The re-exam is an essential step in updating the pediatric patient's progress and his or her adjustment schedule as care continues. The same clinical parameters followed during the initial assessment should be repeated and reconsidered. After the re-exam has been completed, the analytical procedures used to detect subluxation should be analyzed as your outcome parameters. This allows you to document the degree to which the subluxation was corrected and formulate a new adjusting schedule. Looking at all of the physical, chemical and mental stresses that children are exposed to on a daily basis, a pediatric patient's spine should be checked regularly.
Clinical judgment is of the utmost importance when determining a care plan.
It must not be based on fear of rejection from the parents or on the symptomatology. The health and well being of children is of the greatest importance and you should take pride in providing superior service and communicating the extraordinary value of chiropractic care for children. The results are made manifest in your clinical competency and in the appropriate adjusting schedule being applied to the pediatric patient. They also founded the non-profit World Children's Wellness Foundation that raises money for pediatric research and public awareness.