One
Source Family Chiropractic Services
Consultation
This is a time for you to come into the office,
meet the staff, and speak with either Dr. Rafael or
Dr. Sarah about your concerns. The doctors will be
able to tell you if they think your case is a chiropractic
case, and discuss your options with you. One Source
Family Chiropractic has an open door policy and invites
anyone who has ever been curious about chiropractic
care to visit the office and take a look around, ask
a few questions, and determine if they want to take
the next step toward greater health and well-being.
Thorough Exam
Dr. Rafael or Dr. Sarah will conduct a thorough
exam on your first visit. It is important to gather
as much information as possible during your initial
exam because chiropractors look at the body as a whole,
not a collection of parts. If one area is not functioning
properly, this can cause symptoms to occur in other
areas of the body. The doctors will leave no stone
unturned while searching for the exact cause of your
subluxations. During the exam if it is determined
that it is necessary to take x-rays of your spine,
then those special x-ray studies will be done right
in the office.
One Source Family Chiropractic also offers a state
of the art computerized scan of your back that indicates
where your potential problem areas are located. These
“problem areas” show up as warm spots in the back
(heat is one indication of a subluxation). Your muscles
will also be scanned to ensure that there is not one
area of your back that is working too hard (or not
hard enough).
Report of Findings
This is typically your second visit to the office.
On the first visit all of the important information
is collected and on this visit all of that information
is shared with you. Dr. Rafael and Dr. Sarah want
you to understand everything that they have uncovered
during your exam and x-rays, so this special appointment
is set up to explain everything. The following four
very important questions will also be addressed at
this time:
1. What is the problem?
2. Can chiropractic care help me?
3. How long will it take?
4. How much will it cost?
Adjustments
Please see the information under the questions: “How
does the chiropractor fix the subluxations?” and “What
is the Gonstead System?”
Improving
the Quality of Your Life
Chiropractic
care can make a difference in the health of your entire
family. A healthy spine helps your body use its natural
restorative powers to correct and prevent illness.
Imagine how much better you will feel when your body
is free from nervous system interference and your
body is functioning closer to 100%! Remember, health
is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being. Wouldn’t you like for your family
to be Healthy?
Pain
Relief
Pain,
in any part of the body, is a signal of a problem.
Most pain is the result of a structural problem and
is effectively reduced or eliminated by relieving
the tension caused by a subluxation. If you have pain,
would you rather cover up the problem (i.e. take an
aspirin) or fix the problem (get an adjustment)? This
would be like covering up the check engine light in
your car, instead of looking under the hood and fixing
the problem.
Correction
of Underlying Problems
Once
pain is eliminated, many patients chose to discontinue
care. While this is always an option, it is not usually
the one that Dr. Rafael and Dr. Sarah would recommend.
You body is amazing and it is able to handle extreme
situations. Usually, pain is the last thing to show
up (symptom), but it is the first thing to go away.
A lot of people feel that once the pain is gone, the
problem is gone. However, it can often be determined
that the problem has been growing and developing for
years (or decades) and it is necessary to continue
treatment to correct the underlying (non-symptomatic)
problems. The road to recovery has many ups and downs,
but if you follow the advice of your doctor at One
Source Family Chiropractic you are more likely to
follow the path that leads to a higher level of health.
Maintaining
Your Good Health
Naturally, after you take the time to eliminate the
pain and correct the underlying problems, then you
want to maintain all of the advances your body has
made toward health and well-being. This is achieved
by regular visits to the chiropractor to determine
what the stress of life has done to your body, as
well as regular exercise, a healthy diet, and as much
peace as you can find every day.
Other
Products/Services Available
One
Source Family Chiropractic can also help you find
the things you need to continue your new healthy attitude
at home. Dr. Rafael and Dr. Sarah would be happy to
discuss any nutritional concerns you have including
the need for vitamins and supplements. If they feel
that you may benefit from doing exercises or rehab
at home, they will be able to order the necessary
tools for you. If you need extra support for your
feet, then they can order shoe inserts for you. These
are special inserts that are made specifically for
YOUR foot! The doctors are also available to talk
to you about pillows, back supports, and mattresses
before you make a big purchase.
For
your convenience you may download, print and fill
out the necessary medical and insurance forms and
fax to
512-392-5320 or bring them with you to your first
office visit. Click here for forms.
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FAQ's
How
do we get subluxations?
There
are three basic things that can cause subluxations.
They are:
- Trauma: you fall down the stairs, you are in a car
accident, a baby is born (trauma to mother and baby),
etc-
- Toxins: smoking, drinking, drugs, too much caffeine,
air pollution, etc.
- Thoughts: stress, anger, depression, etc
All
three of these put stress on the body. The body was
made to handle some amazing things, but in today’s
world, we often overload our bodies, and then wonder
why they stop working the way they used to work. Sometimes,
adults can have subluxations that were originally
caused in childhood. These long standing subluxations
have the potential to cause physical and/or emotional
dis-ease in the adult.
How
does the chiropractor fix the subluxations?
The
doctors at One Source Family Chiropractic use the
Gonstead System to locate and adjust the subluxation.
The adjustment is a gentle procedure in which we use
our hands to put a force onto the misaligned bone.
Many chiropractic patients report less stress, more
vitality, and more enjoyment in life!
What
is the Gonstead System?
This
system started in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin where Dr. Gonstead
built the largest chiropractic clinic in the world.
His waiting room would seat more than 100 people!
He had to build an air strip and a hotel for his out
of town/state/country patients.
The
Gonstead System has five components of analysis. These
include Visualization, Static and Motion Palpation,
Instrumentation, and X-ray Analysis. Drs. Rafael and
Sarah use all five components to ensure that they
are adjusting the right area at the right time for
each patient. Every patient is unique and deserves
specific care; the Gonstead System offers complete
analysis on every visit to guarantee the correct adjustment
is given.
How
do I know if I have a subluxation?
Below
is a list of the most common symptoms a subluxation
can cause:
• Low back pain and leg pain/numbness
• Neck and arm pain/numbness including tennis
elbow and carpal tunnel
• Tension, migraine and cluster headaches
• Dizziness/vertigo
• Constipation or diarrhea
• Bed wetting
• Ear infections
• Sinus conditions
• Allergies and asthma
• Autism, ADD and ADHD
• Colic
• Stomach disorders such as reflux and gastritis
• High or low blood pressure
• Menstrual conditions
• Pains of pregnancy including morning sickness
While not every case of these conditions is caused
by a subluxation, the chiropractic health paradigm
looks to the body's function FIRST to determine if
something is not working correctly with one's nervous
system. If the nerve interference is removed, then
the body will function better.
What age groups can the Chiropractor help
most?
Infants and Young Children
Other mothers are often amazed to see a mother carrying
her infant out of the adjusting room. And yet, since
the delivery process itself causes a high percentage
of subluxations, infants do need chiropractic care.
Obviously, children and infants are treated differently
than adults. There are new, highly sophisticated methods
of adjusting children and infants to insure the best
possible results with the least possible discomfort.
Though your children can’t tell you they’re
in pain, their irritability is often a sign of the
need to be checked.
Even during “normal” deliveries, a newborn’s
spine is subjected to extreme pressure from contraction,
twisting and pulling. The gentle chiropractic care
offered by Dr. Sarah corrects the misalignments that
occur during birth so that your child has a healthy
head start to life. As your child grows and becomes
more active, spinal misalignments can result from
normal play activities, slips and falls. Many structural
problems that may not cause pain until later years
are the result of childhood injuries. The preventative
care offered at One Source Family Chiropractic is
important to correct these injuries early and ensure
your child’s future health.
Young Adults and Teenagers
More and more young adults and teenagers are getting
involved in active sports. As a result, more and more
of them are getting injured, requiring prompt chiropractic
care. Over half the girls in our society develop scoliosis
(curvature of the spine) during puberty. Left untreated,
scoliosis keeps getting worse over time. However,
it can almost always be corrected when chiropractic
care is initiated in time.
Needless to say, every teenage girl should be checked
regularly for scoliosis and all teenagers and young
adults should see their chiropractor regularly to
make sure their newly active sports lives aren’t
creating spinal problems they’ll have to live
with the rest of their lives.
Adults
The world today is experiencing a terrible level of
stress. Long work weeks, seemingly impossible deadlines
and economic woes create incredible pressures. In
addition, most adults breathe in polluted air, drink
chemically treated water and consume an average of
nine pounds of food additives and chemical preservatives
a year, putting even more stress on their bodies.
One sure way to keep the stress level from causing
potentially dangerous subluxations is with regular
chiropractic checkups.
Senior Citizens
Retirement age for many people has become just plain
tiresome. Aches and pains, often the result of untreated
subluxations, abound, Yet it hardly seems fair that
having to suffer with pain or being drugged into numbness
are fair rewards for all the years of hard work.
Depending on the degree of subluxation degeneration,
chiropractic care can often provide help.
For senior citizens who’ve been fortunate enough
to have suffered minimal trauma in their lives, virtually
complete spinal recovery should be almost as easy
as it would be for younger people.
For those people who have suffered needlessly for
years chiropractic care can often slow or stop the
degeneration process - making life more comfortable.
It is certainly worth the effort, so that our senior
citizens get the dignity of health care they deserve.
Something for Everyone
As you can see, there are practically as many reasons
to have regular chiropractic checkups as there are
people. Make an appointment for yourself and your
loved ones soon.
Medical
& Insurance Forms
For
your convenience you may download, print and fill
out the forms below and fax to 512-392-5320 or bring
them with you to your first office visit. As
a new patient you will only need to choose one of
the below links to give you all the forms you will
need to bring into the office.
These forms are in a PDF format and you must
have an adobe reader to view these forms.
Please
choose one of the following forms to download.
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