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New Patients: What to Expect on Your First Visit
If you've never been to a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC), it's natural to wonder what to expect on your first visit. To dispel any fears or uncertainties, we've prepared the following step-by-step guide.
1. The office
When you walk into a chiropractor's office, it may very well look like the office of a medical doctor or a dentist. In our case, we opt for a different look, one that's warmer and less sterile. We feel that our office is homelike and very cozy.
Our office staff will greet you, take your name and ask you to fill out some forms and a questionnaire. That questionnaire will cover your medical background, family history and any previous treatment or surgery.
2. The examination
When your DC is ready to see you, you will talk together in detail about the history of your complaint. He or she will also ask detailed questions about your health history.
Chiropractors examine patients in much the same way that medical doctors do. Your chiropractor will test your reflexes and muscle strength. He or she may also take your temperature and your pulse. Range of motion is of particular interest to chiropractors, so expect a test to see how far certain joints in your body bend comfortably.
Your chiropractor may also order x-rays or use other techniques to complete or confirm a diagnosis. Be sure to ask questions about any procedures you aren't familiar with.
If your DC finds a problem with joints in your spine, he or she may use adjustments to care for these joints. An adjustment is a quick but gentle pressure on a joint to loosen it. Chiropractors can perform adjustments either with their hands or with various mechanical devices. (Doctors receive years of training to learn about manipulating joints safely.)
Adjustments can produce a popping sound, similar to that of a cracking knuckle, when pressure in the joint is released. The sound is caused by bubbles of carbon dioxide gas escaping from the fluid surrounding the joints. The sound is harmless and the gas will eventually dissolve back into the fluid.
3. The Adjustment/Manipulation
There are many professions around the world today that use spinal manipulation in the treatment of patients. But chiropractic is the only profession in which manipulation, known as adjustment to chiropractors, serves as the main focus of care and education.
That said, there is a great deal of controversy among chiropractors today about whether to use the word manipulation or adjustment to describe what is, in essence, spinal or peripheral joint manipulation. Many chiropractors prefer the word adjustment, which has historical, anatomical, scientific and philosophical relevance. They believe that it differentiates chiropractors from other health-care providers utilizing spinal manipulation, whereas manipulation is a term more widely accepted by allopathic medicine.
So what is an adjustment? The chiropractic adjustment involves the utilization of specific, short-lever, high-velocity and controlled forceful thrusts by hand or instrument (such as an activator tool or impulse adjuster) that are directed at subluxations. The goal of this corrective pressure is to return joints to their proper position and movement and to restore health to the nervous system.
4. The follow-up
Depending on your condition, we may schedule a series of visits for care. Our goal is to get you back on your feet as quickly as possible. There is no set schedule. We determine how often we see you by how your body responds to your specific treatment plan.
If so many visits seem unusual, consider this: when you see a medical doctor, he or she may prescribe pills to treat your condition. Because you can take the pills yourself, you don't have to go back to the doctor's office. Your chiropractor's care, on the other hand, involves adjustments and tests that must be done in person.
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