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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 Carrolltown chiropractor, just treat it and put a stop to the pain altogether so it doesn't come back?"

This is not an atypical question, and it's also quite perceptive. The answer is fairly understandable, too, though dual: we are born with spinal issues or we develop them.

BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN

Some of us are born with spinal weaknesses that will be with us forever. Such conditions as spondylolisthesistransitional 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 figure out how to respect our spines so as to not cause pain. Your Carrolltown chiropractor at Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation can perform the spinal manipulation designed to ease your specific spinal condition. Then, you'll want to think about its 

  • proper ergonomic use (how to lift, bend, twist, sit, stand, walk, climb, reach, pull, etc.). You don't want to compromise your now-pain-relieved spine further or again.
  • nutritional needs - Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation will share some nutrition ideas to strengthen certain weaknesses of the spine.
  • strengthening requirements - Our simple exercises don't take long but will take you and your spine far in keeping it strong!

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

LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN

Some of us hurt our backs. We do things that damage the best of spines: falling off a snowmobile or ladder or wakeboard or lifting excess weight. You get the idea - things we do in everyday activities of daily living may injure us, and we end up with back pain. So, when we damage the spine to the level that we cause intervertebral disc degeneration, a herniated discarthritis, misaligned vertebrae, etc., we now have a spinal weakness which may become the weak link in our spinal health.

We all must maintain a strong, well-aligned spine and utilize the spine with the respect and knowledge of staying away from those activities that could cause it pain.

How? You and your Carrolltown chiropractor see each other on occasion. A recurring visit to Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation for spinal alignment and assessment of healthy spine maintenance is appropriate. Continued spinal manipulation after the original pain-relieving care is even proposed as a way to chieve long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is far better than having to go through repetitive treatment of Carrolltown back pain. It averts pain and suffering in this moment and decreases the risk 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 globally. It is persistent or recurrent for many people. It is not common that it just goes away and never returns. Luckily, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been reported as effective in reducing painful days for some sufferers. Patients for whom maintenance care was recorded to be of high value described such care as “patient-centered” while cost, (un)availability of care, and fear of treatment worried others. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation 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 no fun. Remedy is possible with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation. Just understand that there is a logical necessity and even benefit for periodic spinal manipulation and chiropractic care for certain spine problems. (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 Carrolltown chiropractic appointment with Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation today for more details about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.

 
There is value in seeing your chiropractor beyond pain relief especially for spinal conditions that you’ll have the rest of your life.  
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