Depending upon which clinic you visit and which chiropractic doctor you choose to work with, chiropractic care can be provided in a vast range of ways, and with vastly different outcomes. With chiropractic care, every patient is given an individualized and needs-specific treatment plan. Some patients solely receive manual spinal adjustments for alleviating muscle tension and stress, and restoring overall alignment. Others receive intensive, multi-pronged strategies for resolving a battery of health issues including problems like:
- Chemical imbalances
- Chronic headaches
- Mood swings
- Low-performing metabolisms
- Diminished immunity
- Chronic fatigue
Ultimately, chiropractic care focuses on the alignment and functioning of the entire musculoskeletal system, and the impact that this has on a person’s all-around well-being.
While many people associate chiropractic treatment with impact-related injuries affecting the spine, the spine is far more than just the body’s central supporting structure. The brain and the nerves constantly communicate across the spine, and when alignment problems exist, they can disrupt the messages that are transmitted. Thus, chiropractic care works by using a hands-on approach to facilitate gradual improvements in the alignment of the entire musculoskeletal system, and it also works to correct a large number of seemingly unconnected issues by improving nerve to brain and brain to nerve communication.
People can work with chiropractors to obtain natural relief for back, neck, and shoulder pain, as well as for problems like carpal tunnel. They can additionally receive chiropractic care to achieve marked improvements across various systems and functions for improved weight loss and weight management, increased immunity against illness, higher levels of energy, better mood balance, and more.
The Application of Different Chiropractic Therapies and Their Outcomes
Many small-sized chiropractic offices offer a very limited range of services. All chiropractors start their care by using special diagnostic tools to better understand the nature and severity of the problems that their patients are facing. Once a client’s concerns and wellness goals are known, hands-on techniques are applied. At its most basic, chiropractic involves using manual adjustment techniques to restore spinal alignment by slowly moving displaced structures into their rightful positions.
Manual adjustment therapies can span for several weeks or even months, and they produce gradual improvements in well-being via slow, progressive movements. In better-equipped offices, manual adjustments can be traded for computer-assisted adjustments in which each movement of displaced structures is carefully calculated by a machine, and then machine-applied. Computer-assisted therapies can be more accurate, and in some instances, they may take less time to achieve the desired results.
Integrative chiropractic clinics can facilitate improvements in spinal alignment in a far greater range of ways. Patients can receive massage and inversion therapies that alleviate pressure and stress, and assist the body in naturally correcting its own alignment issues. Ultrasound therapy can promote significant reductions in both pain and swelling to further assist to this end. As the spine and its integrity is slowly restored, people with impact-related injuries feel better, can move easier, and experience fewer problems with joint stiffness and joint dysfunction. Correcting alignment issues addresses both primary musculoskeletal injuries, and secondary problems that result when joints, ligaments, and other structures must compensate for injured or displaced components. Moreover, as alignment improves, nerve to brain and brain to nerve communication improves as well. Given that this communication is the driver for all of the body’s systems and functions, chiropractic patients often experience remarkable increases in their overall well-being as their subluxations are fully resolved.
The best chiropractic treatments are always multi-pronged and involve a series of lifestyle adjustments in addition to hands-on therapies. For instance, people who are overweight can both limit spinal pressure and prevent further damages by receiving manageable and needs-specific weight loss and weight management plans. Those living with severe nutritional deficiencies can enjoy more rapid healing, improved energy, and increased mood balance by receiving recommendations for the right supplements. In many instances, special stretching and strength-building activities are recommended as well for building up the muscles that support and oppose the spine, and for ensuring that muscle tension and stress are never excessive.
Chiropractic care takes a whole-health approach to expediting healing and promoting wellness. Unlike pain medications and bed rest, these services proactively and directly target health issues at their underlying causes. Although chiropractic care isn’t an effective solution for all injuries and health concerns, many people can achieve considerable improvements in their well-being and overall life qualities by pursuing these services. If you want to know more about how chiropractic works or if you’re looking for a natural and effective way to bolster and improve your health, we can help. Call us today at 205-637-1363.
