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| ABOUT
THE PRACTICE AND THE PRACTICIONERS |
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How
can a chiropractor help me? |
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Is
Chiropractic similar to massage? |
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Is
chiropractic safe? |
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Who
can/should go to a chiropractor? |
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Do
Chiropractors believe in medicine and surgery? |
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Do
Chiropractors have medical (M.D.) degrees? |
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Can
Chiroparactic prevent surgery? |
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| ABOUT
APPOINTMENTS AND VISITS |
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How
do I set my first appointment? |
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What
should I expect at my first appointment? |
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How
many visits will be required to fix my problem? |
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How
long will one visit take? |
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How
frequently should I get a spinal adjustment? |
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What
will happen if I stop going to the chiropractor? |
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| ABOUT
ADJUSTMENTS |
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Is
it bad to "crack" your neck or back a lot? |
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Can
I "adjust" myself? |
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What
causes the "cracking" sound when I am adjusted? |
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Can
spines automatically go back into place? |
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Will
my insurance cover my chiropractic visits? |
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How
can a chiropractor help me? |
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Chiropractic
helps you feel more balanced, less stressed, and more energetic
when you get periodic care. If your back "goes out"
or you are injured from either ongoing stress to a certain part
of your neck or back--or if you have an accident of some sort,
chiropractice can help you correct the problem. |
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Is
Chiropractic similar to massage? |
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No.
Chiropractic deals with the spinal column, nervous system, meninges,
and body structure. Massage therapists deal with muscle tension,
circulation, and body fluid drainage. |
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Is
chiropractic safe? |
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Chiropractic
is among the safest of the healing arts. As proof, one merely
has to compare malpractice rates between chiropractors and other
health professionals. Chiropractors' malpractice premiums are
a small fraction of those for medical doctors, especially orthopedists
and surgeons. |
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Who
can/should go to a chiropractor? |
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Anyone
can benefit from seeing a chiropractor. If you have had back
surgery or a broken back or neck or are under medical care,
your can benefit from chiropractic care as soon as your injury
heals. M.D.'s are likely to have patients who are under chiropractic
care; in fact many medical doctors see a doctor of chiropractic
themselves. Those who have had spinal surgery who discover a
return of their symptoms may be able to prevent repeated operations
with chiropractic help. Even newborns have received spinal adjustments
especially after difficult or traumatic births. There are case
histories of infants close to death who were adjusted in hospitals
with seemingly miraculous recoveries. |
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Do
Chiropractors believe in medicine and surgery? |
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Certainly.
As Norman Cousins says: "There are times when intervention
in the form of medicine or surgery is absolutely neessary but
there is never a time when the nourishment one puts into one's
own body or one's mind is not essential to health." Chiropractors
would add spinal care to Mr. Cousins' observation. |
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Do
Chiropractors have medical (M.D.) degrees? |
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Chiropractors
have Doctor of Chiropractic (D. C.) degress granted from chiropractic
colleges. Chiropractic education and medical education are similar
in some respects and different in others because
chiropractors do not prescribe drugs and medical doctors do
not correct the vertebral subluxation complex. |
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Can
Chiroparactic prevent surgery? |
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In
the majority of cases the answer is a resounding "Yes."
Come in for an initial visit, and we'll be able to give you
more information about your specific case. |
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How
do I set my first appointment? |
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To
make an appointment, just call us at 1-800-950-1620. |
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What
should I expect at my first appointment? |
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At
your first appointment, the chiropractor will do an overall
consultation with you to discover what the history of your problems
may be, and also to familiarize himself with your habits, posture
etc. You will then receive your first adjustment and/or treatment. |
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How
many visits will be required to fix my problem? |
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The
nature of your problem will determine how many visits you need
to make you feel better. |
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How
long will one visit take? |
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Your
first visit will be longer because the doctor will need to assess
your problem and determine what and how much treatment you will
need. Thereafter, your visits will be around 15 to 30 minutes,
depending on your needs. |
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How
frequently should I get a spinal adjustment? |
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The
answer is "As soon as you develop subluxations." But
since subluxations are often painless, it's good to get your
spine checked periodically, as you get your teeth checked periodically
for "painless" cavities.You may have a subluxation
long before symptoms appear. That's why periodic spinal checkups
are so important. |
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What
will happen if I stop going to the chiropractor? |
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Spine
and nerve stress will continue to build up as before, but it
won't be reduced or eliminated. If the stress is not relieved,
your body and overall health will suffer. |
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Is
it bad to "crack" your neck or back a lot? |
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The
desire to pop the neck or back is caused by tension from a jammed
or fixated vertebra, which causes another part of the spine
to compensate by moving too much and "popping" a lot.
The jammed part should be adjusted by a chiropractor so that
the rest of the spinal column will balance and stop being so
movable and noisy. |
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Can
I "adjust" myself? |
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Cracking
or popping your neck gives relief for a while, but soon the
urge to pop or crack reappears because the cause of the spinal
tension hasn't been corrected. |
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What
causes the "cracking" sound when I am adjusted? |
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Not
all adjusting techniques produce the sound associated with "popping
knuckles." Some create no sound at all, some a little.
Many techniques, however, do create the sound of a spinal "release."
What causes it? The mystery may have been solved by a British
research team that took x-ray movies of people "popping"
their knuckles. The sound appeared to be caused by gas rushing
in to fill the partial vacuum created when the joints were slightly
separated. |
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Can
spines automatically go back into place? |
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Yes.
There are verified instances of blind people reccovering eyesight
after a fall, of individuals able to walk again after their
wheelchair was thrown, and of amnesiacs who remember their past
after receiving a trauma--these are examples of "accidental
adjustments." A visit to the chiropractor is a lot safer.
Also, many types of therapy, including massage and various body
work, can reduce musculoskeletal stress, sometimes permitting
the spine to automatically realign, as will a carthartic emotional
release. Occasionally, even a good night's sleep can correct
a subluxation. |
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Will
my insurance cover my chiropractic visits? |
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Many
insurance programs will cover a percentage or a certain number
of visits annually. Give us a call or come in to find out if
yours will. |
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