Articles

Published weekly. Skeptical of everything except showing up.

• Why the Same Questions Come Back at Every Visit
  Repeated history questions help an examiner check whether your story holds together from visit to visit, and a short, consistent record makes each one more useful.2026-10-23
• The Night Log: Writing Down When Pain Wakes You Before Your Visit
  Where you feel it at night and what you did before bed can tell an examiner more than a single pain rating.2026-10-23
• The Baseline Shift: Log the Changes That Are Not Pain
  Appetite, sleep, drinking and weight changes can matter to an exam, so write them down before you compare anything.2026-10-23
• Stretch Breaks Are Not an Exam: Using Desk Tips Without Waiting on Them
  Eye breaks and simple movements can ease a workday, but a list of tips cannot tell you what is driving the ache or whether it needs a closer look.2026-10-23
• Write Down What You Tried at Home, and What Happened Next
  A plain daily log of home measures gives a crash examiner dates and details that memory tends to lose.2026-10-22
• Video Visit After a Crash: What a Screen Can and Cannot Check
  A video appointment can be a useful first conversation, but it cannot replace a hands-on exam, and knowing the difference helps you choose this week.2026-10-22
• The Old Injury You Forgot to Mention
  A past sprain, an old flare-up, or a fall from years ago can still matter to an examiner, and writing it down takes a little work.2026-10-22
• The Handoff: When a Chiropractic Visit Should Send You Somewhere Else
  A good first visit often ends with a referral, so know what a useful one looks like before you sit down.2026-10-22
• The Cancellation List: Getting Seen Sooner Without Getting Rushed
  A cancellation list can shorten the wait for an exam, but only if you know what to ask and what to write down.2026-10-22
• The Boring Questions: What to Ask the Front Desk Before You Drive In
  A short phone call before your visit can settle access, companions, paperwork, and documents so the trip itself is simpler.2026-10-22
• Reading the note: what your chart is supposed to say
  Your visit notes are written in shorthand for other clinicians, and knowing how to read and request them keeps your own account accurate.2026-10-22
• Check the License Before the Chair: A Five-Minute Lookup for St. Louis Patients
  Before you sit on an exam table, a short search of the state licensing record can confirm who is treating you, and it takes less time than the drive.2026-10-22
• Before the exam, make sure you can understand each other
  If you need an interpreter for an injury visit, the booking call is the time to find out how the office will make the conversation work.2026-10-20
• An exam is one decision. A course of treatment is another.
  Before a first chiropractic visit in the St. Louis metro, make clear what you want evaluated and ask when the conversation will turn to treatment.2026-10-19
• The radio sounds wrong after a crash: put hearing changes on the list
  Ringing, muffled sound and new sensitivity to noise may seem unrelated to your neck, but they deserve a clear place in this week's examination.2026-10-18
• X-ray or MRI after a crash? The skeptic's guide to imaging
  Some readers want a scan of everything. Some are told they need one and do not know why. What each test shows, why most back pain does not start with imaging, and four questions to2026-09-08
• The re-exam: how to tell whether the plan is working
  The first visit gets the attention. The re-exam a few weeks later is where a treatment plan either earns its keep or changes. What should be measured, what should be written down, 2026-09-04
• Five things people will tell you during the lag, checked
  Between the crash and the stiff third morning, everyone has an opinion: a coworker, a brother-in-law, a forum at midnight. The desk ran five of the most common ones past the public2026-08-23