What to Expect On Your First Visit:

You've made your first appointment:

Go to Forms to print out and fill out our intake forms, saving you 15 minutes.  Do not want to do it online? No problem, make sure you arrive 15 minutes before your first appointment!

It's the day of your appointment!

Be sure you bring your driver's license and insurance card with you. When you walk in the door you will be greeted with a smiling face, the office staff will help you through the next couple of steps.

Exam time:

It is now time to meet Dr. Mark O'Loughlin in the exam room.  Here Dr. O'Loughlin will go through a thorough examination with the following.

Beginning with a consultation of your health history;  you and Dr. O'Loughlin will go over your entire health history from birth to present.

The next step is a scan of your nervous system; the scan indications how your nervous system is functioning. 

What is the MyoVision Exam?

​MyoVision utilizes technology similar to the EKG. Instead of measuring heart muscle patters, we measure the muscular compensation about the spine. The MyoVision exam is an electronic form of palpation, providing an objective means of quantifying an important measure of spinal health. The exam takes only a couple of minutes. More information can be found here.

X-Rays:

Next the most crucial part of the exam, x-rays.  A series of x-rays are taken, based off of your health history,  to show precisely where you have subluxations.  These are important for not only helping to show your progress but also to show any hidden or unknown health conditions to your bones.  X-rays are key to your adjustments when being adjusted with the gonstead method.

Review of today's exam:

Dr. O'Loughlin will briefly go over the results of each of your tests and proceed with your first spinal adjustment!

 

An indepth review of today's visit will be scheduled on visit 4 and a complete set of recommendations will be given, including office visits, exercises, support items, supplements and dietary recommendations.