Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain

Hours of driving, hectic schedule, improper posture at one's workstation, and much more!!! With all this trauma your body is put through, it is not surprising to hear people complain about a bad neck pain. In fact, there are people who wake up everyday with a terrible neck pain, and also end their day with it.

They are least bothered about treating it, unless it aggravates. Well, at least they finally wake up to the fact that something is wrong.

Chiropractic therapy is one way of treating neck pain. In fact, many people swear by it, saying it identifies the root cause of pain and relieves it to a greater extent than alternative therapies like massage, acupuncture, yoga, and so on.

Chiropractic is a combination of two Greek words. Cheir meaning hands and praxis meaning action. This is because the practitioners, i.e. chiropractors, mainly use their hands to treat neck pain by adjusting the joints and the spine. You must be wondering how do they go about this entire process! Well, read on.

Now, when you see a chiropractor and tell him about your neck pain, he does not just focus on the neck pain, but delves deeper into the problem. He addresses various issues like your nutrition, your everyday stress, your lifestyle, and so on.

He also checks your neck, your mid back and lower back, since sometimes it may seem like you have neck pain, but probably something else is the actual problem. A chiropractor will also analyze the way you walk, your posture, the spinal alignment, and every small details about your past medical history.

Learning this information makes it easy for him to treat your pain. The basic rule of chiropractic care for neck pain, is that nothing is generalized. Each case is different, and hence, treated only after thorough examination of the same. Chiropractors chalk out an effective treatment plan for the patient.

In this way, the chiropractor identifies the root cause of the pain and not just superficial pain, so that you live a pain-free life.

The treatment plan that a chiropractor suggests for neck pain includes various stages. Firstly, the chiropractor decides the treatment and in particular to neck pain, the manipulation treatment works, which is discussed in detail in the next section. Then comes the training stage, where the patient is taught about the various restrictions he must follow, so that the problem is not aggravated further. Last is the prevention stage, which includes the dos and don'ts of the treatment. Let's get to know each of these stages in detail.

• Manipulation Treatment: Chiropractic neck adjustments are also called cervical manipulations. Many people look at it as the best option of treatment, since it does not involve any medication and surgical repairs. 

This treatment method includes using hand movements with gentle thrusting or non-thrusting techniques, whichever is required or effective for that particular type of neck pain.

This therapeutic massage is used by chiropractors to loosen the joints around the neck, that have been causing pain when they are moved. Then the vertebrae is brought back in alignment with a snap and sharp twist of neck.

• Training: This forms the most important stage of the chiropractor's treatment. In this stage, a patient is taught how to take care of his / her body as regards to the neck pain. A schedule of exercises is given and taught to the patient to be practiced at home. Moreover, the patient is educated about his problem, exposed to the do's and the don'ts, and taught how to massage himself to relieve the pain, in case it is needed.

• Prevention: Once you are relieved of the pain, there is every possibility it can arise again. Hence, one has to be very carefully that such a problem doesn't arise in the future again. By the end of the treatment, the chiropractor must have identified the root cause of the pain or any strain the body is exposed to at home, while playing or while at work. 

You would be told to avoid certain activities or would be given tips to do it in a proper way, so as to prevent neck pain problem from reoccurring in the future.

Chiropractic care for neck pain does not require you to undergo surgery or take any medication. It is the best option for fixing the real source of pain, and has had high patient satisfaction results!

Disclaimer: This Story is for informative purposes only and does not, in any way, intend to replace the advice of a medical expert.