What does a Chiropractor Do?

Well mostly we help people get out of pain.  Most commonly is that we see patient will lower back pain, neck pain, and headaches, but we also see shoulder pain, knee pain, carpal tunnel.  These are some of the most common conditions that we treat.  How do we treat them?  Most of the time we use spinal adjustment where we move the bone a little bit and give it back its motion.  A lot of times theses vertebra will get stuck (or fixated) and cause muscles surrounding the joint to become tight and inflamed.  Every patient ALWAYS gets an exercises prescription that you can do at home.  Exercises has been shown to be the most effective long term treatment for back and neck problems.  So while we get the joint moving again exercise will help to keep it there and hopefully it will not come back.   So with chiropractic care you should notice increase range of motion almost instantly or very soon after your treatment.  Sometimes we use a machine called a low voltage muscle stimulator which is designed to relax tight muscles and numb pain a little bit (we have many patients fall asleep on this table.)  We also will use traction at times to help stretch out joints even more.  Check out our blog, YouTube, Facebook, and website for more information or you can call us at 512 556-8223.