Between visits
Notice what has changed
Healing rarely moves in a straight line. Progress often shows up in how your discomfort feels, how long it lasts and what sets it off, well before the number on a pain scale drops.
What to expect
Most conditions take up to 4 visits to feel a noticeable change. Many people feel a difference along the way, often after the second visit.
- Visit 1Getting started
- Visit 2Many feel a difference
- Visit 3Changes build
- Visit 4Most feel a noticeable change
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If you have sudden severe pain, chest pain, trouble breathing, loss of bladder or bowel control, or new weakness in an arm or leg, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.
After your last visit
Think about the day or two after your last treatment.
Did you notice a change?
How does it feel?
Pick the words that fit when you started care, then the words that fit now. A change from sharp, shooting, burning or electric toward dull, achy or sore often means things are calming down, even if it is still strong.
How strong is it at its worst?
Use 0 for no pain and 10 for the worst you can imagine. Strength often drops later than the other changes, so do not worry if this one has not moved yet.
When and how it shows up
How much of your day it takes up, and what sets it off.
How much of the day is it there?
How does movement affect it?
Where you feel it
A smaller area, or pain that pulls back from an arm or leg toward the spine, is often a good sign.
How big is the area?
Has it moved toward or away from your spine?
Recovery and sleep
How fast it settles after you do something, and how you sleep.
After activity, how long does it take to settle down?
How is your sleep?
What you can do now
Small improvements show what is working.