Chiropractic Adjustments

Many people who have back pain have been experiencing it for so long that they believe that it’s just a regular part of their life. Even after you have taken pain relievers, used heating pads, ice packs, and maybe even bought an expensive, specialized mattress, your pain can still remain. While all of these tools can be used in an attempt to manage your back pain, the actual root cause of the issue has yet to be addressed.

Many chiropractic patients suffer from conditions that can't be corrected through temporary measures. When you must sit at a desk for eight or more hours a day, your mattress and pain relievers just can’t fix it. If you’ve tried these options but are coming up short in managing your pain or range of motion, you may want to consider a chiropractic adjustment.

How Can You Benefit from Chiropractic Adjustments

As mentioned before, sitting in awkward positions for hours on end can end up creating imbalances in our posture. Unfortunately, more people are working from home now than ever before and this is creating a posture problem. Many people do not have the best ergonomic resources and can be found hunching over a lot. This can end up causing back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain and much more. Fortunately, chiropractic adjustments are a great way to help restore balance to your body and leave you feeling refreshed.

Chiropractic adjustments are performed to correct subluxations in the musculoskeletal system. This can correct those imbalances and restore your body to its natural symmetry.

Here are some of the many benefits you can receive from chiropractic adjustments:

Reduced amount of pain
Increased blood flow throughout your body
An improved immune system
Better overall posture
It can be used to treat migraines and headaches that happen frequently.

If you’re still weighing your options, here are more benefits to consider if you are thinking about scheduling your first chiropractic adjustment:

Reduce Your Blood Pressure

Some studies suggest that receiving chiropractic adjustments can have the same effect on your blood pressure as some medications that are specifically designed to lower your blood pressure without the side effects often associated with blood pressure medications such as fatigue, nausea, dizziness, weight loss, and anxiety. The study also found that these effects were not just short-term and that the benefits of an adjustment could last up to six months after your appointment.

Adjustments Can Help with Neck and Back Pain

Individuals that have a misaligned spine or pain in their spine often try to adjust their position in an attempt to reduce pain in a specific area. Unfortunately, this shift in posture can result in poor alignment in other areas. Your chiropractor can help to align your problem areas which can result in better overall posture and reduced pain throughout your back and spinal column.

Chiropractic Adjustments Help Scoliosis

Scoliosis is a condition that affects the curvature of the spine. The back can curve and twist causing difficulty with mobility, range of motion, pain, and may even affect your ability to breathe. While there are several options available to help cope with scoliosis, chiropractic adjustments have been shown to help treat the disease. When chiropractic adjustments are used in tandem with physical therapy, the progression of scoliosis can even be halted.

Reduce Your Inflammation

Many patients believe that the only way to reduce inflammation is with medication or heat therapies. However, these treatment options are only temporary and can’t correct the underlying problems, but when you utilize chiropractic adjustments, you can often stop the issues that are causing the swelling in the first place.

Since properly aligned joints are not as likely to experience irritation that leads to inflammation, chiropractic adjustments can reduce or eliminate your inflammation as well as eliminate the need for medications.

Stop Sciatica

Sciatica is a condition that many patients experience that causes pain to radiate down your spine and into your legs. This is the result of a damaged or pinched sciatic nerve. Chiropractic adjustments can help reduce the pressure on the sciatic nerve which can lead to a reduced need for pain medications and a reduction in overall pain.

Adjustments Can Help Headaches

Both migraine and tension headaches can be linked to problems with the back or spine. In fact, headaches are the top reason that people seek the help of a chiropractor. A properly aligned spine helps with both muscle tightness and pain which can cause both types of headaches. This means that there is a cascading positive effect of your chiropractic adjustment as an aligned spine does not strain the muscles and therefore won’t trigger your painful headaches.

Overview

If you have been suffering from bad posture and you are beginning to feel pain, we recommend that you seek us out for help. Vida Chiropractic in Hixson, TN is here to help you whenever you need it the most. Give us a call at our home office at (423) 370-0200 to schedule an appointment with us. We are looking forward to working with you so we can improve your life through chiropractic treatment.