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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How much will it cost?
A: Many people do not realize that most insurance plans cover chiropractic care. Dr. Miller is a Preferred Provider for the following health insurance plans: Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Humana, PHCS and Medicare. We also accepts Aetna, Cigna and many others. We will gladly verify all insurances and give you a report of what your insurance will pay and what your financial responsibility will be.
There are NO out-of-pocket costs for most patients seeking care due to auto or work-related injuries.
A Better Back Chiropractic & Wellness Center, P.C. also offers customized care plans for patients without insurance. Depending on the care needed, we will create a customized care plan for you.
Q: Will getting adjusted hurt?
A: Most patients report that they experience no pain from their chiropractic adjustments. Dr. Miller's pledge to each patient is to find the most effective and comfortable adjusting technique for each patient. If a patient reports discomfort with an adjustment he will modify the technique being used to ensure patient comfort. Dr. Miller has adjusted patients from birth to 99 years of age and has been able to accommodate the needs of almost all of his patients.
Q: What is a subluxation?
A: A misalignment of one or more vertebra that causes interference to the nervous system. Subluxations can be caused by chemical, emotional, and physical stress leading to the body's inability to regulate, heal, repair, and regenerate its cells, tissues, and organs for optimal function.
Q: What do chiropractors do?
A: Locate interference in the nervous system using diagnostic tools such as the patient history, posture analysis, computer imaging, range of motion, orthopedic tests, nerve reflexes, assessment of trigger points and muscular imbalances, and analysis techniques unique to chiropractic. Chiropractors correct interference in the nervous system by using specific chiropractic adjustments leading to better joint function, muscle balance, and nerve function.
Q: Do you 'cure' your patients from disease?
A: The body heals itself when it is given the proper tools needed for healing. proper nutrition, adequate rest, physical exercise, mental and spiritual balance, and a nervous system that is working properly. Nerves control the immune system, skeletal system, respiratory system, reproductive system, digestive system, hormone (endocrine) system, and the list goes on. Chiropractic helps healing because it restores proper nerve function. As a chiropractor, I remove the interference to the nervous system and get out of the way. I allow the body to do what it is innately supposed to do when the channels of communication are clear. Chiropractors do not cure anything. The body heals itself if you allow it to.
Q: How long will it take for my body to heal?
A: It depends on your personal history, genetics, current physical condition, level of stress, and how well you follow the chiropractic recommendations. Your body has tolerated physical, chemical, and emotional stress for years. It took years for your body to get to its current level of dysfunction. Healing is a process, and like every process in nature, healing takes time. It is arrogant to expect permanent correction of a condition instantly after we have abused the body for decades.
Q: Why do I need to get adjusted more frequently when I first start chiropractic?
A: The initial stage is designed to reduce inflammation and restore joint mobility as quickly as the body will allow. This stage is a re-adaptive phase, which requires the surrounding muscle, ligaments and tissue to conform and adapt to support proper structure. Just as you have adapted to abnormal, we have to work to adapt you back to normal. The correction is similar to the way orthodontics move teeth into proper alignment.
Orthodontics cause the surrounding bone to conform to support the teeth in a different position, in a very similar way adjustments of the spine cause surrounding spinal tissue to conform and support the spinal column in its new corrected position. This stage also addresses the symptom relief. The second phase, or wellness care, is designed to further the healing process and maintain the progress your body has already made. Using the gym example again, if after months of working out you feel and look great, is it wise to stop working out? You might not have to work out with the same intensity that got you into shape, but it would be smart to maintain your progress, right?
Q: Do I have to get chiropractic care for the rest of my life?
A: You do not have to do anything for the rest of your life-it is your choice. You can choose not to brush your teeth, not to change the oil in your car, not to make repairs to your home, not to eat a healthy diet, and not to exercise. However, there are consequences to your actions. If you want to get the most mileage out of your body, then yes, you must take care of it for the rest of your life. The spine and nervous system is no exception.
Q: When should someone start chiropractic care?
A: As soon as they are born. The point is to maintain health for your whole life, not to abuse/ignore your body for decades and then put out fires when you are in physical distress. The spine and nervous system are subject to trauma from day one until death-twisting of the neck during the birth process; falling while learning to walk and while playing; sports injuries; carrying heavy backpacks, purses, laptop computers; poor posture; driving; sitting all day; inadequate exercise; gravity; pregnancy; carrying and lifting car seats and strollers; osteoporosis; emotional stress; chemical interactions. It is never too early or too late to start chiropractic wellness care.
Q: How long does it take to become a chiropractor?
A: Four years of college, four years of chiropractic school, clinical internships, state and national board licensure, continuing education courses. What is studied? Everything taught in medical school (same books, same curriculum), as well as chiropractic philosophy and chiropractic adjusting techniques. Chiropractors are primary health care providers, in the same category as general MD practitioners, dentists, and podiatrists.
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