Waltham Chiropractic - Chiropractic Therapy to Avoid Back Surgery

The Medical Approach		The Chiropractic Approach
The medical approach to back pain is to treat the symptoms using painkillers, muscle relaxers and various orthopedic treatments which may include traction, physical therapy and other therapeutic measures. Some back pain is particularly frustrating to the medical doctor because in many cases even strong pain killing drugs bring little or no relief. However, medical relief may be obtained from injections of pain killers directly into the nerve roots. Drug dependency, however, may develop among some patients. If the pain is not relieved, orthopedic and neuro-surgery may be resorted to as alternative treatments.		Chiropractic therapy corrects poor spinal alignment using spinal adjustments to relieve irritation to the spinal nerves, joints, and discs. Just as we get our car’s alignment checked out and corrected, so must we get our spine checked out and corrected with chiropractic therapy. Throughout our lives, we have our teeth checked, blood pressure checked and eyes checked, but do we ever have our spines checked? If the spine becomes misaligned, it can damage (or impinge) the nervous system, weaken the body and set the stage for disease, pain and body malfunction. Chiropractic therapy can bring relief from neck pain, back pain, and leg pain without the need for back surgery.

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