Frequently Asked Questions in Fresno CA

Chiropractic is non-surgical health care focused on the diagnosis and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal disorders, emphasizing the body’s ability to heal itself.

Chiropractors help all kinds of conditions from lower back pain, neck pain, headaches, Middle back pain, injuries from car accidents, chronic pains in the neck and back. We help with arthritis pain, joint pain, and muscle pains.

A Chiropractic adjustment is a manipulation of the bones in the spine and other joints. This hlps the joints of the spine and body to function more normally. This leads to decreased irritation of the joints, the brain senses this and makes changes to the body, helping to decrease irritation and inflammation, thereby reducing pain and restoring normal function.

Chiropractic adjustments are extremely safe. The estimated chance for an adverse reaction to a Chiropractic adjustment is approximately one in a million.

The amount, frequency, and duration of treatment is always based on your consultation and examination findings. It depends on the patient, how long they have had the condition. How bad the condition is, the age and health of the patient, and what the cause of the condition was.

The benefits are relief from pain without the need for drugs and some of the side effects that go along with them, and without the need for surgery and the pain and rehabilitation that goes along with that, as well as the risks.

As with anything there are risks, but they are minimal. One of the main reasons we insist on doing a consultation and examination (X-rays and further tests like CT scans or MRI if necessary) is to mitigate those risks.

At Blackstone Chiropractic Clinic we adjust the spine using a device called an Activator. Activator adjustments are gentle, specific adjustments with no “cracking” or “popping” so they are less painful that an adjustment by hand, but even adjustment by hand is usually more relieving than painful.

You don’t need Chiropractic care when you are not in pain but it helps to maintain the health you have or have achieved, much like going to the gym regularly keeps you in shape.

I have been a Doctor of Chiropractic for 39 years. I pride myself in knowing what the latest in health care is. I know what I can help and what needs to be referred out to other specialists.

The first 2 visits take longer; the first visit we do a consult, exam and possibly x-rays. The second visit we discuss the findings and what the health goals are. After that the average visit is 20 minutes on average.

Chiropractors attend 4 years of undergraduate college before attending 4 years of Chiropractic College. We take courses in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Radiology , Embryology, Histology, and Chiropractic. We are trained to be primary care doctors.

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You can but not well, I cannot even adjust myself

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Doctors of Chiropractic are primary care doctors. While some physical therapists have a PhD in physical therapy, most do not. Physical therapists mobilize joints where Chiropractors perform manipulation of the joint.

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Yes. Personally, I have adjusted my children and grandchildren since birth.