New Patients at Schimke Chiropractic
Your First Visit
Many new patients are uneasy about their first visit to a chiropractor, but we’re here to make that experience as pleasant as possible.
After we are introduced to each other, we have some admitting paperwork to help us best meet your health care needs. If you will be utilizing any insurance, be sure to bring along your insurance card so we have the necessary information. And remember, there is never any obligation or charge to schedule a consultation with the doctor.
After your paperwork is complete, the doctor will review it while you receive a tour of our clinic. You will then join the doctor to discuss your health needs, goals and to see if chiropractic is likely to help you. If it looks promising, a thorough examination will help identify the cause of your problem. If advanced diagnostic images are necessary to further analyze your condition, we’ll help you coordinate those additional services as well.
Second Visit
After we study your health history and correlate our examination findings, we’ll make recommendations designed to help you obtain and keep your health. We call this the “Report of Findings”. 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
We ask that you allow approximately 45 minutes for this appointment and find it very beneficial for you to bring your spouse or significant other along. This allows for them to understand your condition and support your treatment. Furthermore, they may have questions too. Once we are all satified that you understand your condition and treatment recommendations, we can proceed with your first chiropractic treatment. Following this treatment, commonly called an adjustment, we’ll make suggestions for home care that may speed up your healing process.
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 what your spine and nervous system, adjust you and get you on your way.
Like a regular workout at the gym, each visit builds on the ones before. Miss a visit and we 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 our team today to schedule your appointment. We look forward to meeting you soon!