FAQs Archive - Precision Chiropractic

Q: 11. How many treatments will I need?

This is a difficult question to answer because there are many factors that influence the correct response. Your age, gender, weight, lifestyle, work, severity of the injury or issue, previous episodes of the problem, previous injuries, the amount of wear and tear, underlying diseases or conditions, your personal health goals etc….. All of these contribute to the amount and timing of treatments necessary for your spinal health. Too many or too few adjustments will have a negative impact on your progress. The more you improve, the less often we need to see you. With that in mind we do expect to see positive change within 3-5 visits and our goal is to get you better in as little time as possible with as few treatments as necessary.

Q: 10. What if my problem is not a chiropractic problem?

If a subluxation does not exist and you do not need an adjustment, then we can refer you to another provider. Chiropractors are trained primary health care practitioners, and if it is clear that your problem is best treated somewhere else, we will refer accordingly. Many conditions can respond to Chiropractic adjustments, but that does not mean that all conditions always do respond. We work collaboratively with a number of wonderful, highly skilled and results based health professionals in Geelong to which we can refer if clinically indicated. A subluxation can not only cause pain but in some cases can also cause digestive, respiratory and other seemingly unrelated symptoms. While we do not treat these disorders or symptoms directly, some of these can show improvement or even resolve within a few adjustments as the bodies own healing ability starts to work. Should this not happen in your case, we would guide you as to your choices for other treatment and often suggest you consult your medical doctor.

Q: 9. Is back pain normal?

Pain of any kind, at any age, is a sign that something isn’t right. Pain is the way your body signals that a limit has been reached or an injury has occurred. Your body injures itself daily and its own innate healing ability can repair the damage quite quickly and often within a day or 2. People who perform physical activities, to which they are not accustomed, can ache for a day or so afterwards. If pain does not resolve in the first day or if pain episodes re-occur, then it is possible that there is enough damage to the collagen fibres of the joint that it has been allowed to subluxate or mis-align. Once this has been corrected, the body will recover quicker with its own innate healing ability. If there is an underlying subluxation (misalignment), pain episodes can worsen in intensity, duration and frequency over time. Delaying treatment at this point can mean that your condition becomes more difficult to resolve compared with if treatment was started earlier.

Q: 8. Isn’t my problem just muscular?

Your body reacts to a joint injury or subluxation by installing some muscle tension or muscle spasm to stabilise the injured area. This is a natural, protective reaction. Muscles have a nerve supply and require a signal from their nerves in order to contract. A muscular problem indicates irritation to the nervous system and we look to correct the cause of that. Once the nerve irritation is corrected, we find the muscle spasm subsides and once settled, you can have a massage without extra soft tissue aggravation. Often, we have massage therapists send us patients that aren’t responding to their therapy as they would expect. They recognise that this is because the muscle is protecting an underlying issue that needs to be addressed first. Once the underlying subluxation is corrected, the patients are then able to return to their massage therapists for an even better result.

13. Do chiropractors treat joints other than spinal joints like hands and feet, knees and shoulders?

Yes, some chiropractors treat extremity joints (hands, elbows, shoulders, feet,

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12. When can I exercise?

Exercise is an important part of your recovery and stability

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11. How many treatments will I need?

This is a difficult question to answer because there are

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10. What if my problem is not a chiropractic problem?

If a subluxation does not exist and you do not

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9. Is back pain normal?

Pain of any kind, at any age, is a sign

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8. Isn’t my problem just muscular?

Your body reacts to a joint injury or subluxation by

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7. Should I use ice or heat?

Always ice. Inflammation is the body’s natural response to an

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6. Why do chiropractors like to take or see spinal xrays?

Xrays reveal the internal structure of your spine. They allow

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5. What education do chiropractors receive?

Australian chiropractors are five year university trained, and are government

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4. Can I adjust myself?

No. Since a chiropractic adjustment is a specific force, applied

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