How Long Do I Have to See The Chiropractor?
"Why do I need continued chiropractic treatments for my back pain? Why can't you, my Toronto chiropractor, just treat it and put a stop to the pain altogether so it doesn't come back?"
This is not a bizarre question, and it's also quite perceptive. The answer is fairly understandable, too, though two-fold: we are born with spine-pain issues or we acquire them.
BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN
Some of us are born with spinal weaknesses that will be with us forever. Such conditions as spondylolisthesis, transitional vertebrae, fused vertebrae, and spinal curvatures are unique to one's own spine. There is no route to "get a new back bone" if one of these conditions is our own. So we must learn how to respect our spines so as to not cause pain. Your Toronto chiropractor at Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre can deliver the spinal manipulation designed to ease your specific spinal condition. Then, you'll want to consider its
- proper ergonomic use (how to lift, bend, twist, sit, stand, walk, climb, reach, pull, etc.). You don't want to put your now-pain-relieved spine in jeopardy again.
- nutritional needs - Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre will share some nutrition ideas to bolster certain weaknesses of the spine.
- strengthening prerequisites - Our simple exercises don't take long but will take you and your spine far in preserving its strength!
It is in these continued spine problems that we - you and your Toronto chiropractor - must collaborate for the most welcome outcome, even coming in for occasional spinal manipulation. (1)
LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN
Some of us injure our backs. We do things that damage the seemingly healthiest of spines: falling off a snowmobile or ladder or wakeboard or lifting too much weight. You get the picture - things we do in our normal activities of daily living may harm us, and we wind up with back pain. So, when we hurt the spine to the extent that we cause intervertebral disc degeneration, a herniated disc, arthritis, misaligned vertebrae, etc., we now have a spinal weakness which may become the vulnerable link in our spinal health.
We all must maintain a strong, well-aligned spine and use the spine with the respect and knowledge of avoiding those activities that could cause it pain.
How? You and your Toronto chiropractor see each other occasionally. A recurring visit to Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre for spinal alignment and review of healthy spine maintenance is appropriate. Continued spinal manipulation after the initial pain-relieving care is even suggested as a way to maintain long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is much better than having to go through repetitive treatment of Toronto back pain. It averts pain and suffering in the present and decreases the risk of further spine pain in the future.
PATIENT-CENTERED BACK PAIN CARE: CHIROPRACTIC
A new report described the reality of low back pain being a major cause of disability around the world. It’s persistent or recurrent for many people. It is not common that it just goes away and never returns. Luckily, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been reported as effective in reducing painful days for some sufferers. Patients for whom maintenance care was reported to be of high value described such care as “patient-centered” while cost, (un)availability of care, and fear of treatment concerned others. (2) Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre strives to address all of these concerns which often go away as the back pain decreases.
Whether you were born with it or developed it, back pain is not fun. Remedy is possible with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre. Just understand that there is a logical necessity and even benefit for occasional spinal manipulation and chiropractic care for certain spine conditions. (1)
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. William Hoffman on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the initial back pain relieving treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and the benefit patients discover with on-going chiropractic care.
Schedule your Toronto chiropractic appointment with Yorkville Chiropractic and Wellness Centre today for more details about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.
