Back and neck pain are the chief complaints for which patients seek chiropractic help. Through spinal manipulation, chiropractic care focuses on maintaining healthy musculoskeletal and nervous systems to ensure overall wellness.
Effectiveness
According to the Annals of Internal Medicine, studies show that spinal manipulations performed by a chiropractor, along with exercise, relieve neck pain more effectively than medication.
Also, in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, it was reported that an integrated approach to health care (including chiropractic), reduced pharmaceutical costs by 51.8% and resulted in 43% fewer hospital admissions.
If you experience frequent pain in your back, neck, joints, or even headaches, you should consider seeing a chiropractor. This is also true if intense soreness follows household chores or prolonged periods of poor posture.
Back and neck pain
Chiropractors are best known for safely and effectively treating acute back and neck pain, as well as headaches. A medical doctor might prescribe pain medicine, anti-inflammatory drugs, or even muscle relaxers; an orthopedic doctor may suggest surgery. But a chiropractor will treat your back problems by hand, through manipulation of the spine.
By adjusting the spine with their hands at particular pressure points, chiropractors unblock nerve energy and allow it to flow better down your spine and throughout your entire body. Repeated visits can, over time, realign your spine to optimize overall health.
Treatment plan
Chiropractors examine every patient's level of health, not solely for the reason of their visit. Thus, many chiropractors seek to care for the whole person, from general wellness to disease prevention. After a thorough exam and diagnosis, a chiropractor develops a treatment plan that may include combinations of spinal manipulations, physical therapy, and rehabilitation procedures.
Some chiropractors (such as Dr. Luther at Sport and Spine) also provide nutrition advice, exercise recommendations, ergonomic and lifestyle counseling and so on. This holistic approach allows chiropractors to offer patients opportunities for complete wellness, as well as reduce the need for potentially addictive pain medication or invasive surgery.
"Chiropractic [care] allows the nerves to work at their most optimum ability allowing the body to heal at its optimum ability." ~Brian Elwartowski, Chiropractor
SOURCE: FOX News Health
