If we find a core problem with your spine and nerve system, our goals is to fix that problem as quickly and as safely as possible.

Your comfort is vital to that process. Our approach is gentle and effective – no twisting, cracking or popping – in fact most patients comment on how relaxed they feel after their treatment.

Part 1 – The Consultation

The consultation is just a conversation.

The purpose of the consultation is to help us learn more about your problem including your health history, current health (including stressors) and your future health goals.

If anything in your case history suggests that your core problem is located in your spine or nervous system we would recommend doing a complete neuro-spinal examination.

Part 2 – The Neuro-Spinal Examination

The purpose of the examination is to:

1. Assess for any damage to your spine and nerve system
2. Determine if this damage is causing or contributing to your health problem and…
3. Learn what level of care (including frequency) is necessary to solve your problem.

The neuro-spinal examination is comprehensive and consists of several tests. Here are just a few:

1. Heart Rate Variability

Heart Rate Variability is used to measure how well your brain and spine and communicating to the rest of your body. This test will show us if you have any nerve pressure.

2. Surface Electromyography (sEMG)

sEMG is used to measure the small, but vitally important muscles surrounding your spine. The results of this test help determine where the tight and weak muscles of your spine are and, most importantly, how those muscles are distorting your spine.

3. Active Palpation

The doctor will be checking your posture and physically examining your spine to locate any areas of chronic damage, swelling, edema, redness or other signs that your spine and nerve system might have suffered damage.

Once the examination is complete our doctors will spend time analyzing the tests and present you with the results. The results of our tests will tell you:

1. Exactly what is happening
2. What options you have
3. How we can help you
4. How long it will take
5. How much it will cost

Once all of your questions have been answered, and you and your doctor agree on a plan of action that solves your problem, you can start your care immediately.

We promise not to waste your time and money.

That is why on our first meeting we have a conversation at no charge to determine if you have a problem we are able to help and if our approach is the right fit.

If you would like to continue with an examination, the cost will be $182 (this includes your examination, review of results and a small fee for x-rays that is not covered by OHIP).

A regular spinal check-up is $55

If you are lucky enough to have coverage towards chiropractic care that can significantly reduce your costs even further. Please contact your insurance provider to learn the full extent of your coverage because there can be great variety in plans.

To adequately answer that question there are 3 things we must consider;

1. Your goals
2. How long your problem been there
3. The results of your Neuro-Spinal Examination

Sadly we don’t have a crystal ball and thus can’t predict the future, but, past on our clinical experience what we find is that some patients experience immediate changes after their first spinal check-up and correction while for others it has taken longer. On average, most of our patients notice some positive changes within the first 4-8 weeks of care.

Believe it or not, a large percentage of our patients come to see us without any pain or symptoms.

They understand that it’s easier to avoid a problem than to try to fix one once it occurs. They seek Chiropractic care as a preventative strategy to address any core problems with their spine and nerve system before they can have negative overall health effects on their life.

No. Chiropractic is not addictive and you can stop coming at any time.

Our job is to assess your spine and nerve system and if we find a core problem with it to make recommendations on how we can help you fix that problem.

It is true that many of our patients want to protect the investment in care that they have made and they choose to make regular Chiropractic care at the Wellman Clinic part of their health care but they always do so by choice and not because they are addicted.

Yes, it is safe for children to see us. We do not use the same technique and pressure when checking children as we do with an adult.

If you are considering bringing your child to see us, let’s set up a consultation to build their case history and see if we need to perform an examination.

The short answer is you probably don’t know.

It’s true pain and symptoms are a sign that your body needs help, but those are only one sign. To see if we can help we first need to learn more about you and your problem

I hear too many traditional and general chiropractors jumping the gun and telling their patients, without running one single test, that they can help them. That is often false information.

For you to know if we can help you or not we first need to perform a consultation and an examination.

The consultation helps us know your case history and the examination will reveal if you have a core problem with your spine and nerve system that we can help with.

If you do have a core problem with your spine and nerve system, the examination will help us know the extent of the damage and what we need to do to fix this problem.

If you do not have a core problem with your spine and nerve system, it means that you don’t have a problem that we can help with. In this case we will make a referral to a health care practitioner that will be able to help you.