Plan Your First Visit
What Can I Expect?
By consulting our office, you’re taking an exciting first step toward better health. Chiropractic care is different. It is this difference that offers new ways to get well and stay well.
Here is what to expect on your first visit to our office:
You’ll meet the doctor after filling out some brief paperwork describing you, your health history and your health goals. We offer this initial consultation so we can both get to know one another.
If you’re a good candidate for chiropractic care and we think we can help you, an examination follows. We’ll study the way you turn and bend. We may test your reflexes. These and other physical, orthopedic and chiropractic tests help us locate areas of your spine that could be the cause of your problem. Our examinations are thorough and will put you at ease.
We’ll study the results and give you a complete report of our findings. We’ll show you what we found and the conclusions we’ve reached. If we find that you would benefit from consulting a different practitioner, we’ll make the proper referral. Otherwise, we’ll recommend a program of specific chiropractic adjustments.
With a plan in place to fulfill your health goals, future visits will take just minutes. The purpose of subsequent visits will be to locate and reduce your vertebral subluxations and monitor the healing process.
FAQs
Will I need X-rays?
X-rays and other types of images can be helpful. Pictures of your spine, especially after trauma, can confirm our other findings and make your care more precise. We can tell if we need them after completing our other examinations.
When will I get my first adjustment?
It depends upon your complaint and how long it may take to study your examination findings. This is a clinical decision and varies from patient to patient.
How long until I feel better?
Some patients experience almost instant relief. Others discover it can take months, sometimes years. Every patient recovers at their own pace. Factors which can affect the healing process include your age, your overall health condition, muscle tone, diet and even your attitude.
Will I receive any medication for my pain?
No. Chiropractic doctors don’t dispense drugs. Because we rely on natural methods, ask for directions on how to use ice to control any painful symptoms. Ice, when properly applied, can have an analgesic effect without the side effects associated with pain medications.
“I took my daughter to see Dr. Pilcher when she was 17 months old. She would not lay on her stomach without screaming and would not crawl or walk. I had taken her to several doctors and they could not find a reason for her developmental delays nor her apparent pain in certain positions. A family friend recommended I take her to a chiropractor. I admit I was a bit apprehensive about taking my small child to a chiropractor, but I agreed. I was very impressed with the thorough exam Dr. Pilcher provided, asking questions that her other doctors had not. She started crawling the very next day after her first adjustment. We continued seeing Dr. Pilcher on a regular basis and she is showing remarkable improvements. Dr. Pilcher provided logical theories for her developmental challenges that I have not been able to get from any of the medical specialists we visited. My husband and I are very grateful for his continued interest and diligence in helping her overcome her challenges.”
— Traci C, Talty, Texas