1. Your First Visit
2. Case History
3. Examination
4. Diagnostic Imaging
5. Treatment

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Your First Visit

Many factors combine to influence an individual's level of health. As a result, your first visit is primarily dedicated to gathering information that will help us determine the nature of your problem.

Upon your arrival at the clinic, you will be asked to fill out a questionnaire. The questionnaire is designed to give your doctor some basic information about your condition and how it's affecting you.

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Case History

Choices and/or events that have occurred in your past determine your current level of health. Common influences on your health include habits, stresses, injuries, activity levels, thoughts and nutritional/dietary choices.

Since no two patients present the exact same experiences, a thorough case study is obtained by the doctor to cover important events of your past as they relate to your current level of health.

Once the case history is complete, the information is used to determine what types of evaluation procedures would best direct your doctor to finding the cause of your condition.

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Examination

A thorough examination is an important part of your first visit to our office. Your doctor will check your posture, your ability to bend and move, test muscle strength and reflexes and perform other chiropractic, orthopedic and neurological testing specific to your condition. The examination is designed to help the doctor locate the cause of your problem, rule out potential problems and determine the need for any diagnostic imaging that may be necessary.

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Diagnostic Imaging

Your case history and examination findings help establish the need for X-rays or other forms of diagnostic imaging. While not every patient needs imaging studies, valuable information concerning the history of your spinal health, pathologies, and structural integrity can be used to guide your doctor in creating a treatment program based on your unique condition.

We utilize high-tech equipment, ultra-sensitive films and certified personnel to keep your exposure to a minimum.

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Treatment

If we determine that your condition is likely to respond to chiropractic treatment, we will make preliminary recommendations for care. Whenever possible, our goal is to offer patients in pain some form of "emergency" treatment on their first visit to our office.

With the history, examination and imaging results in, the doctor will do a thorough review of all information and outline a personal treatment program based on your age, physical condition, lifestyle and individual examination findings. A complete report of our findings and treatment recommendations are typically provided on your second visit to our office. If yours is not a chiropractic case, a recommendation for an appropriate referral will be made.

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