|
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
We know
you’re the one in charge of your health and recovery. And since
knowledge is power, we’re happy to answer your questions.
Don’t see your question here?
Please
email it to us,
and it might end up here on the Frequently Asked Questions page.
What Is Chiropractic?
Many people
experience chiropractic as a natural, drug-free way to get healthy.
Specific chiropractic adjustments restore the nervous system
allowing your body to function without pain or disease.
Chiropractic works to correct the “cause” of the symptom by
adjusting the vertebra and restoring the spinal alignment.
Chiropractic gets your life back!
Back
to the top
How Does Chiropractic
Work?
In our office, we
utilize specific chiropractic adjustments along with lifestyle
change recommendations to correct spinal misalignments and to
strengthen the supporting soft tissues. When the spinal
misalignments improve, your posture and nervous system function
improve, and you have increase function of your body.
Back to the top
How Can I Tell If My Spine
Is Healthy?
If you answer yes
to any of these questions, we can help you find out why.
-
One leg appears shorter than the other
-
You have poor posture
-
You feel stiffness in your back and neck
-
You have low resistance to disease
-
You have poor concentration and are often fatigued
-
Your jaw clicks
-
You can’t turn your head or hips to either side equally
-
You can’t take a satisfying deep breath
-
Your heels wear out unevenly
-
You have a constant stressful feeling and tension in
muscles and joints
-
You have headaches, back aches, sore or tender spots in
muscles or joints
Back to the top
What Could Have Caused
Spinal Misalignment?
Many things contribute to the
misalignment causing the stress on your nervous system. Here
are several possibilities:
- An auto or work injury
- A fall no matter how long
ago
- Bad posture
- Surgery
- Being a couch potato!
- Using the same body position
over and over at work or at play (repetitive strain injury)
- Intense emotional stress
- Chemical stress (eating a
lot of junk food or taking medications)
- Can even be traced by to a
difficult birth or delivery
Back to the top
Is Chiropractic Safe?
Chiropractic
is among the safest of the healing arts. Simply compare the
malpractice rates between chiropractors and other health
professionals. Chiropractor's malpractice premiums are a small
fraction of those for medical doctors.
Chiropractic
care does not add anything to the body (such as medication with
adverse side effects), or remove anything from the body (as in
surgery). Chiropractic care is statistically one the safest healing
arts in the world. In our practice, we care for the tiniest of
infants to our most senior of citizens. There are volumes of
research available to support the success that chiropractic care has
had. Email us with your specific concerns.
Back to the top
What Can I Expect On My First Visit?
First, come
dressed comfortably; try to avoid any zippers or metal to avoid
needing to change from your own clothes.
Second, be
prepared to complete a health history form. The more information we
have about any accidents, injuries, symptoms, and medications, will
help us determine if we can help you. To save your valuable time,
our health history form is available on this website for downloading
and completing prior to arriving for your initial visit.
After consulting
with Dr. Pete, it will be determined what x-rays would be necessary
and the evaluation would be performed. The X-rays will provide Dr.
Pete with the specific condition of your spine and will be used to
determine if we can help you or not.
You will be
scheduled to return after Dr. Pete performs a thorough analysis of
your test results for a one-on-one report of your findings. If we
accept your case for care, and should you wish to begin care, you
may receive your first adjustment at this visit.
The initial
process is the first step to getting your life back.
Back to top
How Can A Chiropractor Help?
Chiropractic
adjustments to the spine can help restore spinal alignment and
normal body mechanics and reduce nervous system interference
caused by spinal subluxations. Spinal subluxations often cause a
dysfunctional nervous system resulting in impaired or diseased
body functions. Correcting subluxations helps allow the nervous
system to correct and coordinate the body’s natural ability to
heal and maintain itself. So you can get back into life.
Back to the top
How Much Chiropractic Care Will I Need?
The amount
of chiropractic care is based on several factors such as prior
health, prior injuries, arthritic spinal changes, and
degenerative diseases, and the results of the examination /
evaluation findings. Each patient presents with a variety of
concerns and conditions, thus the patient’s condition dictates
the level of care needed to help correct the cause of the
problem. Many patients experience great benefit within a few
days of care while others with advanced or chronic problems may
take more time for their bodies to respond and heal.
Back to the top
Will Insurance Cover My Chiropractic
Care?
Most insurance policies cover
chiropractic care and include it with their major medical
benefits. We can help you determine what your benefits will be.
We also
offer individual as well as family payment plans to make care as
available as possible to you.
Back to the top
How Long Will My Recovery Process Be?
It depends
upon the severity of the condition, and will be considered
during the creation of your care plan and recommendations.
Symptomatic relief of symptoms usually happens early on in
care, while correction is a process that takes time. Dr.
Pete will explain your individual situation and give you
options for care depending on your goals.
Back to the top
Can I Wear My Own
Clothes?
Yes! Most
patients come right from work or school, but come dressed
comfortably. It’s important to be comfortable in your own
clothes. Typically, the only things that need to be removed
for an adjustment visit are coats, bulky items and shoes.
Women
may need to wear and examination gown on the initial visit
or for progress exams only. This is to allow access to the
skin surface for our computerized spinal evaluation. In
these cases, pants and shorts may still be worn, only
allowing us access to the skin over your spine. (with your
permission, of course!) Your modesty will be protected at
all times.
Back to the top
Can Children Get
Chiropractic Care?
Yes! As we
like to say, “The earlier detected the easier corrected.”
Children usually respond well because of their age and
flexibility. We care for many children and families in our
practice. Parents note the benefit for their children by
experiencing better posture, immune function and better
health overall. Additionally, their spinal misalignments are
being corrected early as opposed to growing with uncorrected
spinal stresses.
Back to the top
What Kind Of Exercises
Should I Expect To Do At Home?
Dr. Pete
will often give you specific rehabilitative exercises to
help correct the areas of concern and improve the whole
spine. Obviously, neck and back exercises will differ. Your
program is designed per specific findings and conditions.
Back to the top
Will My Chiropractor
Prescribe Medication?
No. Chiropractic
looks to find and correct the cause of the condition without
the use of toxic drugs, medication, or invasive surgery.
Back to the top
What's Wrong With
Taking Pain Killers?
Chiropractic looks for the cause of the condition. Pain
killers and medications are often used to mask or simply
control real health problems. In many cases it’s like a
teenager turning up the radio so they don’t hear the car
making noise. If they can’t hear the noise the problem seems
to be gone.
Taking
drugs to cover up pain or other symptoms may give the
illusion of health, but often leads people to put off
finding and fixing the cause of the problem and may allow a
person to do physical things that might increase the injury.
In addition, studies show that a high percentage of
symptoms, diseases, and deaths are caused by the side
effects of medication.
Back to the top
We Care About Your Health!
Please Call (207) 985-8877
For An Appointment And Get Started Today! |
