Chiropractic Offices Will Reopen Beginning Monday

During his Thursday COVID-19 update, Beshear announced the reopening of a portion of Kentucky's economy. The first phase of the reopening will be parts of the health care sector, including chiropractic offices.

This doesn't come without some restrictions though. Some of those restrictions include limiting visitors, enhanced sanitizing, and all patients and workers must wear masks. You can see the full list of restrictions on our story at the link below.

West Kentucky Star recently spoke with Kandi Wommack from Marshall County Chiropractic about how her office will handle the changes.

Wommack says they are excited to get back to work.

"We get messages from the front line people, nurses, doctors, and ambulance workers that are having pain in their neck, or headaches and they can't focus on their job because they're hurting." Wommack continued, "I'm excited to get back to work to help as many people as we can so they can do their jobs."

"We're ready to get back to work because we feel like we're just as essential as other's in fighting this," She said.

According to Wommack, they have received instructions from the Kentucky Board of Chiropractic Examiners on how to move forward from here. Following the guidelines they have been provided, all Doctors and staff must wear gloves and masks, waiting rooms are still off-limits, extra cleaning and sanitizing will be required, as well as continued social distancing. She also wants to remind everyone that patients will be required to wear masks as well.

They will also be leaving more time in-between patients to allow for extra cleaning and sanitizing.

She said, "Be patient, we're having to reduce the number of people we see so that we can practice social distancing and sanitize."

Kelly Estes with Estes Chiropractic in Paducah says their office will be making similar changes. Patients will be required to wait in their vehicles, staff are required to wear gloves and masks, patients are required to wear masks, and a temperature scan and virus check will be required for patients, as well as extra sanitizing.

For the first two days after reopening, Estes Chiropractic will only be scheduling half of their normal capacity in an effort to leave time for extra sanitizing. Estes says they will make up for this by adjusting their hours to 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. and taking a shorter lunch break.

You can learn more about Beshear's restrictions at the link below.