FAQ

Chiropractors are hands-on musculoskeletal specialists that use primarily their hands to treat a variety of physical complaints. These can range from nerve pain, muscle pain joint pain, and athletic or work performance issues. We Utilize joint manipulation, soft tissue treatments, and exercise prescription to treat these complaints that are brought to us for resolution and management.

Our office focuses on providing one on one patient care for one full hour. This allows us to get to the root cause of a problem and to take a comprehensive approach to treatment as opposed to pain relief alone. We will do our best to answer all questions you have from your initial phone call, to your assessment, and throughout your plan of care. The doctor will give you their full attention during every treatment session you have.

In a typical session we recap how everything has gone since your last visit, briefly assess to see what we can find that we need to focus on for the session, and add to or modify/progress exercises we have given you.

Yes! Typically most patients initially come in for pain relief but leave with not only relief but also the tools to help them manage their pain if it comes back. Most patients will see improvement after their first visit but if not do not worry we will be address a lot of the reasons that it is there and you should see improvement sooner rather than later.

Soreness is a fairly common side effect, whether it be from an adjustment or soft tissue treatment. However, there are instances where this will fade on its own, but typically the use of heat, ice, or light stretching can help alleviate the soreness you may experience.

We are listed as “Out of Network” with all insurance companies. Fortunately, this has allowed us to be more effective and helpful to our patients in the form of longer treatment sessions that will help us get to the root cause of your complaint and help to resolve it in a faster and more comprehensive way. This status allows us to do the treatments that we believe will help you get better faster such as soft tissue treatments and exercise prescription. This has been an area of difficult decision for us, but we have come to the conclusion that it is in a patient’s best interest for us to be this status with insurers. However, we can give you an itemized receipt with diagnosis and treatment codes for you to receive reimbursement directly from your insurance company.

Care plans may vary depending on the severity of your complaints and how diligent you are with your home care/rehab program. Typically, patients of ours see benefit after the first visit in the form of pain relief. However, if we are not seeing sustainable results by visits 4-6, we will reevaluate to see if there is something we are not addressing to the detail we need or to determine if you need to be referred out for extra imaging, testing, or evaluation by another provider for additional work up.