Your back pain is gone so your need for chiropractic care is gone too, right?
Discontinuing your adjustments might be a short-sighted decision that overlooks the long-term benefits of regular chiropractic care. While relief from musculoskeletal pain is an effective reason to choose chiropractic, the primary goal of your treatments is the correction and maintenance of your body’s alignment and balance.
The team at Active Care Chiropractic & Rehabilitation offers health benefits that may not be obvious in the short term. We’ve compiled this list of seven long-term benefits offered through regular chiropractic care.
In today’s society, long hours spent seated at computers and using digital devices like smartphones and tablets can place strain on both the lower back and the neck, resulting in chronic pain conditions if left untreated.
Chiropractic treatment corrects misalignments and unbalances of the spine, a fantastic benefit for patients who are in pain. Continuing regular care after the pain is gone keeps the pain away, restoring spinal balance before it degrades enough to become symptomatic again.
Simply, if you aren’t hurting, you won’t reach for pain meds. Even when you have a chronic and degenerative condition like osteoarthritis, regular adjustments keep your body working at peak efficiency, so even if you still require pain medication, chances are you’ll require smaller doses less often.
Tension headaches are often unavoidable, reactions to busy lifestyles, job pressure, and other sources of stress. Treating the upper spine with chiropractic adjustments can reduce the frequency and intensity of tension headaches, particularly for patients with chronic headache conditions.
Regular chiropractic care resets your musculoskeletal balance and it’s a powerful influence when you seek to combat the challenges that daily life presents in the form of posture-busting activities and positions. The more time you spend in balance, the easier it is to maintain.
When your joints are out of alignment, they may be stiff and immobile, even if they aren’t causing pain. Restoring alignment means they work better on their own as well as together. Overall, your body performs as a synchronized system. You may notice improvements to balance and ease of movement.
You’re more likely to sidestep a greater number of injuries when your body is balanced, stable, and moves well. Your spine’s natural curvature places your center of gravity in a central position, making it easy for you to move with more natural grace.
The presence of pain can add to your stress load on its own, so all the pain-relieving benefits of chiropractic care combine to lower stress levels. Chiropractic adjustments release endorphins, feel-good hormones that produce sensations of well-being. In turn, your body releases less of the stress hormone cortisol. You may relax and sleep more easily.
There are compelling reasons to use chiropractic care as a regular body maintenance therapy, the same way you might use exercise or yoga. Learn more by visiting the nearest office of Active Care Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. Call or click to arrange your visit today.
