PATIENT EDUCATION

 

3 Stages of Chiropractic Care:

There are three types or stages of chiropractic care. How long you decide to benefit from chiropractic care is always up to you. Which type of care fits your health goals?

Stage 1 – Initial Intensive Care:

Most patients start with Initial Intensive Care. The first thing most people want is to feel better. So, in the beginning, visits are usually frequent. In many acute situations, visits utilizing chiropractic adjustments may be combined with other procedures such as neuromuscular massage, decompression, traction, acupuncture, electric muscle stimulation, or ultrasound. Depending upon your age, condition, and lifestyle, repeated visits over weeks or months may be needed to reduce your symptoms.

“Your doctor will recommend a chiropractic care program that is based upon how you function, not how you feel”.

Stage 2 – Rehabilitative Care:

Research suggests ligaments and muscles that support your spine take longer to heal than indicated by how you feel. Your body continues to heal these soft tissues after your symptoms are gone. With your ache or pain reduced, the goal of Rehabilitative Care is for more complete healing to occur. At this stage, visit frequency is often reduced. You may be recommended to supplement your care with exercises, dietary/lifestyle changes, or other self-care procedures. Without complete healing, discontinuing care now can set the stage for a relapse.

“Like corrective lenses for the eyes, Rehabilitative Care helps normalize spinal function”.

Stage 3 – Wellness Care:

After the recovery of your original problem, regular chiropractic checkups can help preserve your progress. Periodic visits can help catch little problems before they become major health concerns. Wellness-minded adults and children choose this type of care to look and feel their best. Like other preventative measures, a chiropractic lifestyle can save time and money by helping you stay well. Continue your chiropractic care so you can enjoy life to the fullest!

Like regular dental checkups, wellness chiropractic care can help prevent spinal decay and promote optimum health.

”Your body is controlled by a computer like organ, the brain. It is important to have that communication free of interference from the spine.”

 

 
Activities of Daily Living Instructions

The Basics

Listen to your body’s signals of pain, tightness, and tingling. Immediately cease any activity causing the dysfunction and call our office for an appointment.

If you are currently involved in an exercise program, let us know so we can instruct you on what exercises may be the most effective and what should be avoided.

Avoid holding the phone to your ear by leaning your head to the side and pinching it between your ear and shoulder.

Use care in getting into your vehicle. Putting one leg in and sliding under the steering wheel will twist your hips and back. First sit down, and then swing both legs into your vehicle.

Avoid crossing your legs while sitting and avoid sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time.

Ladies: Avoid heels over 2”. This will place strain and stress on the hips, knees and feet.

Men: Avoid carrying your wallet in your back pocket. This causes your hips to tilt and your back to curve sideways while sitting.

Avoid carrying anything heavy on your shoulders.

Never poke or rub your mid back and shoulders forcefully. Do not stretch your arms behind your back, roll your head around, or forcefully twist in lower back.

Water Consumption

Drink half of your body weight in ounces per day. This helps to prevent soreness by flushing toxins out of the body. These toxins are released from soft tissue during treatment.

When Standing

1. Keep your head level and your chin slightly tucked.

2. Stand tall, stretching the top of your head toward the ceiling.

3. Relax your shoulders down and back.

4. Tighten your stomach muscles to tuck in your stomach. This will help prevent excessive swayback, or lordosis, in the lower part of your back.

When Sitting

1. Keep your head level and chin up.

2. Keep your buttocks to the back of the chair and maintain a slight inward curve in your lower back. Sometimes a small pillow or rolled towel in the small of your back helps. Do not slouch.

3. Keep your feet comfortably apart and supported so that your knees are level with your hips and shoulder width apart. You may also use a foot rest to elevate feet slightly, reducing strain on lower back.

When Lying

1. Use a firm mattress.

2. Lie on your side with your hips and knees slightly bent and with a pillow between your legs keeping your knees a hips’ width apart.

3. If you find you are able to sleep on your back, a pillow under your knees may take the strain off your lower back.

4. Never sleep on your stomach.

When Lifting

1. Keep your head level and chin up.

2. Keep your back straight, bend your knees and squat as low as possible, keeping your feet apart.

3. Lift with the strength of your legs and never twist or turn while lifting.

4. Once you’ve picked up an object, hold it close to you.

 

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