Laird Chiropractic & Mussel Therapy

As a new patient, your first chiropractic appointment will consist of three components: a consultation, an examination, and a discussion of findings with treatment recommendations.
The consultation offers you an opportunity to discuss your concerns and any back, neck or other pain you're experiencing, with Dr. Laird.
During this phase of your treatment session, you will do much of the talking.
Dr. Laird will direct the conversation by asking relevant questions; however, he will want to gain as much understanding as possible about your health and any previous treatment you may have had.

Bruce Laird became interested in soft-tissue chiropractic while still in high school.
Close family friends began Chiropractic treatment under the care of a local practioner, and experienced a noticeable reduction in back pain and an improvement in their overall health.
Several years later, back pain from injuries sustained in Vietnam while enlisted in the Marine Corps caused him to seek similar chiropractic care for himself.
He, too, noticed a marked improvement in his condition.
This very positive response to treatment, a strong desire to provide others with a pain-relief mechanism that did not rely primarily on either drugs or surgery, and the conviction that each of us must find a way to contribute to the overall good, eventually led to his enrollment in Logan College of Chiropractic in St. Louis.

No. If, after your initial exam, Dr. Laird concludes that x-rays are necessary he will provide you with a referral and help you navigate the process.
Each person is different.
Generally patients experience at least some pain relief after the first visit.
This is because some of the toxins that have been concentrated in swollen tissue, or fibrotic knots have been forced out of the muscle and into the bloodstream as part of the cleansing process.
Also, it is not uncommon for pain to "jump around, " or for soreness to develop in the following couple of days.