Frequently Asked Questions in Boise ID

A chiropractic adjustment is a specific movement, most  often times of the vertebra to improve the overall function and/or alignment of the spine with the intention of decreasing nerve system stress, and joint stress, which not only produces localized pain when we have a misalignment, but also can create referred pain patterns.

Chiropractic adjustments are very safe and with the correct techniques for your condition are pain-free and very, very helpful to your overall health and well-being.

the benefits of chiropractic care not only just for symptom relief, headache relief, relief of numbness and tingling in the arms or legs, but at the end of the day it’s really about performance. It’s about improving the overall function of the body, so your body is able to adapt and heal as well as perform great in different environments. People of all walks of life receive benefits from chiropractic care, we take care of all ages in our office, from newborns to some in their late 90s.

Yes just like with anything there’s risks, risks to cross the street, risks of eating the wrong foods. There are also risk of the adjustment at times it can produce pain in the area upon receiving the adjustment but we try to mitigate that by being complete with our examination and x-ray findings, so we use the proper techniques for our patients. Worst case scenario there are approximately 1 in 1-3,000,000 that have had a stroke and that’s usually due to a weakened blood vessel in the neck that is unknown, we as well evaluate our patients to make sure they are a candidate for the types of adjustments that we are wanting to give them. In approximately 30 years of practice, I’ve never had an incident with that.

The answer is they should not be, but at times they are depending on how tight the joint is and the technique that’s utilized. We’re trying to decrease stress to the nervous system by improving overall joint function and alignment. So most often times the adjustments are not painful.

I have approximately 30 years of experience, I’ve taken care of very tiny babies all the way to the elderly . As well as professional athletes. I have experience with the standard or the common neck pain,lower back pain. We do a great job with things that are more chronic or where theres degenerative processes, associated with the tools that we have we’re able to take great care of  our patients, utilizing chiropractic adjustments, decompression, laser therapy.

A chiropractic adjustment is rather quick, our goal typically for patients when they’re coming to the office is to value their time and have them in and out of the office within a 15 minute period of time.

Chiropractors are educated through college. I have degree in health science from Boise State University. It’s typically a four year degree there and then chiropractic schools additional five year program, beyond that you can get through quicker if you take no breaks and work through your summer breaks.  I was able to graduate in 3.5 years after undergraduate school from Palmer College of Chiropractic, the founding chiropractic college in Davenport, Iowa.

That is yes, we use appropriate techniques. It helps with pelvic alignment. It helps with overall flexibility as the baby starts to drop during their third trimester.

Patients get great relief with chiropractic care while they’re pregnant. We do adjust the technique style for whatever is comfortable for them, as well as we have specific pregnancy pillows that we have our patients utilize.

Chiropractic care is addictive but when somebody realizes the benefit and how it helps them not only feel better but from a level of performance in their daily life a lot of times people choose to continue with chiropractic care from a wellness or supportive standpoint.

The crack sound during an adjustment is just where the joint gaps opens slightly, There’s a semi permeable membrane and there’s air release from that joint. The reason why it’s not reproducible after that joint has been gapped for a period of time and it tightens back down then it will release again.

I would strongly suggest if you have the urge to adjust yourself or manipulate yourself to go see a chiropractor because you’re not being specific with regards to the segment that needs to be moved in most cases and therefore you can cause yourself harm and more pain and discomfort than you’re probably already having .

Majority of insurance companies do cover chiropractic although there’s often times a deductible that needs to be met before any medical service will be covered so if that’s not satisfied, you’ll have a deductible that needs to be met and then most often times a co-pay or your coinsurance portion.

In a lot of cases, chiropractic helps with back pain because it help restore normal function back to the spine and alignment of the spine therefore decreasing the stress to the nervous system. Same goes for neck pain as well as headaches.

Depending on the technique utilized the chiropractic adjustment may consist of us using a lower force technique, which we utilize an impulse instrument, its where we can control the force from a wand to help restore vertebral alignment, as well as function in other cases were able to use our hands and use what’s called a high velocity thrust to do the same thing restoring normal, spinal alignment and function.

Yes, chiropractic is safe for children. We are very specific with what we’re doing when we’re caring for a child. It’s important from the standpoint of decreasing stress to their nervous system rather than looking at it from a pain standpoint. A number of children that come in are parents who are looking at chiropractic more from the wellness model and so they remarked of improvement with their child sleep, eating habits, ear infections, colic, not the chiropractic is the treatment of that, but by restoring normal alignment function of the spine, decreasing stress to the nervous system it allows the body to function more optimally.