X-Rays?
Did you know that 1895 was the birthday of both chiropractic and X-Rays? Chiropractic and X-Ray imaging have both evolved greatly over these past 100 plus years.
Today chiropractors utilise X-Ray when necessary and have been leaders in both patient safety and in minimising X-Ray exposure:
- Lead shielding to protect sensitive areas
- Narrowing the X-Ray beam with collimation
- Reduced energy usage with intensification screens
- Unneeded frequencies removed with filters
- Short exposure times with sensitive films
- Necessary views only
- Longer target-film distance reduces exposure to about one quarter of other techniques
- On-site X-Ray equipment
Why X-Rays?
- Identify spinal degeneration
- Rule out serious pathology
- Locate areas of trauma or fracture
- Confirm various examination findings
- Provide a structural record of your spine