It can give you an immediate indication of how the body is reacting to an adjustment, favorable or unfavorable. We have seen times where after an adjustment, the scan looked worse. So we may make another correction immediately, no matter how the patient feels symptomatically. The patient is not released for the day until a favorable change has been seen on the scan. It is not uncommon to find asymptomatic patients with abnormal scans.
Patients actually look forward to being scanned, so they can see how they are doing.
In our experience, patients are more likely to keep appointments when they see visual proof. When monitoring the patient with thermography, we find there are times when the patient is feeling fine and may need an adjustment. We have found this to be the most difficult thing for many chiropractors to understand. We have seen chiropractors who have had an adjustment within an hour or two before being scanned and because they still have symptoms they become upset because the instrument indicates the adjustment is holding. So, they get manipulated anyway and wonder why they never really feel well.