Diagnostic Procedures
Persons presenting with chronic-disease or multiple ill defined symptoms usually require a thorough in-depth non-invasive clinical workup. Some of the available diagnostic procedures consists of the following:
Thorough History and Consultation
A personal detail history is taken by Dr. Frerking in addition to a medical health questionnaire of over 195 carefully selected questions to assist in determining the lifestyle factors of each patient.
Physical and Spinal Examination
This includes examination of the major body systems including the eyes, ears, nose, throat, lungs, abdomen and any individual examinations..
Nutrient Rejection Testing
If the signs and symptoms so indicate, a food allergy test will be recommended. The clinic utilizes essentially two types of testing. The IgE mediated Rast testing, and provocative blood allergy tests. It is well established that no two people react to food and their environment in the same way. Only thorough testing can determine what is good, safe and required by the system, as well as what must be avoided to obtain that healthy state we all seek.
Personal Nutritional and Health Evaluation Summary
All patients who undergo a clinical-workup receives a complete correlated typewritten report and evaluation of all the test findings. This report will point out what lifestyle changes a person should make for optimum health and how to prevent future chronic disease. In addition, they are instructed on what dietary, vitamin, mineral and exzyme supplementation is indicated from thier individual test findings.
Treatment Facilities
Since our discipline does not employ drugs, surgery or radiation treatment, all health problems are addressed with eliminating the cause of the disease. This is coupled with therapies designed to increase the inherent healing life force capabilities of the human body. Some of the treatment modalities consist of the following:
Chiropractic Spinal Adjustments
Specific manual correction of vertebral misalignmentsto remove spinal nerve root interference.
Helath Formula
Subluxation = Misalignment of the bones of the spine, causing nerve interference, and lack of health, leading to: Cells loosing their vibration or mental impulse from the brain, reproducing or dividing abnormally in the body.
These cells and tissues are damaged as they accumulate, becoming dis-eased (from ease).
Accumulate enough damaged cells in the tissue and you get a symptom. You get a symptom from damaged cells, you never get a symptom from healthy cells.
Chiropractors do not treat the symptoms. We find and reduce or eliminate subluxations. Thereby allowing the mental impulse from the brain to flow down the spinal cord, out the nerves, carrying health to all cells and tissues. Intersegmental Traction
This unit is employed in spinal treatment to gently mobilize the individal vertebral segments of the spine. The specific function is to loosen, and make the spine more mobile and free when the person is bending and twisting the back. Lumbar Distraction
A precision made device is designed to specifically distract (separate) lumbar segments and thereby restore them to their normal functional state, relieving pressure on the intervertebral disc. Ultra Sound Therapy
This device transmits ultra high frequency sound waves emitted from a quartz crystal transducer head that is gently massaged over a specific area. Most authorities agree that the action is one of a "Micro-Massaging" effect on the individual microscopic cells. The vibratory action releases and "shakes loose" intra and extra cellular debris. Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation
This therapy has its main use in conditions with severe and intractable pain. Electrodes about the size of a silver dollar are placed over specific nerve trigger areas in or around a "field" of pain. The electrical current emitted through the electrodes acts as a nerve clocking agent resulting in the interruption of the painful sensory nerve stimuli. This treatment is never employed without knowing the exact cause of the pain. Since pain is nature's warning signal, we must know why the pain is there and not simply cover up or mask the symptoms. Auriculotherapy
A method of treatmtnet and somatic (body) diagnosis by the use of varies microelectrical currents to some 170 isolated points on the ear to effect specific physiological changes to corresponding body parts and internal organs to promote healing of diseased tissue and for the relief of pain. The micro-electrical current assists the body in healing through the triggered release of pituitary hormones, enkephalins and endorphins, which function like morphine to ease pain. Nutrition as Therapy
The bio-chemical individuality of each person is determined by the test results of blood analysis, hair biopsy, physical examination findings, heart and lung studies, urinalysis, ect. Based on this clinical data specific elimination diets, special foods, vitamins, minerals, herbs and enzymes may be prescribed. Contact Reflex Analysis
Contact Reflex Analysis, also known as CRA is a simple, safe, natural method of analyzing the body's structural, physical, and nutritional needs. A deficiency in any of these areas could cause or contribute to various acute or chronic health problems. CRA is not a method of diagnosis. It is a means to accurately determine the root cause of a health problem using the body's reflexes. CRA is also a preventative technique, used to find a problem before it becomes a full-blown health issue.
Diagnostic Procedures
Personal Nutritional and Health Evaluation Summary
