A common complaint about chiropractic care is, ‘That you have to keep going back to the chiropractor.’
This may make you hesitant to even start chiropractic care, since you don’t want to get ‘hooked’ on a never-ending series of adjustments.
On the other hand, you may want to address your health issues naturally without drugs or surgery. So, what do you do? Current research shows chiropractic care is very effective in treating back and neck pain as well as a number of other health issues. Additionally, you may also try natural alternatives to medication, which can help to manage pain better and improve your condition. If interested, you can try CBD products that could be prescribed by a medical professional (learn more through websites discussing such alternatives for pain).
But, you might really want to be in control of your own healthcare choices. So, sometimes using medications, properly overlooked by your doctor, is a necessary way for pain relief, especially if it is not just related to your bones. If this is the case then you may want to personally see which medications may work for you, this means having an open line of communication with your doctor and discussing the varied medications out there, whether that be traditional or alternative. With alternatives rising as the years have gone on, you might look into the quickest ways to consume cannabis or cannabis-related products, if it affects your daily life. Always make sure you have seen what is out there before honing in on one area.
I’m going to share three effective ways you can maximize the positive benefits of chiropractic adjustments and maintain control of your own care.
As we look at how you can take charge of your own healing process and have the most efficient and cost-effective natural health support, while utilizing chiropractic, let’s start by considering some basic physiology.
We know that the nerve system is the control system of the body, orchestrating the proper function of trillions of cells all at once, 24 hours a day. We also know that when there is interference with nerve function it results in pain or other symptoms, which alert us there is problem.
When everything is functioning optimally our bodies are self-regulating and self-healing without much thought on our parts. When something goes wrong with this process, our body needs to get our attention, and it is not just looking to have its messages turned off with pain medication. Meds can help in managing pain along with a few alternatives like cannabis, which can be consumed in multiple ways like CBD oils, gummies and other edibles, vaporizers (learn more through websites such as https://beinghuman.org/a-guide-to-choosing-the-right-vaporizer-for-you/), etc. However, chiropractic and physical therapy can help to heal the root cause of the pain.
The objective of chiropractic adjustments is to reduce the cause of the nerve interference so that your body can get on with proper healing and regeneration. Today we want to explore how to get the most benefit from your chiropractic care.
So, let’s look at the 3 main factors that help you get optimum chiropractic results.
First: There is The Healing Journey
Some people think they are either ‘In Adjustment’ or ‘Out of Adjustment’. They believe chiropractic adjustments are something like an On – Off Switch. It can seem this way because they usually feel better after an adjustment, but then over time their discomfort starts to return.
As we considered a moment ago, adjustments remove nerve interference, so that your body can better heal itself from ‘the inside, out’. This is certainly not a ‘one and done’ process.
Adjustments should be thought of more along the way you see eating, sleeping or exercise. All these activities help you recharge, heal or strengthen, but they need to be of good quality, and they must be repeated at the proper frequency for you to be at your best.
The adjustment process is something like a trek from Point A toward Point B. It is composed of many steps rather than one leap from A to B. If the adjustment moves you forward 4 steps, and then events in your life cause you to go backward 1 step, you still have a net forward movement of 3 steps, which is progress. If however, you take 4 steps forward and then move 4 or more backward, there is no progress.
This leads us to the other 2 factors for optimizing chiropractic care.
Number 2: Adjustment Frequency Matters
Proper adjustment frequency keeps you moving forward and insures that each chiropractic adjustment builds on the one before. The optimal frequency has to be based on various factors: including your current health state and your goals. If you are young, basically very healthy and have an acute lower back pain, your care plan will be shorter and require less adjustments than an older person in poor general health with a chronic, recurrent and degenerated lower back complaint.
If your goal is simply to get out of pain, your plan will be different than someone who wants to achieve and maintain optimum health. Your chiropractor can evaluate your condition and recommend options related to your desired goals. This teamwork in structuring an agreed plan of action is important.
So, be sure to speak with your chiropractor about your specific goals and create a detailed plan together for your health journey. With the proper plan, adjustments can result in much more than relief of pain and symptoms. They can also support your regeneration and lead to progressively higher levels of health.
The 3rd Key Factor: Is That ‘Lifestyle Matters’
What you do between adjustments is important. Since the nerve interference, which creates subluxations, can be caused by Physical, Chemical, and Mental-Emotional stresses, the lifestyle choices you make are more important than you may think. For instance, your back pain was caused due to sitting long hours on stiff chairs in the office. If you go back to the same habit after the adjustments, it might be of no use. A healing period might be necessary after the adjustments. Additionally, you can ask your employer to provide ergonomic and comfortable chairs (from office monster or similar office supplies business) that might not cause the back issue to relapse. On a similar note, things like sitting or standing posture, dietary choices, hydration levels, and sleep quality all play roles in your health. If the stresses from these activities are greater than your body’s ability to recover or adapt, you will become more subluxated.
Subluxation, by the way, is a chiropractic term for the structural distortions, which produce nerve interference. Left untreated, the distortions cause postural change and even affect the function of your organ systems. This is not the kind of cumulative change you want. Much of what people call aging is in fact the degenerative changes resulting from years of nerve interference and poor lifestyle choices. The good news is that it is never too late to turn this around. And, the sooner you do the higher your quality of life going forward.
If you would like more specific information on lifestyle choices and activities that help you heal and make your chiropractic adjustments more effective, contact out @mpoweredchiro on social media, along with my website – www.mpoweredchiro.com. Small changes can make a big difference in your overall health.
By Dr. Jeff Luke