New Patients at Buchar Family Chiropractic
What to Expect
As chiropractors in Aurora & Naperville we want all of our patients to feel immediately at home when they walk in the door. Chiropractic care involves a series of visits, with each one building on the ones before, it’s important for you to feel comfortable right from the start.
Preparing for Your First Visit
Please plan to set aside 30 to 45 minutes for your initial appointment. To make your visit more efficient, we recommend you download and complete the paperwork from our website in advance. Please bring your insurance card and a valid ID with you. We work with most major insurance plans.
Make Yourself at Home
You’ll find plenty of convenient parking and a well-lit parking lot. You’ll be greeted by name when you enter our office. If you’ve already completed your paperwork, great! If not, you can fill it out while in our office. After reviewing your paperwork, we will give you a quick tour of the office and you will then meet with one of our doctors.
We Explain Everything First
The purpose of your consultation with the doctor is to discuss your health goals and see if chiropractic is likely to help you. If it looks promising, a thorough examination will help identify the cause of your problem. The examination will include orthopedic tests, Range of Motion, and a posture exam. We will also perform a MyoVision scan to assess your nervous system. Depending on the results of the exam, X-rays will be taken to confirm your condition or diagnosis. Patients appreciate that we explain everything in advance.
After we study your health history and correlate our examination findings, we’ll schedule you for your Day 2 visit, which will typically be the following day. Usually, the first adjustment is not performed on the initial visit—this is at the doctor’s discretion. In some cases, palliative care such as stretching or stim therapy may be provided on the first visit if needed.
Your second visit includes a verbal review of our findings from your initial examination and X-rays. Your doctor will perform your first chiropractic adjustment and then schedule you for your next visit.
The third visit is called the Report of Findings or Doctor’s Report. This is where we will thoroughly educate and explain your problem and how chiropractic will help. We’ll review your X-rays in detail, discuss your care plan, and go over financial aspects and insurance coverage. Due to patient volume, the education portion of the report is done in a group setting, and the results and insurance financials are then reviewed individually.
This three-visit approach accomplishes several things:
- Reduces the length of your first visit
- Gives us time to correlate our findings
- Allows you to begin receiving care before discussing all the details
- Avoids overloading you with too much information at once
- Allows time to review any financial or care plan questions in detail
In certain situations, and in the professional judgment of Dr. Buchar, we sometimes make exceptions. It just depends on your unique situation.
After the investment of time needed on the initial visits, many patients become concerned that every visit will be of equal length. In a word: no. A typical office visit may require just five to 15 minutes.
But don’t think the brevity of a regular visit lessens its value. With the groundwork laid, we can quickly size up the condition of your spine and nervous system, adjust you and get you on your way. Like a regular workout at the gym, each visit builds on the ones before. Miss a visit and you can lose the momentum necessary to make the needed changes.
We recognize your time is valuable. So we do everything possible to run on time and minimize the impact on your busy life.
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