Our offices are conveniently located just off of Hwy. 101 in San Rafael.

This page will tell you what to expect when you arrive at our office on your first visit and follow-up visits. For those of you who are considering care at our office please know that our policy is to offer a FREE Chiropractic Consultation at the beginning of your first visit. This will help us determine if you have a problem that we can help. The doctors combine their experience and commitment to your health to determine the cause of your problems and the best courses of treatment to correct them.

Most importantly, should you decide to come in for your free consultation, you can fill out the new patient intake forms that we have provided and send them to us before you arrive, reducing your waiting time in the office! We are easy to find, located just off Highway 101 in San Rafael and we have included directions to our office for your convenience.

We look forward to serving you and assisting you in moving towards better health and feeling great!

What Makes The Schillinger Chiropractic & Wellness Center Special

	Relax in our relaxing spa style reception room.

Schillinger Chiropractic & Wellness Center is a multidisciplinary office providing you a variety of natural health care methods to help improve your health without dangerous drugs or needless surgeries. Our services include chiropractic manipulation, massage therapy, acupuncture, physiotherapy, weekly health-care classes, nutritional counseling, exercise rehabilitation and lifestyle consulting. Providing all these services under one health-care roof is practical and beneficial to our patients. All of our staff members meet weekly to review the quality of service and achievement of results that we intend for our patients.

Knowing that our patients lead busy lives, we are open six days a week and are conveniently located less than 30 seconds off of Highway 101. We have a large parking lot that is well lit and provides wheelchair access. When you arrive inside our office, you will be greeted by a caring staff. You will be able to make yourself comfortable in a reception room that looks and feels more like a living room. Most of the time patients can be treated immediately upon arrival and when there are delays they rarely exceed 10 minutes.

Free Consultation -- Dr. Schillinger will spend approximately 15 minutes with you asking you questions about your symptoms and, equally importantly, questions about your general health and lifestyle. If Dr. Schillinger determines that you have a condition that he and/or our other health care practitioners can help, he will recommend an examination involving chiropractic, orthopedic and neurological tests. He will explain this to you before examining you. Should you have any questions about the fees for the examination, the Dr. Schillinger will be happy to review that with you before the examination.

My Commitment Is to Your Health -- Dr. Schillinger has 20 years of experience helping patients improve their health. Dr. Schillinger gets to know each patient and thier health care needs. If Dr. Schillinger cannot help you or can only help you up to a certain limit, he will refer you to the next best health care practitioner.

In this era of managed care and decreasing loving care, Dr. Schillinger will always be available to guide you in your health care choices, whether you are an active patient in the office or not. He is always willing to communicate with your other health care practitioners whether it be by phone or exchanging records whenever medically necessary.

My Personal Guarantee to You -- I assure you that I will take the time for your health education and instruction in self help strategies so that I can support you in assuming greater responsibility for your total health.

What To Expect When You Arrive At Our Office.

First Visit:
Dr. Schillinger will spend approximately 30 - 45 minutes consulting and examining you to determine if you have a problem he can help. He will focus his attention on your achievement of superior health in three key areas; Spine and Structure, Nutrition and Psychology. After the examination, if chiropractic care is appropriate, treatment may begin (additional 15 - 30 minutes).

Second Visit:
Dr. Schillinger will spend approximately 15 minutes reviewing the consultation and examination and x-rays (if they were needed) before commencing a treatment plan specifically designed to correct your problem. If chiropractic care is appropriate, additional 15 - 30 minutes is needed.

Third Visit:
Dr. Schillinger will spend approximately 5 -10 minutes reviewing your treatment plan and answer any questions you have. If chiropractic care is appropriate, additional 15 - 30 minutes. Questions you have regarding your insurance benefits are answered, forms that you need assistance with are filled out and all financial arrangements are completed.

Subsequent Visits:
Care is directed towards correction of your problem using the appropriate modalities in the office and home exercise programs are initiated. You will be expected to attend the free workshop "Foundations for Vital Living", where we discuss the benefits of an optimum diet, how to reduce mental/emotional stress, how to safely (ergonomically) interact with your workplace and, of course, the importance of how and why to take care of your spine, the source of all life-force in your body.

Re-Examinations:
Monitoring of your improvement is performed routinely to ensure that proper progress is being accomplished. As you continue to improve, the frequency of your care diminishes...

Prevention Care:
Once your problem is corrected, recommendations are made for occasional checkups to prevent a reoccurrence of problems or symptoms.

Wellness Care:
At this level of care, patients are symptom-free, sleeping better and able to adapt to physical, emotional and chemical stressors. Patients come in for a chiropractic treatment as they simply want to experience a natural increase in energy and vitality!

Important Information you should know!

Need to know how to get to our office? Click here to go to our Contact Us / Find Us Page or you can download a .pdf version of the directions with map that you can print out at home.

New Patient Intake Forms: Below we have provided the forms that we use in the office for New Patient Intake, Workman's Compensation and Motor Vehicle Accident cases. Please download the appropriate forms, print them out and fill them in prior to you visit. This will save you time on your first visit. Be sure to put the completed form somewhere where will you not forget to bring it with you when you come to the office for the first time. If you have any questions, you can contact our office and we will be happy to offer any assistance we can.

a) New Patient Intake Form for General Insurance, Private Paying and Medicare Patients: please provide as much detail as possible especially with regards to other chiropractic or medical physicians you have seen for this condition and the medications you may be taking.

b) New Patient Intake Form for Workers Compensation Patients: please provide as much detail as possible especially with regards to the exact matter in which you hurt yourself or, if your injury is not arising from a specific injury, how your symptoms have developed from the repetitive nature of your work.

c) New Patient Intake Form for Motor Vehicle Accident Patients: please provide as much detail as possible especially with regards to the mechanics of the injury i.e. how fast the vehicles were moving, what position your body was in at the time of impact and other care you may have received for this specific injury.