What to Expect
The moment you enter Homewood Chiropractic, you will feel welcomed by our warm friendly environment and helpful and enthusiastic staff. Our waiting area is quiet and comfortable and hot and cold drinks are available should you wish to take a moment to relax before or after your appointment.
After completing your new patient forms with the assistance of our receptionist, you will be taken to a changing cubicle where you can change into a treatment gown, underwear is left on and dressing gowns are provided for your comfort and warmth. Your chiropractor will greet you, take you through to your private treatment room and will spend time with you, making sure you understand how and why we do things, and will want to talk about your current health issues and what we can do to help you.We encourage you to ask as many questions as you like! We then perform a thorough examination to determine how best to care for you. The examination will consist of us taking a medical history and carrying out any appropriate tests and assessments to enable us to diagnose your problem. All of the tests are painless and non-invasive.
- Physical examination: This includes spinal check, nerve, and muscle tests.
- Postural analysis: Your chiropractor will analyse your posture as you stand and will ask you to perform several movements. Areas of spinal stress, muscle tension, postural changes, and the likely progression of your posture with ageing is determined. Information gained is stored on your file so we can monitor progress as we bring you to better posture.
Once we have taken a physical examination and details of your past medical history, we will talk you through how we may be able to help you. A program of care will be explained to you (including costs) and we will agree on a path of care which you are comfortable with. Of course, any questions or concerns that you have will be answered.
The agreed treatment plan will not always commence during the first session as further diagnostic examination or off site tests may be necessary in some cases. If you are in severe pain we will start treatment the same day wherever possible.
What to bring with you
Please bring along details of your referring Doctor or Consultant (if appropriate), any x-rays or medical records you may have, health insurance details including policy/reference number, feel free to bring a friend or relative if you wish.
Your Regular Visit
On a typical visit you register at the front desk on arrival. When it is your turn, you will be escorted to a changing cubicle to change into a gown for your treatment. The chiropractor will assess any changes in your health status to determine what areas need to be adjusted and answer any questions you may have.
These visits typically require 15-20 minutes, although the amount of time required varies form patient to patient and there is no ‘time limit’ to your treatment. Sometimes a therapy will need to be used which may take an additional 10-15 minutes. We may also wish to run through a simple program of exercises with you to aid your recovery and progress. This will be scheduled as a separate appointment at an appropriate stage in your care.
What might treatment at Homewood Chiropractic involve?
Each patient at Homewood is treated with the utmost professionalism and receives a course of treatment tailored to his or her individual needs. One or several of the techniques below may from part of your care package:
use of hands-on techniques,
manipulation (high velocity thrusts also called adjustments or re-alignments)
massage and other soft tissue techniques
passive joint mobilisation
post-operative exercise
rehabilitative exercise and stretching programmes
education in the use of home exercise tools
acupuncture (dry needling, also known as Western acupuncture)
ultrasound and laser (click here to find out more about the differences between these treatments)
ergonomic advice and supply of ergonomic aids,
postural advice and re-training,
gait rehabilitation,
orthotic advice and supply of orthotic aids,
a specific exercise program tailored to your condition,
advice on how to prevent re-occurrence of the condition/injury,
prompt liason with your GP/Consultant if further referral is necessary,
with your permission, a detailed report to your GP once treatment has finished.
Periodically we will do a progress check to monitor your response to care. If you come in to see us following a spell of several months without care we will offer you a re-examination appointment which acts to update us on your current health conditions.
Ending a spell of care
Congratulations on feeling much better, we hope that you have enjoyed your treatments with us and appreciate the work you will also have put in at home in improving your health. Please let us know if you intend a session to be your final visit within a particular spell of care (either when booking or on arrival). We would like to say goodbye and give you some advice for your own ongoing program of health maintenance at home.
If you have any further queries regarding Homewood Chiropractic, or if you are a new patient and would like to make a booking with us, please feel free to call us on 01329 280283 or email us via the contact us form and we will help you with any queries you may have.
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