your practice and family. This innovative, contemporary, and comprehensive post-doctoral training program offers a range of topics, including:

Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine

Neurosciences for the Chiropractic Clinician
Orthopedic Evaluation and Management
Neurological Evaluation and Management
Pain Evaluation and Management
Diagnostic Imaging

Primary Care Medicine and the Chiropractic Specialist

Integrative Medicine
Evidence-based Chiropractic Medicine
Patient-Centered Care
Federally Qualified Health Center
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Community Health Centers

Enroll into the Chiropractic Orthopedics and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Program (NMSM)

Army Chiropractors

University of Bridgeport’s Orthopedics and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (NMSM) program has been added to the ArmyIgnitED* approved training list.

If you are an Army Chiropractor that wants to take postdoctoral training in NMSM, the ArmyIgnitED program will pay for the tuition and board examination fees.

Please contact jlehman@bridgeport.edu and eherlihy@bridgeport.edu to request information and verify your eligibility.

Veterans/ Chiropractors

The Veterans Administration has approved the Chiropractic Orthopedics and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine program. The VA will pay or reimburse you for the total tuition for this postdoctoral training.

Please contact jlehman@bridgeport.edu with any questions.

NMSM Chiropractic Physicians

Syllabus (PDF)

Enroll

* The Department of Defense and the Department of the Army are neither affiliated with nor endorses University of Bridgeport.

Qualify to apply for board certification as a Chiropractic Specialist

Upon completion of this post-doctoral course of study, you will be qualified to apply for board certification through the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. With this “Board Certification” as a Diplomate in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (DIANM), you will have the credentials necessary to become a member of an integrated, health care team within a Federally Qualified Health Center, Community Health Center or a Patient-Centered Medical Home as a Chiropractic Specialist.

For more information, contact nmsm@bridgeport.edu or call 203-576-4880.

Registration and fees

Registration and fees
Total program hours available:
Ten-hour weekend seminars	$400
Orthopedics Specialty (a minimum total of 300 hours required)	Online 300 hours

Residency

Chiropractic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Residency

Chiropractic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Residency (PDF)

University of Bridgeport’s Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine residency commenced in October of 2013. This was the first chiropractic residency offered within a Federally Qualified Health Center in the United States. The International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (IANM) accredited the residency on August 1, 2021. Currently, University of Bridgeport is completing its five-year review process with the IANM. The virtual site visit is scheduled for October 2026.

Chiropractic graduates who apply and are conditionally accepted into University of Bridgeport’s three-year, post-doctoral Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine Resident Training Program must be credentialed by University of Bridgeport and a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) where the Resident will serve as a member of the medical staff. Additionally, FQHCs generally require re-credentialing of residents on an annual basis through a peer review process coordinated by the program director of the resident training program.

To successfully complete the Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine residency, residents are required to complete a rigorous academic and clinical training program and then pass the two-part examination offered by the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine. Completion of this process entitles the chiropractic physician to use the board certification title of Diplomate of the International Academy of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (DIANM).

A board-certified chiropractic neuromusculoskeletal medicine specialist focuses on the evaluation and management of patients suffering with pain syndromes and neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

None of the courses and programs associated with University of Bridgeport’s Orthopedics and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine program are Title IV eligible.

Chiropractic Forensics post-doctoral training program

In order to complete your forensics fellowship, you must first complete the 300-hour Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine program and become board certified as a DIANM. Next, you would enroll in one of the following 100-hour Forensics programs