Step Back from Pain without Drugs

Ice packs and pillow props might ease some back pain but hardly restore daily pain-free function. A visit to your local chiropractor can take the stress off surrounding tissues – muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Effective, Spinal adjustments are usually done with a Dr’s hands to apply pressure to the spine and to coax the vertebrae into proper alignment. Stop moaning and groaning and consider a visit to your local chiropractor today. Research is showing that 91% of pain is due to improper biomechanics for the spine and spinal joints and a Doctor of Chiropractic is best suited to restore the function.

Surprise, Women have more back pain than men. It’s the pregnancy, and lugging children around coupled with a purse that has more in it than needed. Surprisingly, bad habits can cause as much damage to your back as a hard day of work. Treating your back like a “temple” instead of a table will eliminate a lot of unnecessary pain. Your local chiropractor can help you take a load off and learn how to take care of your back. Easy tips, like weigh yourself, weigh your purse…is your purse over ten percent of your body weight? Then lighten the load and your symptoms.

Can your Local Chiropractor Offer More Than Adjustments?

Besides adjustments, your local chiropractor will often offer physical therapy as well as specific spinal adjustments. Often chiropractors also give their patients stretching and strengthening exercises to do, as that can help muscle groups help keep give the spine support and help with proper alignment. Certain ergonomics, exercise, and proper body mechanics can help prevent pain, and that means less downtime dealing with pain.

Get Rubbed the Right Way

Massage therapists often share offices with your local chiropractor, making it easy to transition into a pain-free life. Once your chiropractor has made an adjustment to the sine, stretching the muscles can help keep the adjustment in place. A tense patient is hard to treat. So a multi-treatment approach to relieving back pain often has the best success.

Treat Back Pain Right

Chiropractic treatment for back pain can be dangerous if certain conditions exist. Such as advanced osteoarthritis, so check with your physician to see if chiropractic care is right for your back pain. Not all physicians recommend chiropractic treatment but it has gained a wider acceptance among Once in the clear to start treatment, exercise and chiropractic care can go hand in hand and often have a successful outcome. Ideally, a Dr and chiropractor will work together to treat back pain.