When most people suffer some kind of an ache or pain, the most common treatment of choice is medicine. Be it an over the counter drug (such as Tylenol, Motrin or Aleve), or even a prescription strength drug (such as muscle relaxers or even narcotic strength pain killers), drugs have long been the most common treatment choice for many pain syndromes.

But when does it make sense to see a chiropractor? And is chiropractic care effective and safe for the treatment of back pain, neck pain, headaches, fibromyalgia, sprain/strain injuries and other musculoskeletal conditions?

According to published scientific research, chiropractic has been proven to be a safe and highly effective treatment for musculoskeletal problems. It is non-toxic, non-invasive and all natural. So why don’t more people go to a chiropractor? There are many reasons, but the most common one is that most people simply don’t think about it. We’re constantly being exposed to drug ads (on the TV, on the radio and in every magazine and newspaper). And with all this exposure to drug ad after drug ad, it seems natural that medications would be at the forefront of our minds. The pharmaceutical industry is certainly banking on it!

Whenever you have a problem, and it doesn’t matter what the problem is (be it with your car, your house, your teeth…even your spine), it makes sense to always try the most conservative, gentle and non-invasive approach first and THEN gradually work your way up the ladder with progressively more involved treatment approaches. If you think about it, chiropractic care is the gentlest and most non-invasive thing you could possibly try. Why? Because it doesn’t involve ingesting any toxic chemicals (drugs) which then need to be metabolized out of the body by way of the liver and kidneys (thus stressing those organs). It’s non-invasive and doesn’t involve cutting into the body or anesthesia (ala surgery). What’s involved is gently slipping the vertebrae back into place (where they should be, thus taking pressure off the nerves). What could possibly be gentler than that?

There is a time and a place for all therapies. There is a time for chiropractic, drugs and surgery. The first thing you should try is chiropractic (along with physical therapy and massage therapy). If those approaches don’t work THEN it’s appropriate to go to the next most invasive therapy, which would be drugs. And if the drugs don’t work, then you should consult with a surgeon (as a last resort).

So try chiropractic first. You’ve got nothing to loose but the pain!

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