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Allow 60 to 90 minutes for your first visit to Tucker Chiropractic. This allows you and the doctor time to discuss your health concerns in a quiet, non-hurried, relaxed environment. Your doctor will evaluate your health history, talk to you about your concerns, perform a physical examination, and take any necessary X-rays. |
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Do not expect to be adjusted on your first visit. Instead, your doctor will tell you what you can do to minimize your pain over the next 24 to 48 hours, so she has time to develop your x-rays and thoroughly examine them. The x-rays will be used along with your health and case histories to help the doctor make an accurate diagnosis and determine a course of treatment for you. |
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On your second visit, you'll spend about an hour with your doctor as she explains her diagnosis and illustrates how a conclusion was made. Your doctor will go over the x-rays with you, explain how chiropractic care may be used to treat your injury, show you a short video that explains how chiropractic care works, answer any questions you may have, address all of your concerns, and finally, recommend a course of treatment for you. Based on the analysis of your initial examination, your treatment could consist of chiropractic adjustments, therapies and rehabilitation. You will receive a written report to take home that summarizes your specific case and your doctor's recommendations for care. After your consultation, the doctor will give you your first chiropractic adjustment. |
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During the adjustment process, your doctor will put you through a series of minor movements, utilizing your hands and feet, to determine which vertebrae are out of position. |
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In most cases, the doctor will make the adjustments to your spine using the activator method technique. The tool used in this process is called an activator. The activator allows the doctor to use the lowest-possible force to manipulate your spine, and it gives her the greatest amount of control over the adjustment. The technique is a pain-free and relatively quiet procedure. |
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In some cases, your doctor will need to adjust you using the traditional manual technique. In this method, hands and force from the body will help push the vertebrae back into place. This, too, is a pain-free and relatively quiet procedure. |
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After your adjustment, you may receive ice therapy and intersegmental traction therapy, which is done on a device commonly referred to as the spinalator. The spinalator table, on which you lie while receiving the treatment, encases a machine that rolls up and down your spine. The treatment will feel like a relaxing, gentle massage. The spinalator and the ice work together to help reduce any inflammation in the involved area of your spine, reduce pain symptoms, improve and maintain mobility of the vertebrae. |
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