How Long Do I Have to See The Chiropractor?
"Why do I need continued chiropractic treatments for my back pain? Why can't you, my Plainville chiropractor, just treat it and put a stop to the pain altogether so it doesn't come back?"
This is not a bizarre question, and it's also quite perceptive. The answer is logically simple, too, though two-fold: we are born with spinal issues or we develop them.
BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN
Some of us are born with spinal weaknesses that will be with us all life through. Such conditions as spondylolisthesis, transitional vertebrae, fused vertebrae, and spinal curvatures are unique to one's own spine. There is no route to "get a new back bone" if one of these conditions is our own. So we must learn how to respect our spines so as to not cause pain. Your Plainville chiropractor at Layden Chiropractic can perform the spinal manipulation intended to relieve your specific spinal condition. Then, you will want to consider its
- proper ergonomic use (how to lift, bend, twist, sit, stand, walk, climb, reach, pull, etc.). You don't want to compromise your now-pain-relieved spine further or again.
- nutritional needs - Layden Chiropractic will suggest some nutrition ideas to bolster certain weaknesses of the spine.
- strengthening requirements - Our simple exercises don't take long but will take you and your spine far in keeping it strong!
It is in these on-going spine problems that we - you and your Plainville chiropractor - must work together for the most welcome outcome, even coming in for occasional spinal manipulation. (1)
LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN
Some of us hurt our backs. We do things that injure the best of spines: tumbling off a snowmobile or ladder or wakeboard or lifting too much weight. You get the idea - things we do in everyday activities of daily living may harm us, and we end up with back pain. So, when we hurt the spine to the level that we trigger intervertebral disc degeneration, a herniated disc, arthritis, misaligned vertebrae, etc., we now have a spinal weakness which may become the vulnerable link in our spinal health.
We all must nurture a strong, well-aligned spine and use the spine with the respect and knowledge of dodging those settings that could trigger pain.
How? You and your Plainville chiropractor see each other occasionally. A periodic visit to Layden Chiropractic for spinal alignment and assessment of healthy spine maintenance is good. Continued spinal manipulation after the original pain-relieving care is even proposed as a way to obtain long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is far better than having to go through repeated treatment of Plainville back pain. It averts pain and suffering in the present and decreases the risk of further spine pain in the future.
PATIENT-CENTERED BACK PAIN CARE: CHIROPRACTIC
A new report described the reality of low back pain being a major reason for disability around the world. It’s persistent or recurrent for many people. It is not known to just go away and never return. Fortunately, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been found to be effective in reducing painful days for some sufferers. Patients for whom maintenance care was reported to be of high value described such care as “patient-centered” while cost, (un)availability of care, and fear of treatment concerned others. (2) Layden Chiropractic strives to address all of these concerns which often go away as the back pain decreases.
Whether you were born with it or developed it, back pain is no fun. Alleviation of your pain is possible with Layden Chiropractic. Just understand that there is a logical necessity and even benefit for periodic spinal manipulation and chiropractic care for certain spine conditions. (1)
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. William Hoffman on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the initial back pain relieving treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and the value patients find with on-going chiropractic care.
Schedule your Plainville chiropractic appointment with Layden Chiropractic today for more information about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.
