So long as patients only come to look for chiropractic help and care when the pain
from which they are suffering is more than they can endure, then their long standing problems will not really get better. Such crisis management of chiropractic care is typically considerably more expensive and time consuming than are preventative maintenance kinds of visits. Chiropractors will still be willing and able to help out with these types of emergency situations for their patients in dire need anyway, whatever their overall health goals may turn out to be. The choice in type of care and number of visits that the patient elects to do under the care of the chiropractor is entirely up to the person in question.