Health Talks – The A To Z Of Chiropractic Care

If the Digital Age has brought progress and development, it has also brought something else – back pains! All that work has affected our lives more than we knew it would! Due to our various activities or work schedule, most of us often complain about back pain or other body pains.

Today we are going to give you a lowdown on Chiropractic Care. You will get to know about chiropractic care, how it’s performed, and its various types.

#1 What is Chiropractic Care?

Chiropractic is a health care therapy that emphasizes the body’s ability to heal itself. A trained chiropractor performs this therapy. The treatment involves spinal manipulation and includes various exercises and nutritional counseling too. Sounds heavenly, right? Low back pain, neck pain, and headache are the most common reasons for which people seek this treatment. So, if you are experiencing any of the above, you know what to do.

#2 The Role of Chiropractors

Chiropractors are the trained specialists who perform the treatment. Once a patient approaches them, they interview them and try to find out the history of pain. When they get all the information they need, they perform an examination, do tests and, then start working on the diagnosis.

Always remember this – You should always prefer a well trained and well-experienced chiropractor; avoid less experienced ones! This will also save costs on having to switch later on.

#3 The Risks and The Benefits

 Every treatment has some benefits and some risks, and this one is no different. Thus, we are discussing them so that you have a complete view of your situation. As I said earlier, the treatment is only risk-free when performed by a well experienced and licensed chiropractor. Chances of getting complications in this type of treatment are pretty low but could include the following:

• A slipped disc or worsening of existing disc herniation.
• A compression in nerves of the lower spinal column called cauda equina syndrome.
• A stroke is known as vertebral artery dissection after neck manipulation.

Don’t opt for this treatment if you have any of the following :

• Critical osteoporosis.
• Strength loss in one arm or leg / Numbness.
• Spinal Cancer.
• Increased risk of stroke.
• Bone abnormality in the upper neck.

#4 The Various types

There are two types of chiropractors: first is the musculoskeletal chiropractor who focuses on the symptoms and relief. The second one is a traditional wellness chiropractor, who deals in subluxations and structural corrections.

#5 A Symptom Relief Chiropractor

This type of chiropractor is for giving relief from symptoms like back pain and neck pain. The chiropractor here does manipulation to the spine, which further helps in decompressing the joint, free fixation, and reducing pain. Sometimes this treatment also seeks the help of electrotherapies like ultrasound, diathermy, and laser acupuncture.

The length of this treatment is often short, but the maximum is up to six weeks. This treatment is also suitable for kids. For that, all you need is a good and trained chiropractor for kids. This method is a multi-therapy symptom relief because of which the treatment cost is also high.

#6 A Traditional/ Wellness Chiropractor

This technique is based on the traditional wellness philosophy of chiropractic treatment. The treatment works on subluxations and structural correction of the spine. This method works for treating neck pain and headaches too.

 If you are suffering from migraines, then consult this traditional treatment from a specialized chiropractor for migraines. In this method, they put a subluxation (misaligned vertebra) that interferes with the nerve impulses. Because it is a traditional process, it is slower than the first one but still is quite helpful, and most people prefer this because this one costs less.

Conclusion

As seen above, we have covered Chiropractic Care in a way that should be helpful and informative. We hope now you can decide whether to go for it or not.