New Patients at North Castle Chiropractic
Since chiropractic care involves a series of visits, with each one building on the ones before, it’s important that our relationship can go the distance. We’ve found that one of the best ways to have successful patient relationships is to explain everything in advance. No surprises!
Our new patient forms can be downloaded and completed in the convenience of your own home before your first visit.
You’ll find plenty of convenient and well-lit parking. You’ll be greeted by name when you enter our practice and given a short tour to get you acquainted with our facilities. If you’ve already completed your admitting paperwork, great! If not, after doing so we’ll likely show you a short video to acquaint you with our practice.
The purpose of your pre-care consultation is to discuss your health goals and see if you’re a good candidate for chiropractic care. If it looks promising, a thorough examination will help us identify the likely cause of your problem.
Patients appreciate that we explain everything in advance! If it is determined that it is clinically indicated to begin the initial course of treatment, that will be explained. With your consent, we will then begin to relieve your pain and other symptoms.
The first visit usually lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour.
On your report visit we explain what we found and how we may be able to help you. After we study your health history and correlate our examination findings, we’ll make recommendations designed to help you get and keep your health. We call this the Report of Findings.
This is usually attended to on your second visit, which may be later the same day or the following day. This two-visit approach accomplishes several things:
- Reduces the length of your first visit
- Gives us time to correlate our findings
- Avoids overloading you with too much information
- In certain circumstances we make exceptions. It just depends on your unique situation.
The second visit usually lasts thirty minutes.
Avoid relapse with regular visits. After the investment of time needed on the first and second visits, many patients become concerned that every visit will be of equal length. In a word: no. A typical visit may require just a few, highly-focused, minutes.
But don’t think the brevity of a regular visit lessens its value! With the groundwork laid, we can quickly size up the condition of your spine and nervous system, adjust you and perform any ancillary therapy; provide appropriate postural, exercise or other lifestyle advice; and get you on your way.
As with orthodontic care, each visit builds on the ones before. Miss a visit and you can lose the momentum necessary to make the needed changes. We recognize your time is valuable. We do everything possible to run on time and minimize the impact on your busy life.
Take the First Step
Contact North Castle Chiropractic today to schedule your appointment. We look forward to meeting you soon!