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TO
THE NEW PATIENT
May we welcome you to this chiropractic office.
You are to be commended for reaching out and venturing
into a profession that may be unfamiliar to you.You
may have been to some of the largest and most
famous health institutions in our land. You may
have spent large sums of money on various and
often painful tests. As a result, you may have
learned the name that doctors have given to your
problem, but the CAUSE of this problem may not
yet have been
found.
CHIROPRACTIC
THE DIFFERENT APPROACH
"What can this doctor do for me?" is
the question uppermost in your mind. The reception
room of the Doctor of Chiropractic seems to be
quite similar to the offices of other doctors.
There is a pleasant receptionist, an attractive
room with professional type furniture; but there
is a different approach to illness in the chiropractor's
office. The Doctor of Chiropractic will use instruments
for analysis that are familiar to you, and some
different from those you have encountered before.
You will be asked questions about falls and injuries
that you may not have considered important. You
will notice that the chiropractor is interested
in every detail of your history, and will always
take time to give complete attention to your problem.
The Doctor of Chiropractic knows that even though
two patients may have the same disorder, they
will not necessarily progress in the same manner.
Each patient is an individual who must be studied
and analyzed as such.
GETTING
TO THE CAUSE OF YOUR PROBLEM
Regardless of where your pain may be, you will
usually find that the chiropractor can show you
how it starts back in the spine, with misaligned
vertebrae producing pressure on nerves that lead
to where the pain is. Yes, the answer may be found
in your spine, where a surprising number of health
problems originate. You may have a misalignment
of one or more spinal bones, called vertebrae.
Those misalignments can then cause irritation
or pressure on the nerves as they leave the spinal
cord through openings between the vertebrae. This
is basic neurology. This is best discovered through
careful examination of the following illustration.
Notice how the vertebrae are misaligned with subsequent
nerve pressure that mis-alignments are placing
upon the nerves.
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If
you look at thechart, you will see the relationship
of your spine to the various parts of your
body. Every cell of your body receives nerve
impulses either directly or indirectly from
the spine. It is estimated that each one
of these large cables leaving your spine
carries some 300,000 tiny nerves. Is it
any wonder that you are a "bundle of
nerves" when there s a misalignment
in the spine?
On
this chart locate the organ that is giving
you discomfort. Trace the nerve from this
organ back to the spine. This nerve is the
lifeline of that organ. If no nerve impulses
reach the organ, it dies. If a limited,
or even increased, amount of impulse reaches
it, the organ becomes sick. Normalize the
nerve supply by a chiropractic adjustment,
and normal function returns to the organ
in exact ratio to the return of normal nerve
impulses.
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this chart, locate the areas of your body
which are painful to you. Trace the nerves
from these areas back to the spine. Pressure
on these nerves by misalignment of the spine
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WILL
IT HURT?
Perhaps you are wondering, "When the doctor
finds a misalignment in my spine and removes it,
will it hurt?" There is very little, if any,
discomfort from a chiropractic adjustment, and
it is relaxing to most.
The doctor uses very little force in making an
adjustment. It is not unusual to see a one hundred
pound doctor give a chiropractic adjustment to
a two hundred pound patient with little effort.
CAN CHIROPRACTIC HELP?
The Doctor of Chiropractic does not attempt to
determine this adjustment until at least a preliminary
examination or, more often, a complete chiropractic
examination has been made. After that you will
be informed whether it is felt you can be helped
by chiropractic. The Doctor of Chiropractic has
built a reputation on helping others without dangerous
drugs or useless surgery. And a conscientious
Doctor of Chiropractic will not accept your case
unless it is felt
there is a good chance of helping you. If there
is only a fifty-fifty chance of helping you, you
will be told, and the choice is left up to you.
WHAT ABOUT THE COST?
No doubt you are also wondering what this is going
to cost. This will vary depending on the severity
of
your condition and the type of care that is needed.
Please feel free to make inquiries about fees
before
beginning treatment.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?
How long will it take to recover from your ailment?
The answer to this also varies with the circumstances
of each individual case. The time it takes to
recover will depend on the particular circumstances
in your
case. You can rest assured, however, that your
Doctor of Chiropractic will get you well as quickly
as
possible. Now that you have chosen chiropractic
and have placed your health in the hands of a
dependable
Doctor of Chiropractic, relax, cooperate, and
give chiropractic a chance to help restore you
to health.
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