Your Second Visit

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 situations, and in the professional judgment of your chiropractor, we sometimes make exceptions. It just depends on your unique situation.

Report of Findings

We’ll spend about 15 minutes reviewing our findings with you and offering answers to the four questions most patients have when they consult our office:

Our job is offer you the very best chiropractic care possible. It’s your job to decide how much of it you want.

  • What’s wrong?
  • Can chiropractic help?
  • How long will it take?
  • How much will it cost?

If you have any other questions, be sure to ask!

You’ll Have Choices

Based on our findings, we’ll make recommendations and you’ll be presented with some choices:

  • Proceed with chiropractic care
  • Seek the opinion of another practitioner
  • Ignore the problem hoping it will resolve
  • Medication to reduce symptoms (referral required)
  • Physical therapy (referral required)
  • Surgical intervention (referral required) 
Working Together

Chiropractic care is a partnership approach to better health. Part of your recovery is based on what we do, and the other part on what you do:

Our Job 
Your Job
See you as a person, not a condition... Desire health 
Respect your privacy and your time... Get involved
Provide a comfortable office setting... Keep your visits
Honor your individual health goals... Follow advice
Explain our procedures and findings... Ask questions
Monitor and report your progress... Expect results
Refer to other specialists as needed... Stay optimistic
Show you ways to get and stay well... Seek answers
Charge a fair fee for our services... Pay your bill
Offer state-of-the art chiropractic... Tell others
 
With clear boundaries in place and our respective responsibilities identified, it’s time to begin your care!

Mike Black Asks some important questions of interest to Clovelly residents - Chiropractor Clovelly Mike Black Asks...

Can chiropractic relieve PMS?
If you have nerve interferences, especially in the lower spine that impair nerves that direct and monitor the reproductive and hormonal systems, chiropractic could be helpful. Undetected nerve interferences may also be responsible for pelvic pain, incontinence, sexual dysfunction and even infertility. Maybe chiropractic can help. Find out!
What's the difference between a "good" drug and a "bad" drug?
As a chiropractor, I see the use of many drugs (legal or illegal) as merely symptom treating. Worse, virtually every drug produces unwanted effects. The effects of chiropractic are largely positive effects. If you're a Clovelly parent, consider carefully before giving your child a cough medication, cold remedy or pain reliever so this sort of question doesn't arise in the first place.