Will it Work for Me?

Success with Dr. Stilson’s Chiropractic Treatments

There are absolutely no guarantees or promises that Dr. Stilson or Strasburg Chiropractic will be able to alleviate or eliminate your pain, condition or problem.

However, Dr. Stilson will apply his chiropractic art and techniques, science, and knowledge of having successfully treated thousands of patients over his 25 years of active clinical practice to address your problem(s) in the most appropriate and effective way possible.

Dr. Stilson does not believe in long-term, protracted treatment plans that waste time and money.  By contrast, he will use the most efficient and effective path to achieve your chiropractic treatment goals.  His promise is to be honest with you in how long and how much chiropractic treatment that he believes you will need to achieve your goals.  In return, he asks that you complete the treatment plan and do NOT stop early.

To maximize your success, Dr. Stilson strongly recommends the following:

1.      Follow the treatment plan.  Do not give up.  Do not stop short.  Allow time for your bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons and other soft tissue to adapt and respond to the treatments provided.  There is NO single adjustment that will fix your problem!  Restoration of joint health, flexibility, and reduction of inflammation take time – even after a very successful chiropractic adjustment.  Nerve pain takes longer to heal, than joint and muscle pain in most cases.

2.      Be patient.  Many patients start responding immediately to the treatments.  Others respond more slowly.  How quickly you respond is NOT always a sign of pending success.  Some slowly responding patients rapidly pick up there recovery with additional chiropractic treatments. Being diligent in following our recommendations is the most likely way to achieve maximal results from our care.

3.      Reasonable Expectations:   Most spinal or extremity conditions that we treat have been building up and developing over months to years, before they actively become painful, swollen, or restrict your movement.  And it can take time to reverse the effects of this build up. Even acute injuries can require multiple treatments to correct and stabilize.  

4.      Home Recommendations:  Make sure to ice, heat, stretch, move and any other home recommendations that are provided, as well as avoid things that may worsen your condition.

5.      Movement.  Stay moving.  Only avoid those movements that are specifically restricted or responsible for causing your problem.  In most cases, movements and range of motion is better than being sedentary or not moving.  Ask Dr. Stilson.  But in general, stay moving and active.  Motion is life. 

6.      Exercise. Consider embracing a safe exercise program on a daily or 4-5 times weekly basis.  Sometimes, just starting daily walking for 20-30 minutes can have a profound impact on your recovery.  Moderate activity increases improve function, and extend life.

7.      Healthy weight management. Consider eating healthily and adopting a weight loss regimen.  Excessive weight and poor diet impact heavily your recovery.  It is practically impossible to lose weight through exercise alone.  A proper diet based upon scientific understanding is necessary.

8.      Stop or reduce smoking.   Smoking causes the soft tissues to tighten up, increase scar tissue, reduce the blood flow to discs, ligaments, tendons, joints, and cartilage and decreases bone strength.  Cutting back may help as much as stopping in the near term.

9.      Be gentle on yourself and kind.  Not everyone responds exactly the same way.  Allow yourself to be human and make mistakes along the road to recovery.  A positive attitude helps tremendously in your recovery.

10. **Maintenance care.  Once you are successful in achieving your primary chiropractic treatment goals, strongly consider adopting a chiropractic maintenance lifestyle.  This entails a regular treatment frequency to maintain the progress and gains that you have achieved.  Please discuss this with Dr. Stilson as everyone’s needs are different (maintenance treatment can vary between 1 time weekly to 1 time quarterly or just a few times per year).