Chiropractic Care For Chronic Back Pain
What is chronic back pain, and how can a chiropractor help?
At times, chronic pain can feel like it’s taking over your life. And despite the cause of your condition, pain can easily interfere with your mental health, social connections, and ability to complete even simple tasks.
While chronic back pain may seem hopeless to overcome at times, the good news is that there is a solution. Our chiropractors at Midwest Chiropractic Center LLC in Worthington can help you manage symptoms and eventually leave chronic pain in the past. With our holistic approach to healing, chiropractic treatment focuses on a patient’s physical condition, emotional health, and other lifestyle factors to provide them the best care possible.
Let’s tackle chronic back pain together. Set up your first appointment at Midwest Chiropractic Center LLC in Worthington today!
Acute and Chronic Pain
Everyone feels the sensation of pain at different points in life, and whether it’s from an injury, cut, fall, or headache, numerous causes, and conditions contribute to the condition.
Pain is often inflicted by an injury or tissue damage but can be present for many other reasons. There are two different classifications of pain: acute and chronic.
Acute Pain
Acute pain is short-term, lasting for less than six months at a time. This is the most common type of pain that is often brought on when an injury or tissue damage has occurred. Acute pain is usually a sudden sensation that generally has a specific cause, such as a bone fracture, childbirth, surgery, or burns.
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is an ongoing and persistent condition that lasts for at least six months, exceeding a normal healing time. In many cases where chronic pain is caused by a specific diagnosis, pain impulses can remain active for several weeks, months, or even years. Even if there is no detectable physical damage, underlying condition, or prior injuries, patients can still experience persistent pain.
Chronic pain can interfere with normal activities, such as working, having a social life, self-care, or athletics. In some cases, it can cause depression, anxiety, and sleep disruptions, which can all trigger or worsen the pain.
Common Forms of Chronic Pain
Chronic pain can be felt in all areas of the body. Specific disorders that affect the joints are the most common contributors to chronic pain, such as osteoarthritis, tendonitis, and repetitive strain injury (RSI).
Other forms of chronic pain include:
- Back pain.
- Arthritis, or joint pain.
- Neck pain.
- Pain from a tumor.
- Headaches/migraines.
- Testicular pain (orchialgia).
- Scar tissue pain.
- Muscular pain.
- Neurogenic pain by damage to the nerves or other parts of the nervous system (sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc.).
Those with chronic pain will typically experience burning, stiffness, aching, and throbbing in the affected area. The severity of pain will either remain consistent or fluctuate throughout the day. Sometimes, chronic pain can even affect your mental health by triggering anxiety, depression, and mood swings.
What Causes Chronic Pain?
Chronic pain is a complex issue because it doesn’t always have a singular cause. Some diseases, such as cancer and arthritis, have been known to cause pain, and untreated injuries or specific illnesses can also be contributing factors. Psychogenic or psychosomatic pain occurs when there is no detectable root cause and are typically caused by mental or emotional factors.
Why Seek Chiropractic Care?
Chiropractic care can be a successful treatment option for chronic back pain. Chiropractors use many non-surgical treatments, such as spinal manipulation, to address chronic pain, inflammation, and muscle tension.
Chiropractors correct alignment, enhance motion and physical function and promote the body’s natural healing process. Depending on the condition, these musculoskeletal specialists modify and manipulate the spine and other extremities. Chiropractors use a specific controlled force on certain body parts with their hands or an assistive device.
Treatments and What to Expect
While chiropractic care mostly centers around spinal manipulation, chiropractors may also include other treatments, such as:
- Manual or manipulative therapies
- Postural correction
- Exercises
- Patient education
- Ergonomic training (learning how to limit back strain in daily settings)
Chiropractors often work with primary physicians, surgeons, and other pain specialists to treat patients with back pain.
Resolve Your Back Pain at Midwest Chiropractic Center LLC Today.
If you’re living with chronic pain, you know how physically demanding the condition can be. Our chiropractors understand the challenges of back pain and, more importantly, how to resolve symptoms! To book your first appointment, contact our clinic today!