FAQ
Is chiropractic care safe?
What is a chiropractic adjustment?
There are many ways to adjust the spine. Usually, the chiropractor’s hands or a specially designed instrument delivers a brief and highly-accurate thrust. Some adjusting methods are quick, whereas others require a slow, constant or indirect pressure.
After 6 years of university training, 4 years of chiropractic college and 19 years of clinical experience, I have become highly skilled in the delivery of a variety of adjusting approaches.
Is chiropractic care appropriate for children?
Since significant trauma can occur at birth, many parents choose to have their newborns checked for any spinal health related problems. Later, learning to walk, riding a bicycle, and other childhood activities can cause spinal health related problems.
While a bandage and some comforting words can help a skinned knee, the potential underlying structural damage to the child’s spine, skull, pelvis and extremities is the unique domain of a chiropractor.
Many childhood health complaints that are brushed off as “growing pains” may be able to be traced to the spine. Regular chiropractic checkups may be able to identify these problems and help avoid some health complaints seen later in adults.
Naturally, Chiropractic adjusting procedures are modified to a child’s spine, particularly babies.
Am I too old for chiropractic care?
Restoring better spinal function can help improve mobility, vitality, endurance, and appetite. Many patients report improvements with arthritic symptoms and other chronic ailments often associated with the aging process. The adjusting technique used by your doctor will be modified for maximum comfort and results. As we get older and wiser, the simplicity and effectiveness of chiropractic care becomes more and more obvious.
For how long will I need chiropractic care?
Most patients find that periodic chiropractic checkups help keep them in tip-top shape. Those who are active, have stressful jobs, or want to be their very best, find that a schedule of preventative visits are helpful in the maintenance of good health.
Some patients seek chiropractic care only when their ache or pain becomes unbearable. While this style of “crisis management” is usually more costly and time-consuming, I stand ready to help all patients, regardless of their health goals. How long you decide to benefit from chiropractic care is always up to you.
Do chiropractic adjustments hurt?
With some adjustments, you may sometimes feel or hear a popping sound from the spinal joints. This is simply caused by a gas release from the joint as spinal movement is restored, such as when a wet glass is removed from a table or when you open a can of pop.
We can and often do use a hand held instrument to adjust the spine. If we need to use pelvic blocks to re-align the body, then that is an option too. Special techniques are used for adjusting infants and children. When my kids were young, I often incorporated play in to the adjustment to make it more fun and comfortable for them. Some of my favorites are the superman adjustment and the turkey adjustment. If these are too familiar to you, then you will have to ask one of the little ones who get adjusted in my office. Whatever the technique, I use skill, not force or strength, to conduct a safe, effective adjustment.