Your First Visit

Your first visit to Back & Neck Pain Center will give you an opportunity to find out if chiropractic care can help you. Dr. McKay will do a thorough case history and examination to make sure that your condition can be helped through the natural healing of chiropractic adjustments. As a doctor of chiropractic medicine, he believes in natural healing and also uses methods of rehabilitation, therapy and nutrition in the clinic.

What to Expect

• No-charge consultation. On your initial visit, Dr. McKay will provide a no-charge consultation. This allows you to meet the doctor and the staff with no commitments attached.
• Complete health history & examination. If the doctor feels you could benefit from chiropractic care, he will perform a complete health history, examination and x-rays (if needed).
• Detailed review of findings. Dr. McKay will review your findings in great detail and, on the following day, present your schedule of care and what he found.
• Begin your care. The doctor will begin your adjustments on that day, along with any therapy treatments your condition requires.

Understanding Subluxation

When one or more vertebrae lose their normal position, they interfere with the nerves they were meant to protect. This interference can cause pressure or irritation on the spinal cord and/or on the nerve roots as they pass out of the spinal column. This misalignment of the vertebrae and pinching of the nerves is called a subluxation — the most common aspect of what doctors call the vertebral subluxation complex.