Welcome to Pinecrest Chiropractic
Hi, welcome to Pinecrest Chiropractic. I’m Dr. Thomas Watt. I just wanted you to get a quick introduction to our office so you feel comfortable and familiar when you come in for your episode of low back pain.
When you come on in, this is going to be the first area that you see. This is our front desk staff. They’re going to be welcoming, smiling faces, happy to see you.
Right here, we have our check-in kiosk. For patients who are repeat patients, this is where you’ll be able to check in like you have before. For new patients, if you need help with your paperwork, you can grab it right here, and you’ll be able to take it over to our waiting room. There’s plenty of space to hang out and finish up what you need.
Okay, let’s go back through the rest of the office and take a look together.
The Consultation and Exam Room
We’re going to head all the way down to the end of the hall. That’s where our consultation and exam room is. We’re going to spend some time there, so come on back.
This space is where we’re going to spend most of our time during your first appointment. In here, we’re going to go through things like a posture exam, a squat analysis, and digital range of motion—all of those things to start gathering the information to figure out what’s causing your low back pain.
On top of that, we’re going to spend time doing a consultation and a thorough history. You’re going to tell us everything that you’ve experienced with this symptom and previously as well, allowing us time to ask the questions that we need to dig in deep, figure out what’s causing your pain, and figure out what we need to do to remove it.
Once we finish going through all of that, we’ll start an exam. We’ll spend time over here going through different orthopedic tests, ranges of motion, and palpation, once again, to find where these symptoms are coming from.
This is where we spend the majority of our time, but let’s take a look at the rest of the office as well.
The Primary Treatment Room
Our next room over here is our primary treatment room. This is where we spend a lot of time during subsequent appointments.
This has space for us to do our adjustments. We’ve got some other modalities in the corner, like dry needling when we need to, but we’ll spend plenty of time in here.
Let’s go next door.
The Primary Modality Room
Our next room is our primary modality room. This is where you’ll get to spend time with some other staff who are going to do these different modalities.
Shockwave
The first one here is called shockwave. Shockwave uses this pressure system. I’m going to turn it on here so you can see and hear what it sounds like.
It makes a big, loud thump because this is creating pressure and sound to break down the tissues in your low back for your case and get those things to start healing themselves like they’re supposed to. We’ll spend time doing that when needed.
Deep-Tissue Laser
The other modality we have is a laser. This deep-tissue laser uses infrared light. You can start to see that it’s got a red guide light coming out of the bottom there.
What this light does is start to heal those tissues. This works really, really well on areas like discs and nerves—things that sometimes take longer to heal. This will supercharge that healing process, helping you see better results faster.
When we pair these two modalities together, they work fantastically, breaking down the tight muscles and scar tissue and then building them back up to where they should be.
We’ve got one more room to look at, though, so come on up with me. Let’s go look at that.
Intersegmental Traction Tables
This room is one of our fan-favorite rooms. In here, we have two intersegmental traction tables. These are big roller tables that roll up and down your spine.
These work really, really well for getting you loosened up, getting some blood flowing, and getting those joints moving a little bit. We’ll do these before most of our adjustments to get your body ready to be adjusted and to get the best movement possible.
We Can’t Wait to Meet You
So, that’s our office. Hopefully, this makes you feel more comfortable. We can’t wait to meet you, hear all about what’s going on with you, and learn how we can get you feeling the way you should be again.
