Injury Recovery and Chiropractic Care: A Winning Combination
Have you recently suffered a musculoskeletal injury? Maybe you strained your back and are now dealing with persistent back pain. Perhaps you developed whiplash after a motor vehicle accident. No matter what caused your pain, injury recovery with chiropractic care can help you find relief.
Chiropractic care is founded on the principle that the body can heal itself–that pharmaceuticals and surgery shouldn’t be the first option when addressing impairments in the body. This principle makes the chiropractors at Legacy Chiropractic an ideal choice for providing all-natural, holistic approaches to managing your injuries.
Keep reading to learn more about injury recovery with chiropractic care. Want more personalized guidance? Schedule an appointment at our Louisiana clinic!
What Injuries Can Chiropractic Care Help With?
Chiropractic is an excellent choice for addressing several common musculoskeletal injuries, not just back injuries. While it’s true that chiropractic care emphasizes spinal health, our techniques are appropriate for other joint and muscular issues.
Here are just a few of the conditions we can help treat:
- Minor sprains, which occur when the ligaments in a joint become damaged
- Minor strains, which occur when the muscles or tendons become damaged
- Whiplash, a set of strain- and sprain-like symptoms that affect the neck
- Herniated discs, which occur when the intervertebral discs in your spine rupture or bulge, irritating nearby nerves
- Hip impingement, which occurs when the ball pinches the socket of the hip joint and causes pain.
- Also, keep in mind that those mysterious aches and pains you develop throughout your life often stem from overuse injuries. Overuse injuries occur gradually, developing over time due to repetitive movements or improper postures.
If you notice a persistent, non-debilitating pain in one of your joints, it could be an overuse injury. Our chiropractors can let you know for sure (and help you address it at its root cause).
How Can Chiropractic Care Help You Recover from Injuries?
We always begin with a comprehensive assessment to help us understand your overall situation. We’ll take a complete health history, review your symptoms, and conduct several simple screens to analyze your posture, alignment, and mobility.
All this information gives us insight into the nature of your injury and what treatment methods will most effectively address it. We’ll then create your customized program, pulling from various techniques to reduce pain, improve mobility, and treat your injury at its source:
- Manual therapy refers to several hands-on, drug-free methods for managing pain and facilitating your body’s natural healing processes. For example, soft-tissue manipulation is a massage-like technique that improves blood circulation and eases restrictions in your muscles, tendons, or ligaments.
- Chiropractic adjustments are among the most recognizable treatments in chiropractic care–especially spinal adjustments. The technique involves sharply thrusting a joint (not just the spine!) through its current range of motion, often resulting in an audible pop sound. It helps improve mobility and improve your body’s alignment.
- Corrective exercises are targeted movements that help address muscular imbalances or weaknesses contributing to your injury. For example, back injuries often stem from weakened core muscles, so improving your core strength can help prevent future injuries.
This is only a small sample of the technique we offer. Depending on your needs, we might also utilize spinal decompression (a gentle, equipment-assisted stretch of the spine) or pain-relieving modalities like electrical stimulation (which uses a mild electric pulse to address pain).
Don’t let the pain from an injury hold you back. Injury recovery with chiropractic care offers a variety of options. Contact Legacy Chiropractic today to schedule your initial assessment!