Chiropractic practices are full of clients that have chronic neck pain, in fact neck and back pain plagued individuals make up the bulk of patients most chiropractors see. With stress being a main contributing factor in many pained areas of the body, the neck is no exception. Many patients wake up each day with horrific neck pain that can also lead to head aches, some can even turn into migraine headaches. Chiropractics are one of the leading ways to treat such nagging pain. It’s so effective that many patients swear by it. Whether using chiropractics as a sole treatment option or as one part of an alternative medicine plan one cannot deny the benefits.
Alternative medicines often combined with chiropractics is massage, acupuncture even yoga.
In breaking down the word “chiropractics” it can be sourced in the two greek words, “cheir” which means hands, and “praxis” which mean hands. This is a common sense definition as most chiropractic treatments are done solely with practitioners hands to adjust the vertebrae, joints along the spine.
All chiropractics treatment plans begin with a thorough set of x-rays for the affected areas. Some chiropractors choose to take a full set of spinal x-rays as well. It’s through the reading of the x-rays that they can truly identify the specific skeletal issues that are creating the pain. Most often the practitioner will be able to show you the misaligned areas of your vertebrae and spine. It’s at this time the doctor will ask you about other contributing factors that could be contributing to your pain such as the amount of stress your under, exercise routines and practices, typical nutrition and everyday lifestyle. Generally the more experienced chiropractors will also observe the way you walk, your gait, and your medical history and any current medications and or current health issues or conditions. If you are a smoker can also be a commonly asked question.
Although you may only have neck pain the way chiropractics works is to take into account the entire position of all the vertebrae along the entire spinal column. So to have the doctor begin and manipulate not only the neck but your entire back is rather a standard practice. In fact they may begin with the back areas first if the neck is extremely painful in order to then go to the neck and start an adjustment.
The nice thing about submitting to treating neck pain via chiropractics is that the entire treatment plan is devised for you specifically. No two cases of neck pain are exactly the same so likewise no two patients are ever treated exactly the same way. Chiropractics depending upon tools such as x-rays mean that the doctor will be truly be treating the source of the pain instead of just superficially.
