Four Simple Steps to Ultimate Back Health
Properly executed chiropractic care promotes your body's ability to self-heal. Treatments aren't designed to mask symptoms; they help fight off an imbalance between antioxidants and free radicals in your body (also known as oxidative stress) and promote repaired DNA on a cellular level deep inside your body.
We've included some of our most crucial chiropractic care treatments as well as some lifestyle options to get your spine happy and healthy in just a few minutes per day.
Try Spinal Manipulation
Spinal manipulation is the primary therapy provided by most chiropractic physicians. Spinal manipulation consists of various ways to push, pull, and reposition essential areas of the body like the head, neck, back, shoulders, and hips. It's designed to alleviate or provide relief for back pain. Spinal manipulation should be done only by an experienced professional and is not an at-home remedy for pain relief.
When appropriately performed, spinal manipulation better aligns the spine and helps alleviate pressure on discs, joints, and nerves. It reduces inflammation and even some sinus related issues. Spinal manipulation alone will not cure acute back pain; it needs to be performed in conjunction with mobilization treatments and a knowledge of how to strengthen surrounding muscles to reduce muscle atrophy and overcompensation.
Get A Massage
Do you know anyone who doesn't love a good massage? Well, neither do we. Regular massage therapy has proven to decrease stress, improve muscle tension, and help with muscle spasms. You don't always have to visit a massage therapist to massage your muscles. From using a spa or hot tub jets to relieve muscle tension to soft-tissue foam rollers and gadgets made for the at-home massage, muscle relief is not too far from reach and can be achieved in achieved throughout a busy or even hectic day.
Additionally, we provide a massage to those injured in a car accident, so you don't have to worry about an outstanding bill when you're merely seeking relief.
Create A Manageable Stretching or Exercise Routine
For a tremendous daily stretching routine, you only need 5 minutes. Check out the following three best stretches for low back pain relief:
Child's Pose
Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch
Lying On Your Back Figure Four Stretch
Each of these stretches helps with key areas that need to function well to alleviate stress on the back and hips and when put in conjunction with exercise, will strengthen muscles and help tension from building in those super easy stress areas.
Upgrade Your Diet
Don't worry; you don't have to give up pizza or miss out on that delicious birthday cake. Simply take into consideration that studies prove eating foods that are filled with vitamins and nutrients daily can help support the spine, bone, muscle, and promote disc health.
When they say abs are made in the kitchen, so is a healthy spine and musculature. If you're dealing with chronic back pain and haven't found relief, diet is something to consider. We'll touch on this further next month in our blog, "Diet & Nutrition For A Healthy Spine."
Proper back health care has many facets and benefits, but it's important to understand there are many ways to achieve ultimate back health.
