INTRO: WHAT EVERY CHIROPRACTIC
ASSISTANT SHOULD KNOW
What is the Purpose of the article "What Every Chiropractic Assistant Should
Know?" Answer - Answer questions and help you become a contributing
member of the Carabasi Chiropractic Team
What does a Chiro Assistant Do? Answer - 1. Give a good impression- cheerful
and willing to anticipate patients needs
2. Patient Education- Helping Patients understand the chiropractic approach is
a better way of health
3. Patient Management- Schedule Patients, Answering Phones, Collecting Fees,
Directing patient flow and Helping answer patient questions
4. Clinical Assistance- assisting with Xrays, PT sessions and assisting patients
which are physically impaired.
5. Office Management- Keep statistics, filing and recording keeping,
(maintaining patient charts) and inventory
6. Appointment Control- Ensuring patients stay on treatment plan and
managing missed appointments
7. Environmental Supervision- Making sure the office is clean and up kept
8. Financial Management- Collecting Fees, implementing and monitoring
financial policies
What is Chiropractic Answer - The science, art, and philosophy that concerns
itself with the relationship between the nervous system and the function
(health) of the body.
, What does the nervous system control Answer - The function of every cell,
tissue, organ, and system of the whole body.
How does the brain communicate with the rest of your body? Answer - The
spinal cord
What was restored once Dr. Palmer adjusted the janitor? Answer - His hearing
What is a main concern of chiropractic doctors? Answer - The free
transmission of nerve impulses from the brain to the rest of the body
In the Vertebral Subluxation Complex vertebrae lose there normal motion or
position they can choke and irritate the nerves, what else does this impede
Answer - The function of the organs and tissue they control
Name the five parts consistent in the Vertebral Subluxation Complex Answer -
1. Spinal Kinesiopathology
2. Neuropathophysiology
3. Myopathology
4. Histopathology
5. Pathophysiology
Why don't Chiropractors prescribe pain medicine? Answer - Chiropractic are
more concerned with treating the underlying causes then the symptoms
What variables help the doctor determine a patient individual care plan?
Answer - the patients spinal problems, age, condition and life style
ASSISTANT SHOULD KNOW
What is the Purpose of the article "What Every Chiropractic Assistant Should
Know?" Answer - Answer questions and help you become a contributing
member of the Carabasi Chiropractic Team
What does a Chiro Assistant Do? Answer - 1. Give a good impression- cheerful
and willing to anticipate patients needs
2. Patient Education- Helping Patients understand the chiropractic approach is
a better way of health
3. Patient Management- Schedule Patients, Answering Phones, Collecting Fees,
Directing patient flow and Helping answer patient questions
4. Clinical Assistance- assisting with Xrays, PT sessions and assisting patients
which are physically impaired.
5. Office Management- Keep statistics, filing and recording keeping,
(maintaining patient charts) and inventory
6. Appointment Control- Ensuring patients stay on treatment plan and
managing missed appointments
7. Environmental Supervision- Making sure the office is clean and up kept
8. Financial Management- Collecting Fees, implementing and monitoring
financial policies
What is Chiropractic Answer - The science, art, and philosophy that concerns
itself with the relationship between the nervous system and the function
(health) of the body.
, What does the nervous system control Answer - The function of every cell,
tissue, organ, and system of the whole body.
How does the brain communicate with the rest of your body? Answer - The
spinal cord
What was restored once Dr. Palmer adjusted the janitor? Answer - His hearing
What is a main concern of chiropractic doctors? Answer - The free
transmission of nerve impulses from the brain to the rest of the body
In the Vertebral Subluxation Complex vertebrae lose there normal motion or
position they can choke and irritate the nerves, what else does this impede
Answer - The function of the organs and tissue they control
Name the five parts consistent in the Vertebral Subluxation Complex Answer -
1. Spinal Kinesiopathology
2. Neuropathophysiology
3. Myopathology
4. Histopathology
5. Pathophysiology
Why don't Chiropractors prescribe pain medicine? Answer - Chiropractic are
more concerned with treating the underlying causes then the symptoms
What variables help the doctor determine a patient individual care plan?
Answer - the patients spinal problems, age, condition and life style
