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What Makes Chiropractic Different Than Mainstream Medicine For the Treatment of Back Pain?
Posted by admin in Prescription Pain Killers, Weight Loss on April 29th, 2009
Back pain can manifest at any time. It can come on because of a trauma or over time. When it does, it can be a nuisance at a minimum or it can be a major occurrence in more severe cases. What treatment should you choose? What are the differences?
First, you must determine your goals with treatment. If you are looking for short term pain relief, your medical doctor can prescribe medication that will dull the pain, and in some cases get rid of it. Understand with this approach the cause of your pain is not addressed. It is simply masked.
For those who are interested in stabilizing and correcting the condition, chiropractic care gives you a different option. In many cases, xrays of patients with back pain will show a change in the position of various segments of the spine. This positional change can irritate or compress spinal nerve roots, thus causing a variety of symptoms. It is this positional change that chiropractic treatment addresses.
In many chiropractic offices a combination of physical therapy and gentle chiropractic treatments are utilized to increase the mobility of the spine with the goal of taking pressure off of the nerve roots that are causing your symptoms. The amount of muscle spasm, swelling, and degree of misalignment determines the amount of treatment you will require.
Many patients have asked why multiple treatments are required for some back conditions. Let’s use a medical example to explain this… Let’s say you have an infection and your medical doctor gives you an antibiotic that requires you to take the medication twice per day for two weeks. You only had one visit in the office, but understand that you are to receive 14 treatments in that two week period of time in order to get rid of the infection. In a chiropractic office, your condition may require you to receive two to three visits per week for 4-6 weeks, as an example. Treatment given by a chiropractor is administered in the office thus requiring the more frequent treatment visits.
The challenge for many patients is changing your mindset when it comes to health care. Many spinal conditions are a product of poor posture or physical activities that you have done for years. In order to get the full benefit from chiropractic treatment be sure to review your habits and change your postural habits with your chiropractor. Many patients appreciate the opportunity to utilize a drugless approach to healthcare.
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