What Can I Expect on My First Visit?

The first thing we will do is ask you about the health complaints about which you are chiefly concerned. We will also ask about your family history, dietary habits, other care you may have had (chiropractic, osteopathic, medical, etc.), your job, and other questions designed to help determine the nature of your illness and the best way to go about treating the problem.

A physical examination will be performed in accordance with our 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 us in evaluating your problem.

An "adjustment," as we use the term, means the specific manipulation of vertebrae which have abnormal movement patterns or fail to function normally. We've spent many years learning motion palpation (the art of examining by movement or touch) and other forms of spinal examining procedures, so that we can administer specific and appropriate spinal adjustments.

Once we have identified your problem, you will begin care by way of one or a combination of the following methods: adjustments or "manipulations," heat, cold, ultrasound, massage, physical therapy, exercise, and nutrition.

Doctors of chiropractic 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.