How to Take the Best Care of Your Back

A chiropractic adjustment is the most powerful tool for maintaining a healthy spine. It keeps your spinal joints, muscles, and nervous system working together in perfect harmony. 

This is so beneficial for your overall health and wellness that regular chiropractic care is as important for your spine as regular dental care is for your teeth.

The spinal column is made up of 24 vertebrae stacked from your pelvis to the top of your neck. Each vertebra is connected to the one above and below by three joints. Every time you move, these joints need to move. 

The problem is that these joints can easily become stuck or stiff. This is called a restriction.

Just one spinal restriction can affect your entire body. When one segment of your spine gets stuck, it causes shifts and dysfunction in other parts of your spine. Picture a Jenga tower that starts to lean – some pieces slide out easy and others won’t budge no matter how hard your tap your finger on it. This is exactly what happens in your spine. 

Restrictions happen from past injuries that were never treated, poor posture, repetitive movements and sometimes for no good reason at all. The truth is that we really are not very kind to our spines. I’ve seen the way some of you guys sit.

If there is a restriction in your spine, correcting and eliminating that restriction is extremely important because over time it can get worse and eventually lead to degeneration, arthritis or severe pain. 

Why is this so? 

When you move, your spine needs to move. When one area of your spine is stuck, other areas are forced to move more than usual and this leads to wear and tear and muscle stiffness as your body attempts to protect the area that is suddenly moving too much. 

When your car needs a front end alignment, it pulls to one side or the other and the tires wear unevenly. This happens in your spine as well.

A chiropractic adjustment is simply gentle pressure applied to stiff spinal joints in order to restore normal motion. That’s it! It’s simple, safe and extremely effective. It’s the most powerful tool available to help maintain the health of your spine. The gentle pressure never pushes your spine to do anything it wasn’t physiologically meant to do. Restoring normal movement to your spine eliminates pain and releases muscle tightness.

It’s best to treat a small cavity before you even know it’s there – before it grows and you need a root canal and a crown. Likewise, it’s best to treat spinal restrictions before you know they’re there as well – before they cause pain, before they limit your enjoyment of life. 

That’s why I recommend regular chiropractic care for my patients. Most patients on a wellness plan come somewhere between every two and six weeks and they are healthier for it.