Our X-Ray Machine

Hey, Dr. Ryan Alter your Delray Beach Chiropractor. I just wanted to introduce you to my x-ray machine. So this is an x-ray machine. It takes plain film X-rays, not MRIs, not ct. Most chiropractors, including myself, want to see plain film bone x-rays, because not only are we looking at. The underlining condition of the spine to know what we’re up against, to know what’s safe to do, to have some realistic expectations.

We’re also looking at positioning of the bones. Did the pelvis twist like this? Did the L 5 come posterior? So there’s a lot of information we get off x-rays. And so most of the time in my office, I’m gonna do a careful examination and I’m gonna take a set of x-rays. These x-rays, again, tell me the underlining condition.

They tell me the position of the bones. They allow me to do the best job possible for my patients, and we have. This is called a C-arm and it allows me to rotate like this, but the guts or the inside of this machine is the most up-to-date x-ray you can get. It’s a direct imaging x-ray, so there’s no cassette.

The minute I push the button over there, instantly the picture comes up on the screen. We can zoom in, we can change contrast super clear. I can see everything I need to. So we use this tool, it’s an asset to our office, and when you come into our office, oftentimes we’re gonna take a set of x-rays. To really do a great job and know exactly how to help you.