Servicing Your Spine At Return 2 Health Chiropractic Clinic
Servicing Your Spine
Most of us have suffered or will suffer from some form of back pain in our lifetime. Along with sorting out back pain as and when it occurs, chiropractors also try to help and educate people.
This involves making them aware of the factors that may contribute to back pain and how to counteract, correct and eliminate them so as to try and prevent it where possible.
This involves making them aware of the factors that may contribute to back pain and how to counteract, correct and eliminate them so as to try and prevent it where possible.
Posture
Posture and general lifestyle can play a large role in contributing to bouts of back pain.
Chiropractors often hear:
Such acute flare-ups of back pain can occur due to poor posture along with general day-to-day bad habits. Our bodies were not built to conduct repetitive tasks on a daily basis, such as sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day or driving for long periods of time. Therefore it is imperative for the health of our spines to take regular breaks from the desk and when on car journeys, but most importantly to exercise and strive to keep our bodies healthy.
We have our cars regularly serviced BEFORE they break down, because we know prevention is better than cure.
We have our cars regularly serviced BEFORE they break down, because we know prevention is better than cure.
Why do we wait for pain before we consult a chiropractor?
As a nation we are brought up to visit the dentist every 6 months on a preventative basis, but no one routinely advises us to book a spine checkup – why is this?
You can replace your teeth with dentures, but you can’t replace your spine! Therefore, we highly advise routine spine checkups.
Such visits are very individual; for an elderly patient with a lot of wear and tear it may be prudent to visit every 3 months to ensure optimum care of the surrounding joints. For children every 6 months to a year would suffice as long as they do not have other complications such as scoliosis which may require more monitoring.
You can replace your teeth with dentures, but you can’t replace your spine! Therefore, we highly advise routine spine checkups.
Such visits are very individual; for an elderly patient with a lot of wear and tear it may be prudent to visit every 3 months to ensure optimum care of the surrounding joints. For children every 6 months to a year would suffice as long as they do not have other complications such as scoliosis which may require more monitoring.
