Examination
We’ll conduct a thorough examination to locate the cause of your problem and formulate your care schedule.
If our consultation suggests that you’d likely be helped with chiropractic care, we’ll need to perform a complete examination. Our patients often comment on how thorough our examination is compared to other practitioners they’ve consulted.
Your first visit takes about one and a half hours, during which you are with the doctor the whole time. Finding that much free time in the doctor’s schedule sometimes makes this visit a tough one to book. Please keep in mind that scheduling your first visit may require some flexibility on your part. Visits after that can be scheduled any time during our normal business hours.
Our examination varies based upon what we discover during the evaluation of your health history. What we find will tell us which examinations we need to conduct:
Dr. Ryan checking vital signs.
Physical
This is a general evaluation that may include the recording of height, weight, pulse, blood pressure and similar objective measurements.
Ryan performing an orthopedic test.
Orthopedic
These examinations test your ability to turn, bend and move key joints of your skeletal system through their expected range of motion.
Neurological
We’ll test your dermatomes, deep tendon reflexes, muscle strength and other aspects pointing to the health of your central nervous system.
Chiropractic
These tests can include postural evaluations, static and dynamic palpation and other procedures to reveal neurological problems.
Dr. Ryan examining x-rays taken in his office..
X-ray
Diagnostic imaging can help locate any bone abnormalities, fractures and reveal your spine’s phase of spinal decay.
