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YOUR FIRST VISIT
The first visit forms you download are a very important connection between Dr. Mayfield and you. The more completely you fill out the forms, the more comprehensively he can evaluate both your health issues and the efforts it will take to resolve them. His approach to healing has evolved into an understanding that the mind, body and spirit are completely interdependent, and are either supporting each other or creating problems for each other.
After reviewing your intake forms and asking you what you expect from this office, Dr. Mayfield will perform a standing and sitting postural examination of your spine and extremities with you in correct posture. This examination will give him a clear understanding of the muscular and ligamentous traumas and injuries that allow your spine and extremities to keep going out of alignment. With this examination he will be able to clearly see the misalignment pattern of your spine and extremities and any injuries.
As part of your first visit examination he sits you in good posture while he examines your spinal column and quickly sketches your spinal alignment on his worksheet, compared to a perfect spine. The sketch of your spinal column gives him the type of information he would discover in a series of x-rays of your spine. His sketch includes an evaluation of spasmmed or flaccid muscle and ligaments, which provide Dr. Mayfield with a comprehensive understanding of your spinal column.
During the first visit, and subsequent visits, Dr. Mayfield rubs out the origin and insertion of injured or traumatized muscles and ligaments that are contributing to your spinal misalignments and realigns your spine using a combination of gentle methods. He spends a lot of time rubbing any soft tissue injuries and traumas that allow your spine to keep going out of its normal alignment patterns.
*There is a large volume of research dealing with chronic neck and low back pain. Most chiropractors, orthopedists, medical doctors and physical therapists can resolve this episode, but the episodes keep reoccurring at shorter intervals and greater intensity. The only combination that is proven over time to restore chronic neck and low back problems back to their healthy state is:
1. Rubbing out the soft tissue trauma and injury
2. Realigning the spine and extremities
3. Giving the patient core strengthening, spinal corrective exercises
4. To this list I have included retraining posture and gait; the way you lift things and the ways you do your normal acts of daily living. I believe this is absolutely necessary if you desire to be healthier and more empowered each year from now forward.
Healing is a team effort. If you want to become healthier every year of your life, I am here to help you on this incredible odyssey.
If you have a condition that you have had for a long time, or the condition is severe, you will need a series of visits to effectively resolve the problem. Depending on your condition, Dr. Mayfield may schedule a series of visits for care.
In health,
John L. Mayfield, D.C.
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