Your First Visit to our Norwalk Practice
Consultation
Our new patient forms can be downloaded and completed in the convenience of your own home.
The purpose of our initial consultation is so we can get to know each other.
We Listen
During a brief conversation and review of your health history, we try to determine if you’re a good candidate for chiropractic care. We’ll ask a few questions and do a lot of listening.
A Partnership
The consultation also gives you an opportunity to tour our office, interview Dr. Miller and learn a bit more about chiropractic. Since ours is a partnership approach to better health, it’s important that you’re comfortable with the personalities, procedures and policies of our office. The consultation is a great way to find that out.
The Next Step
If we don’t think we can help, we’ll tell you. If we think we can help, and you agree, we can usually proceed to the next step, which is a thorough examination. Our patients appreciate the fact that we explain everything in advance!
Examination
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 with other practitioners they’ve consulted.
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:
Physical
This is a general evaluation that may include the recording of height, weight, pulse, blood pressure and similar objective measurements.
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.
X-ray
Diagnostic imaging can help locate any bone abnormalities, fractures and reveal your spine’s phase of spinal decay.
Urine
A urinalysis helps detect infection, your body’s ability to produce insulin and other factors helpful in evaluating your health.
Report of Findings
On your report visit we explain what we found and how we may be able to help you. We’ll make recommendations designed to help you get and keep your health.