What do Chiropractic Doctors do? or What is involved in one’s initial
visits?
- When a patient begins chiropractic care, he/she gives the doctor his/her
case history. This history may include surgeries, family history, accidents,
and the details of the onset of the patient’s condition. The doctor then
gives the patient a complete orthopedic, neurological, and chiropractic exam,
testing the operations of the nervous system. In order to discover structural
problems in the spinal column, the doctor may take x-rays. On the next visit,
the doctor explains to the patient the findings of these examinations and recommends
a plan of treatment if appropriate to the patient’s condition. If you are
comfortable with the doctors recommendations, your initial care will
typically begin at this time.If your condition is severe, the doctor
will generally try to implement some type of pain management on the
first visit if it is determined to be safe an appropriate. Every patient’s
progress is supervised through occasional examinations and progress reports.
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