What to Expect

Laying the foundation

Chiropractic care is like building a house – certain things have to happen in a particular order in order for everything to stand strong and work correctly. When building a house, if you tried to put up your walls before you had a solid foundation, your walls would be weak and eventually collapse. If you tried to put on your roof before the walls were ready, you would run into the same problem. The same is true for your body. Your body has to go through a particular plan of care in order to repair itself correctly and fully. There are three general phases of chiropractic care . . .

Phase 1: Relief Care

If you are in pain when you come into our office, the first objective is to help you feel better and re-connect the brain with the body, neurologically of course. Depending on the severity of your problem, it is typical to need care daily, from one to four weeks.

Phase 2: Corrective Care

During the corrective care phase, muscles , ligaments and nerves are allowed to heal more completely with posture and spine corrective rehabilitation performed  thereby helping prevent further damage and injury. It is typical to need care 12-16 times per month for 3-6 months, depending on your overall health, severity of your problem and phase of spinal degeneration.

Phase 3:  Strengthening 

Active rehabilitation,  in office and at home, utilizing our isometric postural body weighting and spinal molding fulcrum system, to achieve a complete posture and spinal makeover that last.

Phase 4: Stabilization/Wellness Care

Stabilization care is necessary to make corrections permanent and keep your investment of renewed health profitable.  In addition, it is important to be regularly checked and adjusted to avoid problems in the future.  Remember it is much easier to maintain ones health then to lose it and try to regain it.  Frequency is 1-4 times per month, based on your lifestyle and activity goals.