Patient Forms
Upon entering our office our receptionist will greet you and welcome you as a member of our family. We will request you fill our patient forms located in the New Patient Center. The paperwork provides us with general information about yourself and your condition.
Consultation
Consultation
A majority of our patients will have a consultation with Dr Alan or Dr. Tom, unless directed otherwise by a script from another referring practitioner. Your doctor and/or practitioner will discuss your health related problems and concerns as well as potential treatment options. Your first visit is designed for the doctor or practitioner to learn more about you, your condition and your expectations to determine the most effective treatment plan for your needs. Subsequent consultations may be set up with additional practitioners initially or as you progress throughout your prescribed treatment plan.
Examination
When chiropractic care and complete wellness programming is recommended, Dr. Alan or Dr. Tom will perform a complete panel of neurologic, orthopedic, postural and physical examinations in order to fully assess your condition, identify the cause of that condition, and then develop a complete treatment plan to correct the condition. Nothing will be done in our office without your consent.
When physical therapy, corrective exercise, and or at home exercise program development are recommended, a physical therapist or corrective exercise specialist will perform a complete series of tests to assess the structure, function and balance of your neuromuscular system. A complete exam will include full history, postural analysis, movement assessment, muscle length testing, and muscle activation testing.
When nutritional counseling is recommended, a patient will be referred to one of our nutritional counselors for a complete analysis of food choices, nutritional deficiencies, shopping habits, and dietary supplementation plan. Once all information is gathered and a week-long food journal is completed, the counselor and you meet to develop attainable nutrition goals, and dietary guidelines in order to address the areas of weight loss, body composition, correction of systemic deficiencies, and healthy eating in a variety of lifestyle situations.
Subluxation Station
To give you the patient the best treatment, we need to have the best diagnostic equipment, which we feel we have here at Pivotal Wellness. Besides our extensive skills in orthopedic, neurological and sensory testing, we use the Insight Millennium, which is certified space technology, by the Space Foundation. The Insight Millennium is an electronic neurological testing station, which gives us insight to your nervous system. This screening and evaluation system that uses surface electromyography technology (SEMG) , was originally designed to measure changes in the spinal muscles of astronauts.
Report of Findings
Once all the information and examinations have been performed, the doctor will give you a report of findings to answer the three most popular questions:
- Can you help me?
- What do you recommend that I do to get better?
- How much is it going to cost?
After discussing with you your history and your goals, examining your spine and reviewing your scan, the doctor will discuss recommendations with you. If you have a condition that requires care with other providers, the doctor will tell you. If Dr. Alan or Dr. Tom believes we can help you, we will recommend treatment and a wellness program.
Treatment
Chiropractic
Patients will generally be provided with their first chiropractic treatment at the conclusion of the appointment with a chiropractor. This may include spinal adjustments, physical therapies, and or soft tissue therapies such as cold laser therapy. Treatment is always interactive with you so you can express any concerns you have about the style of adjustment you will be most comfortable with.
Physical Therapy & Exercise Therapy
Corrective exercise treatment plans are developed from initial diagnostic findings and progression of care and wellness programming. Once a coordinated treatment is developed, the practitioner may coach you through soft tissue release, muscle activation, flexibility and strength training and core stabilization with the goal being to restore muscle balance, reduce joint stress, and retrain the body to function as is should, thereby reducing pain and dysfunction.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy treatment plans are developed from initial diagnostic findings, progression of care and wellness programming. Our massage therapists focus on the release and activation of the overactive and underactive muscles around an affected joint focusing on resorting muscle balance and joint coordination. This is done through trigger point release, active release techniques, myofascial release, neuromuscular reeducation, Swedish massage, essential oil treatments, energy balancing, and shiatsu massage.
Nutritional/Supplementation Programming
Nutritional and supplementation programming is developed from a number of areas ranging from lifestyle analysis such as food journals, shopping lists, and eating behaviors to clinical panels such as blood, urine, saliva. Once the strengths and weaknesses of your diet are assessed, our nutritionists and chiropractors can begin to develop a plan to address conditions ranging from weight loss to fatigue to blood sugar regulation to metabolic syndrome.
Wellness Program
Wellness is defined by the Chiropractic Leadership Alliance as:
The degree to which an individual experiences health
and vitality in any dimension of life.
Health and vitality refer to your life force. The Power to live, grow, and express your maximum potential as a human being. Your life is made up of multiple dimensions that are separate, yet profoundly connected. We at Pivotal Wellness work with you to achieve true wellness in all of life’s dimensions.
As mentioned in our treatment descriptions, we strive to educate our patients on independent wellness care that will continue their progress during clinical care.
At Home Exercise Programming
The main objective of our physical therapy, corrective exercise, and functional fitness programming is training the body to heal the body. However, re-training the body to function correctly requires practice. In addition to your time spent in the clinic being coached by your therapist, you will have progressive independent exercise programs developed to guide practice of corrective exercises and development of physical fitness while reinforcing stability and continued improvement in areas of imbalance or dysfunction. Our goal is to educate you how to exercise correctly, play safely, recognize causes of pain, and have an action plan to reduce the stimulus for pain or dysfunction effectively.
Nutritional Programming
How we fuel our body determines how we think, feel, and function throughout our activities of daily living. The focus of our nutritional programming at Pivotal Wellness is to educate, guide, and empower you to develop healthy habits and make lifestyle choices necessary to heal the body and achieve desired goals for health and wellness. Our nutritional programming is supported by a foundation of healthy lifestyle habits including:
1. Food journaling & food choices
2. Shopping strategies & label reading
3. Eating behaviors (volume & quality coinciding with life events/stress)
4. Physiologic health (is the body balanced, what supplementation is needed)
5. Patient Lifestyle Goals
As data from these areas is collected and analyzed, a nutritionist and you work to develop a nutritional and supplementation plan that addresses your physiologic needs as well as personal lifestyle goals. Most importantly, we develop goal setting, wellness programming, and life changes that are realistic and feasible for any type of career path, family life, or personal goal.
Supplementation
The right supplements can be an important part of an overall wellness program designed to address any specific health problems or concerns you may have. However, not all supplements are created equal. When it comes to protecting your health, quality should be your number one priority. Simply, the quality of a supplement dictates its effectiveness. You should also know that nutritional supplement manufacturers are not held to the same standards as pharmaceutical companies. There are a lot of “fly-by-night” operations offering cheap supplements of questionable quality. So how do you know what is which products are of the highest purity, consistent quality, and effectiveness?
All of Pivotal Wellness’ supplement lines are at least GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) certified. This means that third-party companies focused on supplement quality, such as Natural Nutritional Foods Association and NSF International, routinely audit supplement companies to ensure purity and consistent quality. Such supplements may also be deemed medical foods as they are formulated and tested to treat clinical conditions.
Our product lines range from “medical food” meal replacements to multi-vitamins to highly concentrated fish oils to supplements formulated to address specific medical conditions.
Everyday, we at Pivotal Wellness address and nutritionally treat medical conditions including:
1. Metabolic Syndrome
2. Diabetes/Blood Sugar Regulation
3. Cardiovascular Disease
4. High Cholesterol
5. Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue
6. Gasterointestinal functioning and regularity
7. Osteoporosis
FLT
Many people today want a “magic bullet,” to fix all their health problems including weight loss and treatment of disease. However, change cannot occur overnight and all change begins with smart decision making. While being educated on proper nutrition, focused supplementation and exercise can potentially optimize your health now and in the future, the crucial factor for supporting successful healthy living is application and AWARENESS is the way we apply change to our lives.
Awareness is the foundation of the First Line Therapy program at Pivotal Wellness. FirstLine Therapy is a “therapeutic lifestyle program” that will coach and guide you in living your life in a way that improves your health. A therapeutic lifestyle means living your life in a way that improves your health. It means making choices every day that will enhance your health enabling you to achieve a full, healthy life.
Our 12 week FirstLine Therapy program is based on extensive scientific research demonstrating that many of the chronic diseases associated with aging are largely cause by lifestyle choices. These diseases include:
Heart Disease High Blood Pressure Stroke High Cholesterol
Cancer Osteoarthritis Diabetes Osteoporosis
A therapeutic lifestyle program is now recommended as the “first line of therapy” for individuals with many of the conditions listed above, as well as those with other health problems such as:
Stress-related disorders PMS Fatigue Menopause Obesity
FirstLine Therapy at Pivotal Wellness focuses on educating our patients in making lifestyle choices in our clinic that will continue throughout daily life and forever. FirstLine will put you on the path to optimal health and body composition through a combination of balanced eating, regular exercise, reduction of stress, and using the correct supplements. The end result is a program that helps control aging while helping to prevent chronic disease and prolong vitality. With this, we focus on you being able to take all information home and be able to incorporate success into YOUR home, family, career, and individual lifestyle.
Our FirstLine Therapy Programming includes:
- Initial testing and follow-up testing
- Group education classes with a nutritionist focused on the basics of food and how our body uses what we eat.
- Balanced eating activities tracking and logging your eating and shopping habits
- Group exercise classes addressing your fitness goals and focus on improving your balance, coordination, strength, stability, and flexibility in the activities of daily living.
- Shopping trips to local supermarkets or health food stores to learn about food placement, label reading, and healthy, cost effective shopping.
- Baseline nutritional supplements to get your body balanced and nutrition on the right track.
- Food journaling and tracking sheets, FirstLine Therapy guidebook/workbook.
- Individual consultations and/or exercise sessions if requested.
By Committing to this program you are taking the first step toward better health!
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