How Long Do I Have to See The Chiropractor?

"Why do I need on-going chiropractic treatments for my back pain? Why can't you, my Minster chiropractor, just treat it and end the pain forever?"

This is not an atypical question, and it's also quite reasonable. The answer is logically simple, too, though two-fold: we are born with spinal issues or we acquire them.

BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN

Some of us are born with spinal conditions 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 path to "get a new back bone" if one of these conditions is ours. So we must learn how to use our spines so as to not trigger pain. Your Minster chiropractor at Minster Chiropractic Center can perform the spinal manipulation intended to ease your specific spinal condition. Then, you will want to think about its 

It is in these on-going spine problems that we - you and your Minster chiropractor - must work together for the greatest outcome, even coming in for occasional spinal manipulation. (1)

LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN

Some of us hurt our backs. We do things that harm the seemingly healthiest of spines: tumbling off a snowmobile or ladder or wakeboard or lifting too much weight. You get the picture - things we do in everyday activities of daily living may injure us, and we end 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 will contend with a spinal weakness which may become the vulnerable link in our spinal health.

We all must keep up a strong, well-aligned spine and utilize the spine with the respect and knowledge of dodging those activities that could trigger pain.

How? You and your Minster chiropractor see each other every so often. A periodic visit to Minster Chiropractic Center 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 obtain long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is far better than having to go through repeated treatment of Minster back pain. It averts pain and suffering in this moment and decreases the chance 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 reason for disability around the world. It’s persistent or recurrent for many people. It is not common that it just goes away and never returns. Fortunately, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been found to be effective in reducing the number of days of pain 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) Minster Chiropractic Center 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 disruptive. Relief is possible with Minster Chiropractic Center. 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 discusses the initial back pain relieving treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and the value patients discover with on-going chiropractic care. 

Schedule your Minster chiropractic appointment with Minster Chiropractic Center today for more details about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.