.	Vermont Chiropractic Orthopedics: The Ideal Patient .

Are you a typical Vermont Chiropractic Orthopedics patient?

Before you pick up the phone to make your first appointment, do you know that our practice is the place for you? Have you talked with your medical doctors, massage therapists, or nutritionists and learned all about us?.

Do you demand the highest quality of care without restriction?

Do you want referrals to the best specialists on the East coast, if necessary?

Are you willing to take responsibility for your own health care and participate fully in the course of treatment?

Will you wear recommended orthotics, if necessary, and use good neck support pillows to sleep on at night? Do you care about the quality of the mattress you sleep on? Do you want good ergonomics at your work site and at your desk at home? Above all, do you want good health and freedom from pain? Do you want to stay youthful and active as long as possible?

If you want a doctor who will work with you to achieve these goals, call us at 802-257-5177.

What's your age?

Age 1-20: You might see us for problems with your back or neck, problems with your feet, ankles, knees, etc. It is important early on in life to discover any congenital abnormalities, which are fairly easily found with x-rays. You might have sports injuries like falls from bikes or skis.

Age 20's and 30s: You're a young, working adult. Various aspects of your job will affect you, whether you are doing manual labor or office work. Often, we can help you with postural biomechanics and changes at home or work. If you work on cement floors all day, orthotics in your shoes may be of tremendous help. If you sit at a computer all day long, a cervical (neck support) pillow at night may make all the difference in the world.

In your 40s: Have a great decade; raise your kids. Call us if you need us.

In your 50s: This is about the time when you begin to discover certain aches and pains you've never had before. During this decade, x-rays often reveal early degenerative disc disease, arthritis and congenital abnormalities. We cannot cure the degenerative change that has already happened. However, we can help you help yourself decrease the rate of future degenerative change. You'll be happier and healthier in later years.

Age 60s and 70s: You are now beginning to feel the full effects of any degenerative disc disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, etc. We can't cure the damage that the diseases have caused but we can often give a great deal of relief from ongoing aches and pains. We can also teach you how to help yourself at home and, if you're still working, on the job.

Age 80s and 90s: By now, most of you have learned to live with problems you've acquired over your life. But sometimes, all of a sudden, they get worse. We've helped a number of older adults. Patients often respond fairly quickly in this age group.

Over 100: Yes, we've actually had patients over a hundred years old. We learn as much from them as they do from us. We are extremely proud to have served patients who have been alive for more than a century.