Chapp Chiropractic is an advocate of Digital X-rays to help diagnose and properly treat patients.  Through many years of experience Dr. Chapp has found some patients feel radiology imaging is over utilized to create revenue for the doctor.  Although this may be true in some offices you can rest assured this is not the case at Chapp Chiropractic.

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With the unique opportunity of being located literally through the wall of Spectrum Health Caledonia, Dr. Chapp has been afforded the opportunity to place radiology imaging orders through Spectrum Health Caledonia or any Spectrum Health Imaging Center.  This will allow patients to have Digital X-rays taken by a licensed radiology technician and the images to be read by a radiologist.  Dr. Chapp will still analyze the films as he always has and not only will he show you the actual images, but he will also review his  findings in conjunction with the radiologists findings on your second visit. 

 

With the Digital X-rays being taking at a medical facility it will allow for better insurance coverage in most cases.

 

For further information on the benefits of x-ray and chiropractic care please read the following excerpt from Sage Journals.

 

X-Ray Imaging is Essential for Contemporary Chiropractic and Manual Therapy Spinal Rehabilitation: Radiography Increases Benefits and Reduces Risks”

Paul A. Oakley, Jerry M. Cuttler, Deed E. Harrison

First Published June 19, 2018 Research Article 

https://doi.org/10.1177/1559325818781437

 

 

“Imaging of the spine is an essential element of modern chiropractic and manual therapy.2–10 Radiography of a standing patient provides important spine/posture data, such as segmental and total angles of curvature,11–15 sagittal balance,16 and degenerative processes.17–23 Also shown are relative and absolute contraindications to manual therapy, such as the traditional “red flags” (ie, serious spinal pathology) including cauda equina syndrome, fracture, infection, inflammatory disorders, abdominal aortic aneurism, ligament instabilities, and malignancies, to name the most obvious (these are concerns for all health-care providers). Further, there are specific considerations for the chiropractor/manual therapist planning to apply external forces to a patient’s spine, unrelated to red flags. These include initial postural presentation, such as sagittal balance, spinal contour, anatomical anomalies (cervical rib, lumbar sacralization, congenital fusions, pelvic morphology, etc), and spinal pathologies (osteoarthritic changes).24–26

 

Classically, spinal nerve irritation typically involves radicular symptoms (eg, sciatica, cervical radiculopathy), however all of the involved tissues associated with spinal function including the muscles, ligaments, intervertebral discs, facet joints, and so on when irritated beyond some threshold will exert potential axial or localized symptoms (eg, muscle pains, facet syndrome, etc). Thus, spine and postural subluxation deformities may cause various ailments through various anatomical “pain generators,” where the chiropractor and other manual therapists attempt to diagnose, treat, and manage these patients."

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