How Long Do I Have to See The Chiropractor?

"Why do I need on-going chiropractic treatments for my back pain? Why can't you, my Manahawkin 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 reasonable. The answer is logically simple, 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 problems or weaknesses in our spines that will be with us forever. Such conditions as spondylolisthesis, transitional vertebrae, fused vertebrae, and spinal curvatures are distinctive 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 learn how to use our spines so as to not cause pain. Your Manahawkin chiropractor at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center can perform the spinal manipulation designed to relieve your specific spinal condition. Then, you will want to consider its 

It is in these on-going spine problems that we - you and your Manahawkin chiropractor - must partner for the most welcome 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: tumbling off a snowmobile or ladder or wakeboard or lifting excess weight. You get the picture - things we do in our normal activities of daily living may injure us, and we wind up with back pain. So, when we hurt the spine to the level that we trigger intervertebral disc degeneration, a herniated disc, arthritis, misaligned vertebrae, etc., we now have a spinal weakness which may become the weak link in our spinal health.

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

How? You and your Manahawkin chiropractor see each other occasionally. A periodic visit to Manahawkin Chiropractic Center for spinal alignment and review of healthy spine maintenance is appropriate. Continued spinal manipulation after the original pain-relieving care is even described as a way to maintain long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is far better than having to go through repetitive treatment of Manahawkin 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 known to just go away and never return. Fortunately, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been documented as effective in reducing the number of days of pain for some sufferers. Patients for whom maintenance care was reported to be of high value viewed such care as “patient-centered” while cost, (un)availability of care, and fear of treatment concerned others. (2) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center strives to address all of these concerns which often go away as the back pain decreases.

Whether you were born with it or developed it, back pain is disruptive. Alleviation of your pain is possible with Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. Just understand that there is a logical necessity and even benefit for periodic spinal manipulation and chiropractic care for certain spine conditions. (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 value patients find with on-going chiropractic care. 

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