During Your Visit

After you speak with our front desk, your first scheduled appointment is your screening consultation. Screening consultations allow us to get an understanding of your condition, review previous imaging (X-ray, MRI, MRA, or CT,) and is our first checkpoint in determining the safety and validity of Atlas Orthogonal treatment in your case. Not all patients are accepted for treatment. Once we feel like we can determine your candidacy for treatment, all fees associated will be explained to you, based on your specific needs. At this time, you can also ask any questions you may have regarding our office, treatment, etc. This first appointment lasts 15 minutes and is no charge to you.

Once you are accepted as a patient, you will schedule your “New Patient” appointment. This is a 1 hour appointment, but we appreciate your arrival 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time. On this visit, Dr. Griffin will obtain a complete history and will complete a comprehensive examination that will include basic chiropractic, physical, orthopedic, and neurologic examination. If it is determined that you have dysfunction and misalignment that we treat, digital X-rays will be recommended and done on site at this time. During your X-ray evaluation, we pay close attention to stability markers that may indicate the need for stress views or outside radiologic interpretation, expert consultation, or advanced imaging (MRI, etc.). We do not perform MRI in our office, but work with a local imaging center who can perform the specific study we require for our work. The vast majority of patients need no additional imaging study and can proceed to treatment.

*Note-This visit cannot be on the same day as your screening consultation, as we cannot hold an hour appointment for a patient until we know for sure they are a candidate for care.

Your next appointment will last 45 minutes. On this visit, we will show you your X-rays in detail including the condition of your spine and your specific misalignment. We will then show you the instrument we use, and, with your permission, you will receive your first adjustment on this day. For information on how that adjustment works, click here.(link to atlas orthogonal on my page.) The goal on this day is to get your atlas into the best possible position. Once I am satisfied with the alignment that we have done, we will take a set of post X-rays. These X-rays serve to show us if your neck is in fact in the best possible position…and also shows us if it isn’t. You will rest as I analyze this post set of X-rays, and you will not leave the office until the alignment is right. You will be given detailed instructions and an overview of generalized expectations. For more information on that, click here. Most patients feel a difference after this first adjustment.

You need to be seen with in 24-48 hours of your first adjustment in order for us to be able to monitor and effectively assess your initial response to care. Once we have assessed your response to care, we are usually able to discuss the need and efficacy of further treatment at this point. Most patients will see us periodically for a series of visits in order to heal and become stable.

No flashy bells and whistles, no twisting or popping, no guesswork. Here at Precision Chiropractic we focus on one thing: Exceptional patient care through the use of the most thorough and precise chiropractic analysis and correction available. With Atlas Orthogonal analysis of your spine, we can not only measure your specific misalignment, but can also measure and visualize the correction and improvements made by the Atlas Orthogonal Adjustment. This kind of specificity allows us to adjust within the normal range of motion of the joint and achieve a complete correction of misalignment of the spine – all without the need for joint traction, twisting or popping. Here, you will find very happy patients – and even some “miracle” like cases that required just the level of specificity we provide.

Once the body has had a chance to stabilize and heal in the right position, Atlas Orthogonal standards recommend patients are checked at least at quarterly intervals, or once every 3 months. Not all patients are able to go this long between adjustments, and your individual needs will be determined once your initial acute phase of treatment is complete.

We all have ups and downs in our how body feels based on what we do day to day, illness, exposure to toxins, trauma, etc. You may hold your alignment with no symptoms for 6 months, then suddenly all your symptoms come back and you are “out of alignment.” Everyone will experience this from time to time, as the static stabilizers (ligaments) in the spine, once injured, are not as strong as they once were. However, if you follow our recommendations, these episodes will be few and far between and will resolve quickly with prompt treatment.