Our Proven Chiropractic Process in Oklahoma City

After practicing for over 23 years, Dr. Micah Carter has developed a systematic process that new patients follow to achieve optimal health results. Explore our comprehensive care process and discover the benefits other OKC residents have experienced with chiropractic care at Family Tree Chiropractic.

Comprehensive Assessment: Day 1

Warm Welcome & Intake Phase

Your journey begins with a warm welcome and a team ready to hear your story, primed to perform all the necessary testing to find the root cause of your problem.

Discovery Phase

Your journey continues through the discovery phase. Here’s what that process looks like:

At this point, you will meet expert chiropractor Dr. Micah Carter. He will review the initial findings and ask you further questions about your health:

Diagnostic Phase

Orthopedic testing
Neurological evaluation
Muscular assessment
Spine & joint analysis
Balance & fall prevention
X-ray imaging if necessary
Pain away treatment

When appropriate, we get you set up on our massage table and provide cold laser therapy to the area(s) of concern to jump-start the healing process.

Post First Visit Phase

We schedule your second visit as soon as possible and require you to watch these videos before coming in to see us again:

Early Treatment Phase: Day 2

Second Visit

We hope you watched the educational videos since Dr. Micah Carter will review those with you on your second visit. Active treatment protocol begins. Treatments vary and are specialized for each patient and may include:

Pain Relief Phase: 1 to 4 Week Period

The pain relief phase can take up to 4 weeks. Obviously, this timeline varies by the degree of severity of your condition. Our goal is to get you as near pain-free as possible without adding additional stress to the tissue. We work to increase your range of motion and flexibility to help you feel and function better. We know our care is delivering results when patients tell us, “It no longer hurts me to [bend over, ride in the car, mow, shop, wash dishes, and take care of kids].”

At the end of the pain relief phase, we perform a re-evaluation to track progress:

Tissue Strengthening & Stress Testing

Care ramps up. As your care continues, so should your progress. During this phase, we focus on preparing the body to maintain a pain-free status during normal activities. Our primary goal is to achieve as close to zero pain WHILE stressing the tissue.

We perform another examination to track:

Neuromuscular Re-Education

We retrain neuropathways and neuromuscular patterns with the goal of preventing the problem from returning. We achieve this by:

Brain is powered by movement through joint receptors
Movement charges the brain with signals
Brain constantly receives and processes these signals
Without correction, decreased movement = fewer signals = chronic problems
Restored movement = restored brain-body communication

We then complete the final comprehensive assessment of all improvements and document the progress of your health.

“We not only want to get you out of pain and back to enjoying life. We also want to make sure we’ve got you’ve fixed as good as we can and you’re properly equipped with simple things you can do at home to keep your spine flexible, strong, and balanced.” – Dr. Micah Carter

Why Choose Us

Why Choose Family Tree Chiropractic

Ready to Start Your Journey to Better Health?

Dr. Micah Carter, DC, brings decades of experience and a genuine passion for helping patients achieve optimal health. Since establishing his practice in 2002, Dr. Carter has remained committed to staying current with the latest advances in chiropractic medicine while maintaining the time-tested principles that make chiropractic care so effective.