What is Chiro

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by Manvir Sahota21 views·Updated Jun 1, 2022
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  1. Hey guys dr Man Pearson Hoda here,
  2. I'm at metro town and in North Surrey and I wanted to make one of these videos to
  3. help you guys help our patients and figuring out
  4. if chiropractic is a good fit for them,
  5. but also for you guys to know what kind of stuff your chiropractic
  6. division as a whole can offer to you guys and to patients.
  7. Um So what is chiropractic?
  8. I feel like sometimes is a little bit hard to answer just because
  9. there is there can be like a variance and how we all treat.
  10. But as a generalization chiropractors,
  11. we are trained as manual therapist to work on anything related to your muscles,
  12. your joints in any nerve related dysfunctions as well.
  13. So some examples of this can be whiplash from a car accident, um concussions,
  14. from falls, sprains or strains.
  15. So sprained ankles, sprained knees, um You know, wrist carpal tunnel,
  16. so numbness and tingling in the hands, sciatic nerve issues,
  17. numbness and tingling down the legs.
  18. Um
  19. We covered a lot of ground basically.
  20. We are trained in treating anything from head to toe
  21. and if you can get your hands on that area,
  22. like dr
  23. saying there's a good chance that we can actually treat it, assess it and treat it.
  24. So that's a big portion of why somebody
  25. might want to see a chiropractor is the assessment
  26. as well and us being able to actually diagnose what the
  27. issue is before we jump in and start treating it.
  28. So a first appointment. Um Brand new patient. Brand new injury.
  29. They're coming in to see a chiropractor.
  30. There's gonna be quite a bit of an
  31. emphasis on checking their previous health history,
  32. making sure they're good candidates for what we have to offer.
  33. Um And just giving us insight on how we want to treat this individual.
  34. Um a full assessment of the area of complaints.
  35. So it's going to assess the joints of that area, the muscles around that area,
  36. the nerve integrity, making sure that there's no red flags.
  37. And then treatment is going to be administered and it's usually
  38. going to be a combination of working on the joints,
  39. getting those joints moving either with an adjustment which is where the cracks and
  40. the pops come in or mobilizations which
  41. are more gentle addressing muscle tightness,
  42. muscle weakness um As well as giving them something to carry on treatment at home.
  43. So that might look like stretches,
  44. it might look like strengthening some form of rehab.
  45. Um And I think that kind of covers very well how most of the chiropractor's at
  46. pain Pro how we all like to treat if you have any like specific questions.
  47. I think it's always good to check in with us because some of us might do a
  48. little bit of more something or a little bit
  49. less of something else but as a generalization,
  50. I think that's a pretty pretty good explanation.
  51. Um What I think I really wanted to pass on to you guys is that a lot of patients feel
  52. a lot of apprehension around um chiropractors and chiropractic treatment
  53. is because the adjustments and the noises that they produce.
  54. So I think there is a little bit of a stereotype
  55. or stigma around chiropractic and that that's all we can do.
  56. So certainly it is an important part of what we
  57. do and something that we are uniquely trained in,
  58. but we're also trained in working those areas
  59. um producing the same results in different ways.
  60. So if I get a patient who is worried about getting an adjustment to their neck,
  61. what we end up doing is mobilizations instead.
  62. So the goal is the same, we're trying to move the joints of that area,
  63. but we're just doing it in a way that's a little bit more gentle um and maybe
  64. not going to produce those noises that feel nervous
  65. so that makes them feel nervous about it.
  66. Um So if you do get a patient on the phone and uh you
  67. offer chiropractic to them because you think it might be a good fit.
  68. Um And they say, well I don't think I want to get adjusted, I don't like those noises,
  69. I feel like very confidently you can say they can
  70. treat you without doing that and I think that's really
  71. important for me to convey because there there's some nervousness
  72. nervousness around it and I think that's okay too.
  73. I do find though most patients um they may come
  74. in like that and then eventually they might kind of warm
  75. up to it and they might want to try an adjustment and in most cases they seem to love it,
  76. but in either case it's not something we want to push on them.
  77. So that's why there's always other options as well.
  78. And I would encourage you guys if you've never had chiropractic before or
  79. even if you have um come work with us or fun people,
  80. I feel like we're the most fun division and um you know,
  81. just just get to learn how we like to approach it.
  82. And that way you kind of have a more confident
  83. understanding of what a patient's experience might be as well.
  84. And if you guys have any questions I always ask us and uh
  85. I think that's kind of all I wanted to say.
  86. I think Tony covered a lot of ground otherwise.