The Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic is a method of natural healing for those those seeking complementary/alternative health care for acute and chronic conditions. While you may first visit a chiropractor to relieve pain in the lower back or to treat sciatica, neck pain, whiplash or headache, you will find that a chiropractor views the whole person and not just the sum of your parts to optimize your health and wellness.

Chiropractors recognize that many factors affect your health, including exercise, nutrition, sleep, environment and heredity. They focus on maintaining your health naturally to help your body resist disease, rather than simply treating the symptoms of disease. When you visit a Doctor of Chiropractic, you will be evaluated including a consultation, a case history, a physical examination, a laboratory analysis and am X-ray examination. At this time, they will do a structural examination in particular your spine.

A broad range of techniques will be used to locate, analyze and gently correct vertebral misalignments in the spine. Chiropractors may use manual adjustment, electrical muscular stimulation, ultrasound or massage. They will not use pharmaceutical drugs or invasive surgery. Chiropractic is a natural method of healing that stimulates the body’s communication system to work more effectively to initiate, control and coordinate the various functions of the cells, organs and systems of the body.

If needed for your treatment, they with other healthcare professionals. But chiropractic care is effective in helping with improving pain, reducing reliance on opioid pain relievers, reducing osteoarthritis symptoms, easing headaches, improving the immune system and can often be more affordable than traditional treatments.

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