Your First Chiropractic Appointment: What You Need to Know

To find out if we can help

To find out if we can help you, we ask questions & listen. On your first visit we will carefully discuss your current health situation and your health history to assess whether you are a good candidate for Chiropractic care.

If we think we can help you, we will conduct a thorough examination. In adults, this may include imaging such as x-rays & occasionally CT or MRI scans. Such imaging is typically not required with children. You will need to wear comfortable clothes that allow the practitioner to perform their assessments.

Depending on your presentation, Chiropractic care may start on this visit, although often the results from further tests are required before this can begin. You should allow 40 minutes for your first visit.

By the time you return for your second visit, we will usually have the results of your tests. We will explain these results in a way that is easy to understand. We will tell you what we have found, what we can do to help, how long treatment may take and how much it will cost. Our practice enjoys high levels of patient satisfaction because we explain everything in advance. If we believe we can help you then care typically begins on the second visit. You should allow 30 minutes for your second visit.

A regular visit will be much shorter but is just as important! As well as discussing your progress, follow-up visits will involve repeating a few important tests that showed up from your initial examination. This way we can continue to monitor your improvement. Your care will involve spinal adjustments – these are gentle and specific movements to the spine and are performed differently depending on your age and type of spinal problem. Most follow-up visits only take about 10 minutes. We respect your time and in most cases will see you at, or very close, to your scheduled appointment time.