Posted on 2012-02-15 11:19:58

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If you suffer from chronic back pain, you know that such pain can infiltrate all aspects of your life, robbing you of the quality of life you deserve. Still, the idea of expensive invasive back surgery and potentially addictive prescription drugs can be discouraging. There is another way. Chiropractic techniques and wellness care can help you manage your pain without surgery and drugs.

Wellness Care for Common Causes of Back Pain

Chronic back, neck and head pain can be caused by a variety of things. Auto accidents, falls and workplace accidents can lead to whiplash, headaches and pain that radiates down the back. Poor posture resulting from seemingly simple things such as the desk chair you use at work or those extra 10 pounds you gained last holiday season can also result in chronic pain.

At Interactive Family Clinic, we take a wellness care approach to treating pain. We offer traditional chiropractic techniques, such as gentle spinal adjustments that will realign your spine and help painful discs to slip back into their proper position. In addition, our Richardson chiropractor offers massage therapy to help relax the muscles that support the back and neck, weight loss counseling to help you get rid of extra pounds that exacerbate spinal injuries; and lifestyle counseling to make sure that you're not adding to your pain by using the wrong desk chair or wearing the wrong shoes. We'll also teach you corrective exercises that you can do at home to build your back and neck muscles

Our chiropractor promotes a total wellness approach to managing pain, making use of the techniques and therapies mentioned above as an alternative to expensive and invasive surgery and potentially addictive prescription drugs.

Do you struggle with back and neck pain, perhaps as a result of an auto accident or workplace fall? Have you turned to chiropractic medicine and massage therapy to ease your pain? We invite you to share your experiences with our readers by leaving a comment below.

Jonah said:

Unless you treat the source of the pain, of cousre it's going to keep coming back. A massage might loosen the muscles and release the trigger points, but if you leave the massage table and adopt the poor posture and bad ergonomics that brought the problem on in the first place, then yes, it's going to come right back. If your engine is leaking oil, you can hardly expect that adding more is going to fix the problem permanently you need to find out where the leak is happening and fix it.Depending on what exactly is going on, it might be a case of needing ongoing maintenance. If it's a structural deformity like scoliosis, flat feet, or knocked knees that's the source of the problem, as an adult these things will probably not go totally away and need to be managed regularly. But if it's a case of using your body poorly bending over to lift heavy objects, using poor posture, holding a phone with your shoulder, etc., then you can change your habits and help the problem dramatically. Even fixable problems are going to take time to undo. You can't expect lasting results from one or two sessions. You didn't do this to yourself in 2-3 days, it's not going to go away in that length of time, either.

2012-05-17 04:08:09