Social media for a chiropractor in San Diego has one job: make a nervous first-time patient comfortable enough to book. Show the doctor, the clinic and exactly what happens on a first visit, and answer the questions your front desk hears every week. Before any patient appears in a post, get their signed written consent and ask your compliance contact whether HIPAA requires a formal authorization for your clinic.
Why isn't my clinic's Instagram bringing in new patients?
Open your profile the way someone with a bad back who has never met you would. A top row of stock spine graphics, a closure notice and a promotion tells them nothing about whether to trust you. A 40-second video of the doctor explaining the first visit tells them most of what they need.
What do new patients ask before they book?
Your front desk already knows. Ask whoever answers the phone to write down every question a new caller asks for one week. Expect some version of these:
- What happens on the first visit?
- Does an adjustment hurt? What is the cracking sound?
- How many visits will I need?
- Do you take my insurance, and what does a visit cost without it?
- Can you help with my problem: a desk-job back, a running injury, headaches?
- Is there parking, and how do I find you?
Each question becomes one video with the doctor answering it. Answer only what is true for your clinic. If the real answer is "it depends, and here is how we decide," say that on camera.
A worked example: the first-visit walk-through
This video answers the first worry a new patient has: what will happen to me when I walk in? A staff member plays the patient, so no real patient is involved.
| Seconds | On camera | What you say |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 3 | The front door opening from the inside | "Here is exactly what happens on your first visit." |
| 3 to 10 | Staff member at the front desk with a clipboard | "You will fill out a short form, and we will ask what brought you in." |
| 10 to 25 | Doctor and staff member talking in the treatment room | "Before any adjustment, we talk and we check how you move." |
| 25 to 40 | Doctor explaining with a hand on a spine model | "Then I tell you what I found and what I suggest, and you decide." |
| 40 to 50 | Doctor facing the camera | "If you have questions before you book, send them here." |
Edit the lines to match how your clinic runs. Hook, structure and camera setup are in how to write Reel hooks and how to film Reels at your business.
Can I post videos of my patients?
Start with what the federal rule says, then confirm with your compliance contact how it applies to you.
- The rule. Under 45 CFR 164.508(a)(3), read October 2026, "a covered entity must obtain an authorization for any use or disclosure of protected health information for marketing," with narrow exceptions.
- Who it covers. A covered entity, under 45 CFR 160.103 (read October 2026), includes a health care provider who sends health information electronically for covered transactions, such as billing insurance. A cash-only practice may not be covered. Ask your compliance contact which you are, and whether a patient video counts as marketing for your clinic.
Either way, this consent checklist is a sound habit:
- Signed and written, before filming. Keep the form. A verbal "sure" is not enough.
- Name every place it will go: Instagram, other platforms, your website, any ads.
- Make no a real option, and say in the form that saying no does not affect their care.
- Check the frame for charts, screens, schedules and other patients before you press record.
- Have your compliance contact approve the form and each patient video before it posts.
When in doubt, film a staff member demonstrating instead.
What else should a chiropractor film?
- The doctor answering one question per video. Patients choose a person before they choose a clinic.
- Stretches and posture tips for desk workers, surfers and parents. People share these before they are patients.
- Staff introductions, so the face at the desk is familiar on day one.
- How you decide. Claims that an adjustment cures a condition make careful patients wary. Say what you do and how you choose.
How Launch Social works with clinics
We film for a chiropractic clinic in San Diego County; its patient story is in the reels on our homepage. If your front desk has the list of questions and nobody has time to film between appointments, we book filming days around the patient schedule. You keep treating while the crew films.
Questions people ask
What should a chiropractor post on Instagram?
A chiropractor should post short videos of the doctor answering the questions new patients ask before booking, a walk-through of the first visit, stretches and posture tips, and patient stories filmed only with signed written consent.
How do I get new patients from Instagram?
A chiropractor gets new patients from Instagram by answering the questions people ask before they book, putting the doctor on camera, and replying to every DM the same day. Turning followers into customers covers the DM flow step by step.
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