Any new experience, especially when it comes to your
health, can be unnerving. We understand this and we
will make every effort to make your first experience
very comfortable. Our friendly staff and doctors will
answer any questions and address any concerns you
may have.
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The first thing a chiropractor will do is ask you
about the health complaints about which you are
chiefly concerned. What are your sensitive or painful
areas? When did the pain start? What caused the
pain? We will also ask about your family history,
your job, dietary habits, other care you may have
had, and other questions designed to help determine
the nature of your illness and the best way to go
about treating the condition.
A physical examination will be performed in accordance
with your doctor's clinical judgment, which may
include x-rays, laboratory analysis and other diagnostic
procedures. In addition, a careful spinal examination
and analysis will be performed to detect any structural
abnormalities which may be affecting or causing
your condition. All of these elements are important
components of your total health profile, and vital
to the doctor of chiropractic in evaluating your
condition.
After reviewing the health history, the doctor
will discuss the findings with you and determine
how your condition could best be treated. If the
doctor feels chiropractic will help you, then (and
only then) will he recommend a treatment plan -
or if conditions allow, discuss a choice of treatment
options available.
Treatments will be tailored to your specific needs—addressing
your specific health problems and personal concerns.
Aside from adjustments, other therapeutic methods,
massage techniques, or home care remedies may be
recommended.
Rarely, will our doctors recommend an adjustment
on your first visit.
An "adjustment," as doctors of chiropractic use
the term, means the specific manipulation of vertebrae,
which have abnormal movement patterns or fail to
function normally. Doctors of chiropractic spend
years learning motion palpation (the art of examining
by movement or touch) and other forms of spinal
examining procedures, so that they can administer
specific and appropriate spinal adjustments. Once
the doctor has identified the problem, he/she will
begin care by way of these adjustments or "manipulations."
Particular attention will be paid to that area of
your spine where a spinal derangement or "subluxation"
has been detected. The adjustment is usually given
by hand or "activator" type instruments, and consists
of applying pressure to the areas of the spine that
are out of alignment or that do not move properly
within their normal range of motion.
Our doctors use many sophisticated and varied techniques,
and the specific procedure to be used will be determined
and explained completely to you following a careful
evaluation of your radiographs and physical findings.
Under normal circumstances, adjustments don't hurt.
The patient may experience a minor amount of discomfort
during the adjustment that lasts only seconds. Adjustments
or manipulations are extremely safe. The risk factor
is estimated to be in excess of 1 million to 1.
