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