What to Expect as a New Patient
The new patient process at Huntington Beach Chiropractic is a two-visit workup. Visit one covers consultation, PostureScreen posture analysis, and digital X-rays. Visit two delivers the Report of Findings and care plan. Dr. Michael VanDerschelden, DC has practiced in Huntington Beach for 13 years and has 437 five-star Google reviews.
You are not getting adjusted on day one. You are getting answers first.
Why Nobody Gets Adjusted Before the X-Rays
Most chiropractors around here work from two things: how your spine feels under their hands, and how you rate your pain from one to ten.
That is not a measurement. That is a guess with a number attached to it.
Dr. Michael VanDerschelden, DC rejects both as a starting point. Hands can’t see a curve. A pain score can’t tell you what changed.
So nothing gets adjusted here until there are digital X-rays and posture data on the screen.
Visit One: The Workup
You come in and we talk first. What hurts, how long, what you have already tried.
Then comes PostureScreen posture analysis. It maps how your body is actually holding itself.
Then full-spine digital X-rays. That is the step most offices around here skip.
No adjustment happens at this visit. Dr. Michael VanDerschelden needs the images before he touches your spine.
Visit Two: Your Report of Findings
You come back and Dr. Michael VanDerschelden shows you your own X-rays.
PostureRay analysis puts real numbers on your spinal curve. You see the angles. You see what is out of position.
Then you get your care plan. It is built from your objective findings — your images, your measurements, your history.
Need to talk it over with your spouse first? Good. The conversation is about your own X-rays and your own measurements — not a sales package someone handed you.
You will know what is wrong before you commit to anything.
CREDENTIALS
Who Runs Your Workup
Dr. Michael VanDerschelden, DC holds California Chiropractic License #32929. He has spent 13 years in practice in Huntington Beach.
He started his career in one of the largest chiropractic offices in California, seeing around 80 patients a day. He watched what that volume does to clinical quality. He built this practice as the opposite of it.
- 5.0★Google rating · 437 reviews
- 252Yelp reviews, 5.0★
- 13 yrsServing Huntington Beach
- LicensedActive CA Chiropractor
437 five-star Google reviews and 252 five-star Yelp reviews. Individual results vary.
If that is the standard you want running your spine, see if you are a candidate.
How You Know It Is Working
Feeling better is not proof. Feeling better on a Tuesday tells you very little.
At clinical milestones, Dr. Michael VanDerschelden re-examines you. New posture measurements. Follow-up imaging at the milestones that call for it.
You compare it to day one and you see whether your spine actually changed.
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Who This Process Is Not For
Some people want to walk in, get popped, and walk out. This is not that office.
- You are not a fit here if you want an adjustment with no exam and no X-rays.
- You are not a fit if you expect one visit to undo years of spinal dysfunction.
- And you are not a fit if you would rather skip the imaging than see what your spine actually looks like.
The workup is the whole point. Skipping it means skipping the practice.