85% of adults will suffer from debilitating back pain at some point in their lives as a result of falls, sports or workplace injuries, car accidents and sometimes seemingly the most simple of movements like picking up a laundry basket!
Thus, back pain is the #1 reason people visit a doctor, and a leading cause of lost work and wages in the U.S.
The Danger of Pain Meds and Surgery
Pain medications and muscle relaxers can be useful for immediate relief of acute pain after an injury or fall, allowing you to get restful sleep so that your body can heal itself. However, over the long term if the pain persists, pain meds can cause a host of side effects, and in some cases can lead to an over-reliance/addiction to them as the dosage may need to increase as the pain increases. This can lead to a cascade of events, including toxification of the liver and other organs. All the while, the original injury may not have been corrected, leading to even more inflammation and pain, which over time causes even more damage. Surgery may be advised, but always comes with risks for scarification, additional injury, infection or even death.
Chiropractic is a gentle, non-invasive way to stop the suffering!
Chiropractic is effective in alleviating back and neck pain, sciatica, and other common musculoskeletal issues, sometimes as quickly as the first visit. The more chronic the situation however, more time may be needed to reverse the injury and its effects.
Adjustments, or manipulation as they're sometimes referred to, are the minor movements of vertebrae in the spine and other areas of the skeletal structure. The objective of this movement is to realign vertebrae that have moved out of place for a number of reasons ranging from normal daily activity to trauma such as a car accident.
This gentle action restores proper blood flow and nerve communication, which in turn stimulates the body to jump start its internal healing mechanisms. Adjustments also have an overall calming effect on the body, thus quelling muscle tension and inflammation.
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