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Rutley Family Chiropractic we utilize state of
the art technology to help us locate spinal subluxations
(nerve interference) and to monitor your progress. |
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state of the art technology will objectively help
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Detect areas of nerve disturbance |
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Document and monitor your results |
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Deliver the appropriate chiropractic care |
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NERVES - Control Muscles |
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Surface
Electromyography (SEMG Scan) - Measures
Electrical Current of the Muscles. Your muscles
are controlled by nerves. The SEMG reads the amount
of electric current in your muscles to determine
how well your motor nerves are functioning. Subluxations
(misalignments in the spine) disturb nerve function
and cause an abnormal amount of electrical current
to flow to your muscles. These are indicated by
colors or abnormal patterns in the scan. |
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Normal
Function
White Bars
Abnormal
Function
Mild - Green Bars
Moderate - Blue Bars
Severe - Red Bars |
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MUSCLE
BALANCE - Symmetry Muscle balance (symmetry)
is extremely important because vertebrae in the
spine depend on the muscles to move properly.
Again, if there are misalignments in your spine
(subluxations), nerve function will be disturbed.
Abnormal electrical currents on either side of
the spine will cause muscle imbalance to occur.
As a result, the muscles can become weaker or
stronger, tighter or fatigued. The Insight Millennium
scan will detect abnormal muscle patterns, revealing
an increased amount of tension/pull on one side
of the spine compared to the other. |
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NERVES - Control Blood Vessels, Glands,
and Organs |
Thermal
Scan - Measures Temperature Differences.
If your normal body temperature is 98.6 degrees,
then the left and right sides of your spine should
also be the same. Your skin is the largest organ
in the body, and the blood vessels under the skin
work as the body's thermostat. They expand to
release heat and contract to retain heat controlling
the body's temperature. When there is disturbance
somewhere in the Nervous System, the blood vessels
are disturbed, and it causes the body's thermostat
to malfunction. This results in an imbalance temperature
reading along the spine, which is measured with
the Insight™ Millennium. Your blood vessels
are controlled by the same part of the Central
Nervous System that runs your organs and glands,
known as the Autonomic System. This thermal scan
provides us with the information to monitor the
Autonomic System for proper function. |
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| Frequently
asked questions about the Insight™ Millennium
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Do the Insight™ Millennium scans hurt? |
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NEVER.
The tests are completely non-invasive; they do
not use any needles, electrical shock or heat.
These are safe, painless and reliable diagnostic
tests that measure the functioning of your nervous
system and whether any messages from your Brain
and Central Nervous System to the rest of your
body may be being compromised. These tests are
unique in that they display the functioning of
your nervous system without having to rely solely
on symptoms. Since the health of your nervous
system can determine the health of your body,
this provides critical information, which is vital
to your care. |
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Are the Insight™ Millennium scans safe? |
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Yes,
scanning is totally non-invasive. Nothing is put
into the body. Thermal scanning utilizes infrared
sensors to measure body temperature change without
the use of radiation. SEMG scanning measures the
electrical activity within the muscles themselves.
Therefore, scanning as used at this center is
completely safe for everyone including
children and pregnant women. |
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Why does the Chiropractor administer these tests? |
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Our
purpose is to detect abnormal function
in the spine which cannot be seen on
x-ray or measured by palpation of your spine.
Abnormal spinal function due to vertebral subluxations
causes abnormal Nervous System disturbance. The
scans are one part of the objective analysis of
your spine and nerve interference from vertebral
subluxations. |
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Why is it important to monitor the results? |
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Dr.
Rutley wants the best results for her patients.
He can easily monitor your changes through periodic
progress exams. It has been proven that a very
slight amount of pressure can disturb Nervous
System communication whether or not symptoms
are present! Monitoring the functioning
of your Nervous System is vital in improving your
health and well-being. |
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How will this test benefit me? |
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For
years, a concern of the public has been,
“Why do I have to keep going to the Chiropractor
when I'm pain-free?” or “How
do I know if I'm getting the proper amount of
adjustments?” Now you are able
to actually see the changes,
and it will be easier to understand the amount
and type of care you are receiving. This technology
has allowed Dr. Rutley to provide a “tailor-made”
program to meet your specific needs. |
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Why are children scanned? |
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Children
can develop their first subluxations at birth.
Caesarian section, forceps delivery and vacuum
extraction can place a tremendous pressure on
a baby's nervous system. Lacking the ability to
communicate, babies with subluxations often exhibit
unexplained crying, colic, poor sleeping patterns
and other symptoms. Children are also at risk
of spinal misalignments due to falls while learning
to crawl and walk, and many other “normal”
traumas that children experience.
An
old saying states that “as the twig is bent,
so grows the tree”. There is never a better
time to address nerve stress than before it has
had a chance to evidence itself with conditions
and symptoms. The scans have value in
measuring nerve disturbance in children regardless
of their symptoms. What you do for your
children today will determine the quality of health
and life they experience as adults. Our passion
at Rutley Family Chiropractic is to offer family
chiropractic care so that children can grow and
develop to their best potential. Chiropractic
care is a family affair! |
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Why do I need X-rays as well as Scans? |
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X-rays
reveal the structure of your spine. They reveal
the situation from a skeletal (boney) perspective.
Primarily we use x-rays to determine spinal alignment
and the relationship of one vertebra to another
and the possibility of spinal nerve irritation.
They allow us to see any obvious fractures and
degenerative changes (spinal decay). The Thermal
and SEMG scans provide information relating to
the function of the spine and nervous system.
Together these diagnostic tools assist us in locating
spinal subluxations and monitoring your progress.
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When should Scanning be Performed? |
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As an initial baseline of spinal function
prior to beginning care. |
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Periodically to monitor subluxation correction. |
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Following changes to your spine e.g., after
Trauma. |
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