Are you a candidate for our upper cervical chiropractic procedure? Not sure if we can help you? Then you’re in the right place. This is our on-line assessment page for potential upper cervical chiropractic patients. These questions will help you determine if you are a candidate for our gentle form of chiropractic care, known as NUCCA.
If you can answer yes to one or more of the following questions, then you may be a candidate for our care. Please request a free upper cervical consultation with the doctor on-line.
- Have you ever been told by a chiropractor, podiatrist, orthopedist, tailor, or seamstress that you have one leg that is shorter than the other?
- Have you ever been prescribed a heel lift for a ‘short leg’?
- When you look in the mirror do you see your head tilting toward your right or left shoulder?
- When you look in the mirror do you consistently see one shoulder that is higher?
- Do you limit carrying handbags or purses to one shoulder because the strap falls off on one side?
- When you wear a belt, do you notice that it sits higher on one hip than the other?
- When you walk do you find that your waistband tends to twist towards one side of your body, pulling the inseam out on one side?
- Do you suffer from a head, neck, back or body pain that cannot be explained by other doctors? Or pain that is not responding to other kinds of care, including traditional chiropractic?
- If you turn your head all the way to the left or right, is it easier to make this motion on one side than the other?
- Do you have pain or tenderness or a sensation of tightness at the base of the skull?
- Have you ever had a chiropractor or medical doctor diagnose you with a ‘loss of curve’ in your neck from an x-ray or MRI?
- Do have an inability to concentrate (foggy headedness) that you cannot explain?
- Do you have a neurological problem (balance, seizures, vision disturbances, cranial nerve disorders) that you haven’t been able to control with medication?
- Have you ever sustained a whiplash injury?
- Did you have a difficult birth using forceps or vacuum extraction?
- Do you have occasional headaches or migraine headaches?
- Are you looking for a gentler form of chiropractic care?
