Chiropractic Care for Chronic Pain
By Sara Butler
Chronic pain impacts the lives of many Americans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 100 million Americans live with chronic pain. If you're one of them, then chiropractic care may be able to help. Here's what you need to know about chronic pain and how the chiropractors at The Joint Chiropractic can partner with you to help you find relief.
What is Chronic Pain?
Everyone experiences pain from time to time -- it's a natural part of life. Chronic pain is an entirely different beast. Any pain experienced for three months or longer is considered chronic pain. It's often an indication of an underlying condition that chiropractors can help to identify and treat as they help you to understand how you can prevent it in the future and keep your body strong.
The Causes
Unfortunately, there are a few causes of chronic pain that are quite common. The underlying conditions usually at the center of chronic pain include:
- Injuries - Various injuries often lead to chronic pain such as sports injuries or overuse injuries
- Osteoarthritis - This condition causes inflammation and pain in the joints due to degenerative changes
- Headaches - Headaches are a type of chronic pain that can impede your everyday functioning
- Spinal stenosis - Mechanical issues in the spine can cause the narrowing of the spinal canal where the spinal cord passes through, leading to pain
While this isn't an exhaustive list of causes, it's the causes of chronic pain most frequently seen by the chiropractors at The Joint.
Treatment
Once the cause of the chronic pain is targeted after a thorough assessment, the chiropractors at The Joint can work with you to create a treatment plan to help reduce pain and perhaps eliminate it altogether. The treatment plan may include hands-on chiropractic adjustments to help eliminate joint restrictions and dysfunctions that may be at the heart of the pain. Treatment can also include exercises and body-strengthening moves you can do at home to help your body heal and prevent pain in the future.
Chronic pain isn't something you have to deal with alone. Chiropractors want to help your body do what it was made to do: heal itself. Let the chiropractors at The Joint help you to find ways to improve your pain and get back to living your life to its very fullest!
To learn more about your health, wellness, and fitness, see your local chiropractor at The Joint Chiropractic in Marietta, Ga.