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Chiropractic Care May Help Treat Addiction

Addiction is a disease, and it can cause a person to suffer an abnormal craving for, and desire of, any particular substance, from hard drugs and alcohol to something as seemingly harmless as refined sugar. Sometimes, addiction has such a strong hold on a person that even the best doctors and medications have trouble treating the affected individual. Research is now showing us that chiropractic care is a natural treatment method that may contribute to the effectiveness of addiction recovery treatment.

How Can Chiropractic Care Help Treat Addiction?

Chiropractic care involves dealing with and treating the spinal column. Addiction, meanwhile, involves the pleasure center of the brain craving a certain substance. What exactly does the spine have to do with the brain’s feel-good chemicals? As it turns out, many scientific studies are revealing that abnormalities in the spinal column are directly related to unhealthy functions within the brain and nervous system. A properly aligned spinal columnwill promote optimal brain function.

When you go in for your first session at any one of The Joint locations, a licensed chiropractor will examine your spinal column for any misalignments, known as vertebral subluxations. You may not notice these subluxations, yet they often cause a variety of health issues. A spinal column that is aligned correctly leads to a healthier body overall, which makes addiction easier to treat.

When it comes to addiction treatment, a chiropractor will work to help correct the misalignments in your spinal column. When these misalignments are properly fixed, the nervous system can begin to function correctly again, which will allow neurotransmitters to be released in the correct manner. When the spine is misaligned, the body has a much more difficult time processing feel-good chemicals, which can make addiction to outside substances that much easier to fall back on. However, a properly aligned spinal column clears up the nervous system so that the sense of well being is no longer inhibited. This makes addiction treatment that much easier, since the body no longer needs to rely on a foreign or outside substance to feel good.

In conjunction with traditional, non-chiropractic rehabilitation care, patients recovering from powerful and sometimes crippling addictions can benefit from chiropractic care as an added treatment. Since chiropractic care has also been shown to reduce levels of depression and anxiety while working to stabilize mood swings, those suffering from addiction would do well to add chiropractic care to their health regimen.

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