FAQ

Who can be adjusted?
Just about anyone can be adjusted. Newborns, infants, children, seniors,
and even failed back surgery patients can benefit. Dr. Fluger will tailor your
chiropractic care to your size, age, and unique health problem.

What conditions benefit from chiropractic care?
Although chiropractic is used most frequently to relieve low back pain,
studies have found it to be effective for a variety of conditions, such as
migraine headaches, neck and shoulder pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

What do adjustments feel like?
After the brief thrust, many patients report a sense of well-being. Others
feel improved mobility. Inflammation or muscle spasms may delay these
positive effects. Dr. Fluger does his best to make adjustments comfortable
and effective for each patient.

Does an adjustment have to make a noise to be effective?
Some adjusting methods can produce a sound when the gas and fluids in
the joint shift. Although the sound may be interesting, it isn't a guide to the
quality or value of the adjustment. It is a common misconception that your
joints must make a noise to be properly adjusted. However, more often than
not when your vertebrae are adjusted, the smooth articular (joint) surfaces
become separated, creating and then releasing a small vacuum, making a
noise. This is the sound made when you crack your knuckles. Your
chiropractor is concerned with the position of your vertebrae, not with the
noise that may occur.

Does the adjustment hurt?
Under normal circumstances, chiropractic adjustments
are painless. In cases of recent trauma, such as whiplash,
mild discomfort may be experienced due to inflammation.
It is also common to feel a brief sensation in the extremities
immediately following an adjustment due to the sudden
decompression of the affected nerve root. Reaction to
treatment depends on the patient. It is rarely painful;
sensations can vary from temporary soreness in the spinal
joints or in muscles to a sense of exhilaration and relief.