Chiropractor now available for active duty members only Published Aug. 24, 2007 KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, New Mexico -- The 377th Medical Group now has a full-time chiropractor on staff. Dr. Mike Nelson is seeing patients for a variety of musculoskeletal conditions including neck pain, back pain and headaches. Chiropractic care is limited to active duty only, a military-wide stipulation. Additionally, referrals through your primary care manager is required. Dr. Nelson graduated from Northwestern Health Sciences University chiropractic program in 2000. Prior to his position here, he worked for six years in a multidisciplinary chronic pain clinic in Minnesota.