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 Elgin 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 really perceptive. The answer is fairly simple, too, though dual: we are born with spine-pain issues or we acquire them.
BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN
Some of us are born with spinal conditions that will be with us forever. Such conditions as spondylolisthesis, transitional vertebrae, fused vertebrae, and spinal curvatures are unique to one's own spine. There is no path 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 trigger pain. Your Elgin chiropractor at Connected Chiropractic can perform the spinal manipulation intended to alleviate your specific spinal condition. Then, you'll want to think about 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 - Connected Chiropractic will suggest some nutrition ideas to bolster certain weaknesses of the spine.
- strengthening requirements - Our simple exercises do not take long but will take you and your spine far in preserving its strength!
It is in these on-going spine problems that we - you and your Elgin chiropractor - must partner for the best outcome, even coming in for occasional spinal manipulation. (1)
LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN
Some of us hurt our backs. We do things that damage 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 our normal activities of daily living may injure us, and we wind up with back pain. So, when we damage the spine to the extent that we cause intervertebral disc degeneration, a herniated disc, arthritis, misaligned vertebrae, etc., we now will contend with a spinal weakness which may become the vulnerable link in our spinal health.
We all must keep up a strong, well-aligned spine and use the spine with the respect and knowledge of staying away from those settings that could trigger pain.
How? You and your Elgin chiropractor see each other every now and then. A recurring visit to Connected Chiropractic for spinal alignment and assessment of healthy spine maintenance is good. Post-continued spinal manipulation after the original pain-relieving care is even proposed as a way to obtain long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is much better than having to go through repeated treatment of Elgin back pain. It averts pain and suffering in this moment and decreases the risk of further spine pain in the future.
PATIENT-CENTERED BACK PAIN CARE: CHIROPRACTIC
A recent report reflected on 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 common that it just goes away and never returns. Fortunately, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been reported as effective in reducing the number of days of pain for some sufferers. Patients for whom maintenance care was recorded to be of high value saw such care as “patient-centered” while cost, (un)availability of care, and fear of treatment concerned others. (2) Connected Chiropractic strives to address all of these concerns which often go away as the back pain diminishes.
Whether you were born with it or developed it, back pain is disruptive. Aid is possible with Connected Chiropractic. Just understand that there is a logical necessity and even benefit for periodic spinal manipulation and chiropractic care for certain spine conditions. (1)
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
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 benefit patients discover with on-going chiropractic care.
Schedule your Elgin chiropractic appointment with Connected Chiropractic today for more details about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.
