Services — Golden Gate Chiropractic

Your Initial Visit:
THE COMPREHENSIVE FUNCTIONAL EXAM

The chiropractic care you receive at Golden Gate Chiropractic Center is comprehensive and always custom-tailored to you and your unique history, situation, and goals. Getting to know you and understanding where you’re coming from is the most important step in beginning care. When you come in, we’ll set aside 45 minutes for your initial appointment so we can truly get to know you.

See how our in-depth nine step Comprehensive Functional Exam can change your life

01. Detailed history and health story

Together, we walk through the timeline of your life and investigate the moments that may have contributed stress, spurred adaptation, and helped make you who you are today. This includes traumas, both big and small, a physical, emotional, and even dietary nature. We want to gather all relevant information and help you see the big picture of health.

02. Posture Screen

We take pictures of you from the front and side. We then run the images through our software to analyze your posture and identify any areas of increased stress and vulnerability as your standing position relates to the forces of gravity.

03. Gait Analysis

With many people aiming for 1000s of steps per day, it is important to match the quantity of your steps with quality. During your visit, we video record your natural walking stride for multiple gait cycles. We then review the video in normal speed and slow motion to identify asymmetries and movement pattern compensations that you may be performing 1000s of times every day.

04. Overhead Squat Assessment

Sitting in chairs and on toilets, getting into and out of the car, picking something up off of the ground all include full body movement. We perform the squatting motion hundreds of times per day and we want to see how those forces influence your body. Therefore, we video record your overhead squat from the back and side. We then review the video in normal speed and slow motion to identify asymmetries, limitations in motion, and movement pattern dysfunctions that you may not be aware of.

05. Global, Regional, and Segmental Joint Ranges of Motion

Every joint in your body sends critical information to your brain about your position in space as well as your relationship to gravity and the ground. We analyze each joint to ensure your brain is getting accurate information and watch your movement patterns to assess the coordination of the joints as they move together.

06. Manual Muscle Testing

We test the strength, connection, responsiveness among your brain, nerves, and muscles. When we challenge different muscles, we gain information about whether your body and brain adapt quickly to an external force or if there is a discrepancy as a result of energy leaks in the kinetic chain.

07. Orthopedic / Neurological Testing

We perform tests specific to each area of the body to understand the health of the tissues and the role these areas play in the overall state of functional health.

08. Palpation

In chiropractic school, our docs were required to feel a hair placed under dozens of pages in a book. They have trained their hands to be some of the most sensitive tools in healthcare. They scan your body and identify areas of imbalance and stored tension. You may be surprised how soothing it feels just to be checked by such gentle and specific hands.