Chiropractic FAQ
Jeffersontown Chiropractic FAQ
- After injury can I continue to play my sport?
- After injury can I continue to exercise?
- After injury should I restrict work?
- Are x-rays needed for chiropractic treatment?
- Can I receive chiropractic if pregnant?
- Do you x-ray children?
- Should I stop taking prescription medication?
- Should I take Aspirin, Motrin or Ibuprofen?
- Should I wear a brace or support?
- Ice or heat after an injury?
- What do chiropractors not treat?
- What do chiropractors treat?
- Will you accept x-rays from another facility?
- Will you take x-rays if pregnant?
1. After Injury Can I Continue To Play My Sport
Should you continue playing your sport? It’s OK to do it as long as it’s not causing you pain or if there’s not a high chance in re-injury. If you’re having pain during or after you’re done playing, you’ll have a period of time where you’re not going to be able to play your sport.
2. After Injury Can I Continue to Exercise?
Should you continue to exercise? It depends on what’s wrong with you and how recent your injury is. Again, if it causes you a lot of pain when you’re doing it or after even after you’re done doing we would recommend to take some time off from your regular exercise routine.
3. After Injury Should I Restrict Work?
Should you take time off from work? It depends on what’s wrong with you and on how recent of an injury.
The main thing that I consider is it causes you more pain to work or you may have a lot of pain after you’re done working, in those cases that would probably mean that you’re delaying your recovery and it’d be probably be advisable at that point that you’d take some time off.
4. Are X-Rays Needed For Chiropractic Treatment?
Are chiropractic x-rays needed? It depends on what kind of injury you may have, how recent it is, and if you have prior x-rays. We can use those and it depends on what we find on the exam.
If we find certain things wrong with you during the exam and in your history, then we may have to take x-rays.
5. Can I Receive Chiropractic If Pregnant?
Can we treat you if you’re pregnant? Chiropractic adjustments do not harm the fetus at all.
We do treat a lot of pregnant women because they can’t take medications because those will harm the fetus or having the possibility.
Chiropractic treatment is very successful in treating back pain of pregnant woman.
6. Do You X-Ray Children?
Do we take x-rays of children? The general rule, no. The only instances we’re taking x-rays with children is if there’s been major trauma.
7. Should I Stop Taking Prescription Medication?
Should you stop taking your prescription medication? Well, they can inhibit your ability to heal, but it’s recommended that you go to the doctor who prescribed those medications and ask him if it’s OK to stop taking them.
8. Should I take Aspirin, Motrin or Ibuprofen?
Should you be taking Aspirin, Ibuprofen or Motrin? Generally, it’s OK to take those things. However you going to realize that those do inhibit your healing process? So, if you’ve been injured or had a recent injury, it could thwart your recovery process.
9. Should I Wear a Brace or Support?
Should you be using your brace? In certain cases you should, again it depends on what’s wrong with you and it depends on how recent your injury. In a lot of issues it is good for you to wear a brace where you have to restrict the ability in order to allow the healing process to begin and to make a full recovery.
10. Ice Or Heat After Injury?
Should you use ice or heat? It depends on if the injury is recent or if it’s old injury. In acute conditions within the first 72 hours generally, you want to be using ice and after that it is proper to use heat.
11. What Do Chiropractors Not Treat?
What does chiropractor not treat? We don’t treat tumors, infections, or fractures. If we suspect any of those in your examination we will definitely refer you to the proper physicians.
12. What Do Chiropractors Treat?
What do chiropractors do? Chiropractors mainly work with the spine and the muscles surrounding the spine, spinal conditions or pinched nerves, disc problems, misalignment in the spine, sprain and strain in the spine. So, that’s mainly what the chiropractors treat on a day to day basis.
13. Will You Accept X-Rays From Another Facility?
Can we use x-rays that had been taking from another facility? Yes, we can. If it’s going to be somewhat recent, they can’t be five years old. They have to be good and clear x-rays that are readable. We can definitely use x-rays from another facility.
14. Will You Take X-Rays If Pregnant?
Will You Take X-Rays If Pregnant? No, we won’t take x-rays if you’re pregnant. It’s very common for pregnant woman to come into our chiropractic office especially with lower back pain and it seems to be the main problem. We do not have to take x-rays for you in order to treat you.
