Chiropractor Columbia SC | Chiropractic Isn't Just About Back Pain
Joseph Carew, Chiropractor, Columbia, SC
Chiropractic Isn't Just About Back Pain
When people hear the word chiropractor, they automatically associate it with back pain. But just like back pain affects the whole body and can often manifest itself as part of a number of other bodily disorders, chiropractic care is about the whole body.
People most often seek out chiropractic assistance because they suffer from back pain, but they frequently find that other health issues and symptoms, including but not limited to headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and allergies, improve with chiropractic care. What a chiropractor does is adjust the spine to get pressure off of the nerves that travel down it, taking messages from the brain to the rest of the body and instructing it on how to function.
Nerve Pressure -
It's amazing how much pressure can be on those nerves and how much it affects our bodies and how we feel on a daily basis. Sometimes we feel increasingly bad for years, and we're so used to it that we just become resigned and accept it as the way it is, the human condition, never expecting that anything could make it better. The miracle of chiropractic is that it actually does make it better; it improves quality of life to an extent that you wouldn't have believed possible, just by getting the pressure off of those nerves and letting them do their job.
Nutrition -
Any chiropractor worth their salt will advocate the "whole health" approach and not just stop with what they can do for you there in their office. The chiropractor I see gives free quarterly talks on nutrition and exercise.
As far as nutrition is concerned, there are daily vitamin and mineral supplements that are integral to preventing back pain and other body aches. Calcium, magnesium, and vitamin D, for example, are essential. Calcium, as almost everyone knows, is needed for strong bones. Magnesium works in conjunction with calcium, and vitamin D is necessary for the absorption of both. If you take calcium supplements but don't have enough vitamin D in your body, it actually does no good.
DL-phenylalanine is a natural amino acid that helps alleviate pain. This should be taken daily every other week.
A multivitamin and mineral complex with vitamin A, beta-carotene, and vitamin E supplies a balance of nutrients that is important for the formation and metabolism of bone and connective tissue and is also necessary for healing.
Physical Therapy and Exercise -
Physical therapy was part of my treatment plan when I started seeing my chiropractor. My problems were focused in my neck, so I did traction therapy to strengthen my neck muscles and train them to hold my adjustments better. How much chiropractic treatment can help you has a lot to do with how well your body can hold the adjustments, and how well your body holds has a lot to do with how strong it is.
In the beginning of your care especially, you'll want to follow your chiropractor's instructions on what type of exercise to do and how much. For example, I was instructed to change my daily runs to walks. Walking is also great exercise and is much easier on the body. I was also told not to do any exercise that involved the neck in the beginning, until after I went through my physical therapy routine.
When it comes to health, you have to look at the big picture, but also pay attention to how all of the separate elements combine to make that big picture.
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