Palmer College of Chiropractic

Clinics

Choosing a Chiropractor

• Be sure the chiropractor is licensed to practice in your state.
• Find out if he/she has attended an accredited chiropractic college.
• Ask the chiropractor's office to describe what techniques the chiropractor uses, his beliefs about chiropractic and more. Palmer has developed The Palmer Tenets, which describe Palmer's definition of a chiropractor's scope of practice.
• You can evaluate a chiropractor by talking to his/her patients about these criteria:
  • Interpersonal manner
  • Technical quality
  • Effectiveness of care
  • Accessibility and convenience
  • Financial issues
  • Continuity
  • Physical environment
  • Availability

What to Expect When You Visit a Chiropractor:

• Chiropractors take a complete health history of the patient and discuss his/her specific problem as well as overall lifestyle.
• Common questions concern family history, dietary habits, prior treatment received, job duties and others to determine other important health information.
• If necessary a complete health examination is performed, which includes X-rays, measurement of blood pressure, laboratory analysis or other accepted specific tests to determine general health condition and any specific problems. Also, a careful spinal examination and analysis will be performed to detect any structural abnormalities that might affect a patient's particular health condition.
• Chiropractors may find a significant connection between a bump, jar or fall a patient experienced many years ago and the patient's present health problem.
• Only after a chiropractor determines that your condition could be helped with chiropractic does he or she initiate care. Specific procedures are determined by careful evaluation of the patient's X-rays, laboratory test and physical findings.
• Care often involves corrective spinal adjustments; however, adjunctive therapies may be used to supplement the adjustments.

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