YOUR FIRST VISIT TO OUR OFFICE: During your first visit to our office you will be asked to fill out a health history form. Dr. Forest will meet with you and discuss your health history. Examination Next, you will be given a series of tests which include a thorough chiropractic orthopedic and neurological examination, a complete set of x-rays and a thermographic scan of your neck on the Tytron infrared scanner. The Blair technique uses one of the most advanced x-ray studies of the neck in all of chiropractic or medicine. This series of x-rays allows Dr. Forest to analyze the joints of the neck in great detail. Each adjustment is tailored wih the precise analysis gathered from these x-rays. The Tytron scanner is a state of the art heat sensing device that actually monitors changes in your autonomic nervous system. A preliminary reading is taken to establish your subluxation pattern. For subsequent spinal check ups after the first adjustment, the readings indicate whether your spine is getting better or worse. Future adjustments are made only when the original pattern returns, not according to symptoms. On Your Next Visit Dr Forest will go over all of your x-rays and examination findings with you. He will discuss his approach to your spine and will suggest a course of care specifically suited to you. You will receive your first spinal correction at this time. He will also discuss what you can do to support your progress.
Cervical x-rays are precisely measured and taken.	A comprehensive Chiropractic orthopedic and neurological examination is done.
Blair X-rays--The Big Difference  in Approach! We take a complete series of cervical (neck) x-rays on all patients. The Blair cervical series is taken with measurements for these films originating from the first series of x-rays. One of Dr. Blair's greatest discoveries was the fact that spinal misalignments take place in the joints as opposed to the entire segment displacing. This led to a special x-ray series called articular or Blair x-rays. These films are taken directly down the joints at the base of the skull through the sinuses. An exact misalignment can be gleaned from these films that allows the Chiropractor to measure the size and shape of the subluxation. Three dimensional x-rays allow the Chiropractor to view the joints individually and make it possible to custom-tailor the adjustment to fit the angles of the cervical joint. Chiropractic adjustments can now be delivered with little or no pain to the patient. Some patients also have lumbar or low back x-rays taken in order to determine the amount of damage created by a longstanding atlas subluxation. During your next visit  the Doctor will show you the x-rays and explain the results of his findings. Follow-up x-rays many be used to determine the amount of progress you have achieved.
An adjustment of the atlas vertebra is shown here.