What is the role of X-rays ?

We go through the details to gain better clarity to manage your spinal conditions well and get you the results you want! We are also able to determine the root cause of your problems as well as give you a better understanding as to why your spinal condition require a longer time to see results and mange your expectations well, so that we guide you to recovery every step of the way. Here are some X-ray examples to show you some of the findings we go through at our practice here at Peak Health

Ideal spine with healthy moving joints
Heavily degenerated spine with compression of disc and bone spurs around vertebrae, ligamentum calcification, degenerative spondylolisthesis and nerve impingement syndrome showings neurological deficits
Reverse lordosis likely due to whiplash type injury
Disc spaces collapse, constant neck pain

Here we compared the extremes of normal and severe and we have the experience to help all cases that come in to see us in between to either reverse or improve these structural conditions

Ensuring that we can restore back normal function of spine
Prevent degenerative changes from accelerating , stopping arthritic changes in joints to affect daily activities

How bad are your degenerative changes

A well-trained Chiropractor can help to identify the severity of your Spinal degenerative changes by looking at your lateral X-rays

These series of spinal films aims to identify how bad and how long was the subluxations there and from there we can recommend a care-plan which targets to reverse or resolve the problems which typically takes 3-6months depending on the severity of their case. This should be done by a trained and qualified chiropractor. We look at a few things to help you gain clarity

Ideal spinal alignment
Shape of your vertebrae to note for any fracture or compression
Taking specific measurement for amount of forward head posture and hyper/hypo lordotic measurements
Note for the disc spaces between each vertebrae as well as overall spine

We want to be specific in terms of location of spinal curves and adjust you better and ensure it is safe to carry on treatments!

What sets us apart at Peak Health Chiropractic?

So you have just conducted your health history and we have thoroughly understood the spinal conditions that you present yourself with to our office. We will note your 1)orthopedic tests

2)neurological tests

3)Range of motion findings

4)Motion palpation of your spine and joints

5)Gait and posture analysis

Now, What is missing? Your X-rays! The X-rays that you get will be a full spine view that gives us clarity and accuracy to correlate the findings to identify where your spinal mis-alignments are located, determine if there are any degenerative changes present and we utilize measurements to also show you the severity of your postural problems. We don’t guess when it comes to your health and its recommended to have it done for long term chiropractic treatments for accuracy.