Back Pain
Back pain has many different causes and presentations. Our focus is on chronic pain, particularly cases that have not gotten better with other treatment modalities such as medications, physical therapy, acupuncture, chiropractic, and massage. In our experience, most patients with treatment-resistant chronic back pain experience meaningful improvement with visceral and neural manipulation.
Back pain is one of the most common reasons people consult chiropractors. When the joints of the spine become misaligned they develop distorted asymmetric patterns of movement which creates excess tension in the muscles of the back.
There are many different causes of back pain. Spinal sprains and strains, spinal disc injuries, and spinal degeneration or degenerative disc disease, also known as arthritis are some of the more common causes of back pain. All of these problems can potentially get better with natural physical medicine approaches such as chiropractic, physical therapy, and massage.
Chiropractic treatment may include manipulating or adjusting the spine. This can often restore normal movement patterns, reducing or eliminating muscle tension and pain. In addition, massage or physical therapy can often reduce excess tension in the muscles, allowing the joints to return to more normal movement patterns and reducing or eliminating pain.
But what if the pain and tension keeps coming back? What if you get an adjustment and your spine just “goes out of place” again after a couple hours or a couple days? What if you get a massage and all that pain and tension just comes back the next day? What can be done to address your back pain with more lasting results?
If the pain comes back after treatment, that may indicate that it is caused by a deeper problem, such as restriction in the connective tissues of the internal organs in the abdomen, pelvis, or ribcage. By slowing down and looking deeper, we can find these deeper restrictions and gently release them. This allows the spine to return to normal movement so the damaged tissues can heal.
If you are struggling with back pain that is not resolving with treatment, please reach out to us. We have helped many people in your situation and we’d be happy to help you too!
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