subject: Brief On Chiropractic Treatment For Lower Back Pain [print this page] The lower back pain is the most common problem that affects more than 80% of the people worldwide at some point of their lives. In the United States alone its been considered as the one of the most common neurological condition that results in usual job related drawbacks that leads to employment failure.
Generally the lower back pain emerges because of soft tissue or muscle strain in the musculoskeletal system. Musculoskeletal is a system made up of various muscle and skeleton that facilitates the movement, support and the stability of the human body. Hence such pain should not be neglected and proper care should be taken at the earliest. A chiropractor is the right person to consult with such lower back pain. The success rate of chiropractic treatment for lower back pain is higher and as it is non-surgical drug free therapy, it is subtle for the patients.
Chiropractic is a profession that deals with diagnosis, treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal disorder. Despite several chiropractic techniques available to the chiropractor, the most commonly used technique is the spinal adjustment technique. Also known as chiropractic adjustment or spinal manipulation, more than 90% of the chiropractor in Virginia uses this technique to cure patients suffering from lower back pain. In this technique, hands are used to massage, adjust, stimulate, mobilize and manipulate the spine and the muscles surrounding them. There are several claims made that range of acute as well as chronic lower back pain patients have been relieved using such technique.
For complete chiropractic treatment for lower back pain, a patient is recommended a regular course of 2 weeks. During this period of time, along with regular treatment, the patient is also offered a range of services such as:
Physical Modalities: in order to accompany and increase the healing effects, several types of equipment such as electrical muscle stimulation, ultrasound, mechanical traction, etc. are offered to the patient.
Corrective Exercises: a range of exercises such as stretching, cardiovascular and strengthening, is taught to the patients, which can restore their body motions, ease lower back pain, and increase back strength. Usually these exercises are simple but it can improve the effectiveness of the spine correction by up to 35-40 %.
Life Style Advice: some chiropractic health centers also coach their patients on how their daily activities should be handled. They teach them on how to avoid certain activities or do it differently in order to prevent any further harm to their back.
Nutritional Counseling: the patient is informed which vitamins and nutrition they lack and is advised the right supplements that would help them increase the healing effect of the chiropractic treatment.
