What to expect at Greenlight Chiropractic & Wellness Lab

Your first visit is a conversation and an exam, usually followed by a gentle first treatment. Here is what happens from your first call to your care plan.

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Before your first visit

When you call to schedule, the front desk collects some basic information. When possible, the team checks your insurance benefits before you arrive, and often calls you ahead of your appointment to explain your copay and covered visits, so you arrive already knowing those details.

When you arrive, you complete a short set of paperwork at check-in. It gives your chiropractor a starting point before the consultation and exam. Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes early.

Your first visit

Consultation
Your chiropractor asks about your pain and health history: when it started, what your daily life looks like and how work or home activities may be affecting your body. The goal is to understand what is happening and how your routine may connect to your symptoms.
Exam, and X-rays only when needed
Next comes an exam, which may include a posture review, orthopedic tests, range of motion checks and other tests based on your symptoms. X-rays are not taken for every patient. They are used only when clinically needed, and if they are taken, your chiropractor reviews them with you at your next visit.
A conservative first treatment
Your first treatment is based on how you feel that day and is usually gentle. Depending on your case it may include hands-on or instrument-assisted adjustments, flexion-distraction, light massage or trigger point work.

Your second visit

Your second visit usually happens the next day or soon after. Your chiropractor asks how you felt after the first treatment, reviews your exam findings and any X-rays, explains what they think is going on and how chiropractic care applies to your case.

Your treatment plan

Your chiropractor then outlines a plan based on your condition, how long you have had symptoms, your activity level, your work and how your body responded to the first treatment.

Care changes over time. Your chiropractor may change which areas are treated or the type of adjustment used based on your comfort and how you respond.

Phases of care

Plans are often broken into phases. The first focuses on your current symptoms. The next focuses on how your spine is moving and helping it hold its improvement. Ongoing care may be discussed after that, if you want it, to help you stay well. How often you come in, and for how long, depends on your exam and how you progress.

Home care and daily habits

Your plan usually includes things to do at home: stretches, exercises, posture changes, workstation changes, or changes to how you sit, lift and move.

Your chiropractor also talks through habits that affect the spine, such as work posture, sitting for long periods, furniture, sleep position and daily activity. The advice depends on what is happening in your body and what you do each day.

Therapies offered at some offices

Some therapies are available only at certain offices. If your chiropractor thinks one suits you, they will tell you where it is offered.

Your questions,
answered

About your first visits at Greenlight.

Will I be treated on my first visit?

Usually, yes. After the consultation and exam, most people receive a gentle first treatment, unless your exam shows that you need imaging or a referral first.

Are X-rays always taken?

No. X-rays are taken only when they are clinically needed.

How long does the first visit take?

Allow extra time for paperwork, the consultation and exam. Your office can tell you how long to plan for when you book.

What should I bring?

A photo ID, your insurance card if you have one, a list of your medications and supplements, and any relevant records or imaging.

How does my first visit start?

Your first visit starts with a conversation about your symptoms and health history, followed by an exam.