Prescription medications and invasive surgical procedures are common options for patients living with certain disorders, but chiropractic care is a safer alternative for patients who require chronic pain management. Of course, you may not understand how a chiropractor can manage your pain while living with one of these disorders. There are many benefits of chiropractic care for treating chronic pain disorders.
Back Pain
If you are living with back pain, you most likely understand the importance of finding relief. Back pain can limit your mobility and increase stress and anxiety while decreasing your quality of life. Chronic back pain may stem from an accident, spinal stenosis, slipped or bulging discs, and even genetic deformities. While taking medications and undergoing surgeries are options, many patients choose chiropractic care for relief.
Many people who live with this chronic pain undergo spinal manipulations to realign the spine with the neck and spine. This procedure is safe, involving only your chiropractor’s hands and body weight, to gently realign your spine and neck. Also known as a chiropractic adjustment, the spinal manipulation decreases pressure on your lower, middle, and upper vertebrae, which can offer enormous relief in some patients.
Joint Pain
Arthritis is one the most common causes of chronic pain. While it affects your joints, arthritic inflammation can spread into your connecting tissue and ligaments. A spinal manipulation will most likely not improve pain, stiffness, and swelling of the joints, but chiropractors offer other options for pain management.
Massage therapy is a form of chiropractic care that you can consider for your arthritis. During the massage, the brain releases endorphins through the body. These chemicals instantly boost your mood, reducing stress, and decreasing pain. In addition, massage can also improve your circulation of blood, which will decrease the inflammation and swelling around your joints.
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a condition that causes pain, swelling, and inflammation of the musculoskeletal system in an estimated 5 million adults in the United States alone. Many pharmaceutical companies have manufactured medications to decrease the musculoskeletal pain, fatigue, and tenderness associated with fibromyalgia, but your chiropractor can also help manage this discomfort. Chiropractic adjustments, spinal manipulations, various stretching exercises, and massage therapy can all be used to treat pain in patients with fibromyalgia.
Living with chronic pain is possible, but it can decrease your happiness and overall quality of life. For more information on pain management with chiropractic care, contact Tieperman Health and Wellness in Frisco, TX at (214) 705-1799.
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Frisco TX Chiropractor | Tieperman Health & Wellness
8760 3rd St
Frisco, Texas 75034
214-705-1799