How Long Do I Have to See The Chiropractor?

"Why do I need continued chiropractic treatments for my back pain? Why can't you, my Juneau chiropractor, just treat it and put a stop to the pain altogether so it doesn't come back?"

This is not an unexpected question, and it's also quite sensible. The answer is fairly understandable, too, though two-fold: we are born with spine-pain issues or we acquire them.

BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN

Some of us are born with spinal weaknesses that will be with us forever. Such conditions as spondylolisthesis, transitional vertebrae, fused vertebrae, and spinal curvatures are unique to one's own spine. There is no way to "get a new back bone" if one of these conditions is ours. So we must figure out how to use our spines so as to not cause pain. Your Juneau chiropractor at Aurora Chiropractic Center can deliver the spinal manipulation designed to relieve your specific spinal condition. Then, you'll want to consider its 

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

LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN

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

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

How? You and your Juneau chiropractor see each other every so often. A recurring visit to Aurora Chiropractic Center for spinal alignment and assessment of healthy spine maintenance is good. Continued spinal manipulation after the initial pain-relieving care is even suggested as a way to chieve long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is much better than having to go through repetitive treatment of Juneau back pain. It averts pain and suffering in this moment and reduces the chance 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 cause of disability around the world. 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 found to be effective in reducing the number of days of pain 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 concerned others. (2) Aurora Chiropractic Center strives to address all of these concerns which often go away as the back pain diminishes.

Whether you were born with it or developed it, back pain is not fun. Alleviation of your pain is possible with Aurora Chiropractic Center. Just understand that there is a logical need and even benefit for occasional 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 describes the initial back pain relieving treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and the benefit patients discover with on-going chiropractic care. 

Schedule your Juneau chiropractic appointment with Aurora Chiropractic Center today for more information about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.