Chiropractic and Back Pain – Does It Help?
It’s holiday season. You’re decorating your Christmas tree with the kids. Suddenly, you feel a sharp stabbing pain emanating from your back. And it isn’t the first time you’ve experienced it. In fact, over the last few years, it’s getting worse.
According to the American Chiropractic Association, back pain resulted in 264 million days of missed work in one year! It costs Americans at least $50 billion each year in healthcare costs.
While there are many remedies for back pain, chiropractic treatment is the preferred choice of Americans. According to the report presented by the World Federation of Chiropractic, the U.S. is home to the largest number of chiropractors.
A research concluded that around 62 million people in the U.S. consulted a chiropractor with an annual treatment cost amounting to $3.9 billion. Another report suggests that 94% people reported a 30% reduction in low back pain within the fourth week of chiropractic treatment.
Conventional treatments for the back pain involved opioids, steroid injections, and spinal fusions. The side effects associated with these treatments make chiropractic the safest treatment available.
Here is how chiropractic treatments relieve back pain.
Chiropractic Treatment: Solution to back pain
- It starts with a brief overview of your medical history, including an evaluation of past injuries or illnesses related to the spine.
- A physical examination is then performed, followed by the decision as to whether the treatment is appropriate for the patient.
- The treatment focuses on spinal alignment and manipulation to aid the body in stimulating its self-healing abilities.
- It contributes a series of treatments which manipulate the spine, tissues, and joints of the body to reduce pain and enhance the physical functioning of your body.
- The most common treatment is the “adjustment”. The chiropractor locates a joint in your spine and moves it along its range, applying a light thrust afterward. The practitioners use a device or their hands to apply a limited amount of force to your joint. It results in the realignment of your spinal bones.
- Other techniques involve massage therapy, which relieves pain and strains in the soft tissues, providing your nervous system an impingement-free functioning ability.
- The client is also prescribed with nutritional supplements, daily massage with hot and cold water packs, physiotherapy, and a healthy diet to aid in reducing pain.
While chiropractic treatment is the optimum solution to your back pain, do not rush to the first chiropractor you see. Inexperienced practitioners and poor equipment can only make it worse.
Under the guidance of Dr. William Yadon D.C. and Dr. Stapleton D.C., we provide the most reliable chiropractic services in Shelbyville—Louisville, KY
Call us at 502-633-1073 or send us a message at [email protected].
