Seven Neuromusculoskeletal Conditions that Chiropractic Care Can Help

If your back is hurting, it is difficult to ignore it. It’s the proverbial “elephant in the room.” It affects everything that you do. The pain can be so severe, it makes it hard for you to do anything. 

You may want to consider getting chiropractic care for your severe back pain. Chiropractic care, a type of manual therapy, may alleviate your back pain. Spinal manipulation is the best-known element of chiropractic adjustment, but it’s not the main reason patients see a chiropractor. Chiropractic adjustments can align your musculoskeletal system with benefits beyond your back. 

At Apple Wellness Center, Michael Pasternack, DC, our team regularly sees patients who have a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions. Chiropractic care can relieve pain in the spine and other places on your body. 

Here are several neuromusculoskeletal conditions that chiropractic care may be able to help.  

1. Fewer headaches: Approximately 12% of Americans have migraines. *** Migraines and headaches can get in the way of your quality of life. They can be difficult to diagnose and treat. Chiropractic care may alleviate chronic headaches. You may not need prescription drugs or over-the-counter medications. Dr. Pasternack combines spinal manipulation with therapies such as massage, stretching, and nutritional advice.
2. Soft tissue restoration: Chiropractic care may assist you in musculoskeletal injury recovery or relieve the symptoms of degenerative conditions like osteoarthritis. This includes injuries to muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints. These injuries may take time to heal. Our chiropractic team specializes in chiropractic care to improve nerve function and relieve pain. So, you can focus on healing and physical therapy.
3. Improved digestion: Healthy digestion depends partly on the nervous system as nerves in the spine control the digestive process. Any spinal misalignments can cause serious digestive issues. Constipation, diarrhea, heartburn, and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) can be treated with chiropractic care. Dr. Pasternack uses manipulations to remove nerve blockages that prevent proper digestion, to help you feel better.
4. Increased mobility. If you have pain while walking or moving, your body may be telling you something is wrong, Degenerative conditions begin slowly and painlessly. Later, joints, connective tissues, and muscles get tighter or weaker, restricting your range of motion. Chiropractic care will help joint mobility and flexibility, so you regain range of motion, Chiropractic adjustments also improve muscle strength. Dr. Pasternack’s treatments loosen tight muscles and strengthen weak muscles, so you are balanced within the musculoskeletal system.
5. Restful sleep. If you cannot sleep well, everything will suffer. If you are not sleeping well every night, you will be fatigued, and irritable, suffer from cognitive issues, and may even drive dangerously. Your quality of life will be hurt. Consistent chiropractic manipulation improves quality sleep by relieving stress and reducing strain on nerves and bones in your spine.
6. Improved balance. Your ability to maintain your physical balance declines with age. You have to have it to stand and move without collapsing. Dizziness and balance issues reduce your ability to do normal, daily things. Chiropractic care reduces feelings of dizziness, such as vertigo. Chiropractic treatment targets your head and neck and improves how your joints move so there is less dizziness.
7. Muscle tension. Stress causes havoc in your body in so many ways, some even fatal. Your life situation may be causing constant tension in your muscles which may be manifested in tension headaches and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder. Chiropractic care targets areas of tension in your body to relieve pain and restore wellness. 

If you are experiencing pain, see your chiropractor as soon as possible. Schedule an assessment with us at Apple Wellness Center to find out how chiropractic care could fit into your wellness routine. Contact our Winchester, Virginia office at 540-224-7220 or book an appointment online.

*** For more information, visit the Mayo Clinic website. 

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