Many people may not be familiar with chiropractic care and how it works. For those of you who don’t know much about chiropractic care, it may seem like a mysterious process- How do chiropractors know where to adjust? Licensed chiropractors are medical practitioners who optimize the body’s ability to heal itself and alleviate pain through spinal manipulations and other holistic methods. Read on to learn more about how chiropractors pinpoint where to adjust in order to relieve your back, spinal, and neck pain and improve your overall well-being.
How Spinal Adjustments Work
At Taylor-Made Health & Wellness, our experienced chiropractors will employ specialized tools and techniques to manipulate your neck, spine, and back depending on your individual situation. We offer highly personalized treatment that helps realign your spine and restore spine positioning and functionality to optimize your body’s natural healing abilities and alleviate pain. If you’ve been injured, or are simply suffering from chronic back pain, your spine may be out of alignment. Re-adjusting your spine and joints can help treat many kinds of pain by taking pressure off of certain parts of the body and allowing your body to move more freely.
How They Determine The Areas To Adjust
So, how do chiropractors know where to adjust? The chiropractor will start off your appointment by evaluating your physical condition and medical history. They will check for specific conditions that may require further diagnostic testing depending on the severity of your pain. The chiropractor will then formulate a personalized treatment plan based on your:
- Range of motion
- Response to joint palpations
- The severity of your symptoms
- Gait and posture
During the evaluation, the chiropractor may palpate certain joints and physically manipulate your body to see how you react in order to learn more about the scope and cause of your pain.
What Chiropractic Adjustment Treats
Chiropractic care can treat a vast range of ages and conditions, but some common conditions chiropractic adjustments can treat include:
- Migraines
- Neck pain
- Lower back pain
- Joint pain and dysfunction
- Healing after an accident or injury
- Stiff muscles
- Arthritis
- Sciatica
Your chiropractor also ensures that your joints have a full range of motion and the supporting muscles are functioning optimally. By alleviating pressure from your spine, it should improve your range of motion and aid in treating various chronic conditions, muscle stiffness, and pain.
Why Choose Chiropractic Care?
Spinal misalignments impact more than just your back- it can affect your body’s natural healing abilities, increase inflammation, and cause you to move in a way that exacerbates your condition. If you are healing from an injury or have unexpected joint misalignment, you may also need chiropractic care. The best part of chiropractic care is that it is comprehensive and holistic; rather than relying on pharmaceuticals to mask symptoms or invasive surgery that can take a long time to recuperate from, the practice pinpoints the root cause of your condition and offers a range of chiropractic adjustments and treatment options to help your body function at its best. Plus, a licensed chiropractor will have the experience to tell if your condition is beyond chiropractic care and refer you to another medical provider so you can receive additional treatment in conjunction with chiropractic care.
Contact Us Today
At Taylor-Made Health & Wellness, we believe in addressing the cause of your pain, not just masking the symptoms. Call us to schedule an appointment today.