Are you new to chiropractic? Here’s what to expect when you visit…
Chiropractic treatment usually involves the treatment of common conditions through manual therapy sessions consisting of Spinal manipulations and manual manipulation and mobilisation.
What to expect at your Initial Consultation
Your first visit is designed to focus on determining the root cause of your pain and symptoms.
You’ll start by filling in a short form about the challenges you’re experiencing with your health and what health and wellness mean to you. This will allow us to have an overview of your health status.
Your chiropractor will carry out an orthopaedic, neurologic and functional examination. This includes a posture assessment to determine how well your body is moving and functioning.
As part of the examination, your chiropractor will check your spine, looking for areas of restriction and nerve interference which can affect your body functions, causing symptoms and pain.
We will carry out a series of X-Rays as clinically required to help aid an accurate diagnosis, this provides important information about your spine and condition. Your X-Rays are included in your consultation fee.
This is your follow-up appointment where we share the findings from your examination, in simple terms we’ll explain what we believe to be the cause of your pain and symptoms. We will advise you on the best course of treatment going forward, we will take the time to answer any questions you may have and explain the time frame of healing and costs involved.
If you decide you want to go ahead and start your care with us, we can get started straight away and give you the first treatment at your Report of Findings appointment. This is when you really start to experience the many amazing benefits of Chiropractic care.
Can Chiropractic help me and what is it?
Chiropractic is a primary health care profession dedicated to the non-surgical treatment of disorders of Neuro-Musculo-Skeletal systems.
Chiropractic treatment usually involves treatment of common conditions through manual therapy sessions consisting of Spinal manipulations and manual manipulation and mobilisation. Goal setting for the chiropractic treatment plan is driven by the patient’s pain and activity intolerance. The use of active care is emphasised to accomplish this goal.The long-term outcome is enhanced by obtaining maintenance spinal manipulation after the initial intensive manipulative therapy.
Chiropractic Adjustments
Chiropractic treatments consist mainly of Spinal Adjustments, a specific form of Spinal Manipulation.
During an Adjustment the Chiropractor uses their hands to move the affected joint, restoring motion and reducing pain, without the need for medication or invasive procedures.
The Journey to Recovery
Our care consists of three different phases:
PHASE 1 – RECOVERING
In this phase treatments will be more intensive to move you away from the pain you are feeling from your symptoms.
PHASE 2 – HEALING
In this phase we space the treatments apart further to allow the body to heal and adjust to the changes being made through the treatment.
PHASE 3 – WELLNESS
When you reach this phase you will be out of pain and probably experiencing no symptoms at all, our aim here is to keep you at your optimum health and stop you returning to pain and the symptoms you once had.