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What to expect on your first visit
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What Should You Expect on Your First Visit With Us?
At Okanagan Chiropractic our examinations procedures are geared toward detection and correction of the "Vertebral Subluxation" (click on this link
for more information on subluxations). The procedures we use are
therefore specifically selected for your spine and nervous system
health. There are a couple of things that you should expect when you
have a first visit at our clinic.
Our Examination consists of a thorough spinal and
nervous system exam which includes "Palpation". Palpation essentially
is checking your spine by hand. With this exam the doctor can feel
areas of your spine that may be involved with subluxations problems.
Spinal position, curvatures and muscle tone can also be examined as it
relates to possible spinal subluxations.
Your examination will also include a computerized
examination called the "Insight Millennium Subluxation Examination."
This examination involves several important components.
The first part of this examination process involves
reading spinal heat differences from one level of the spine to another,
as well as from one side of the spine to the other. Heat is a by
product of circulation, which is controlled by the autonomic nervous
system. From this we can see how subluxation may be affecting these
functions of your nervous system.
In the second part of this examination the Insight
Millennium Subluxation Examination scans the surface of your spinal
area for surface electrical impulses, and measures them along your
spine. This helps measure the affect of subluxation on the motor nerve
system and the affect subluxations may be having on your muscles.
The importance of each of these tests will be explained
to you at your Report of Findings. However, it is important to note
that this examination helps scientifically understand the subluxation
processes going on in your spine. It also gives us a baseline for
future tests so we can accurately measure your progress to see how your
spine is correcting and your nervous system is functioning. Using the
Insight Millennium Subluxation Examination is much more accurate that
just depending on "how you feel" on any given day. Please click here to
download a "pdf" copy of normal Thermal and SEMG scans with an
explanation of how to interpret these scans.
You will be scheduled for your Report of Findings within
a few days of your initial visit. This visit is your most important
visit and may take up to one hour. It is at your Report of Findings
that we will give you a care plan and go over any special instructions
you will need to obtain the best and fastest possible results. We have
set aside specific times for these visits so as not to interfere with
regular patient care hours. Our staff schedule your Report of Findings
with you after your first visit.
Our Chiropractic Care at Okanagan Chiropractic Wellness
Center utilizes the most modern chiropractic analytical, and adjustive
procedures and equipment available. We consider subluxations to be a
serious threat to the quality and quantity of your health and that of
your family. It is therefore imperative that we utilize the most
modern, and the well established time-proven procedures to help you. We
feel your worth it!
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