How Long Do I Have to See The Chiropractor?

"Why do I need on-going chiropractic treatments for my back pain? Why can't you, my Groton chiropractor, just treat it and end the pain forever?"

This is not an unexpected question, and it's also really logical. The answer is logically understandable, too, though two-fold: we are born with spine-pain issues or we acquire them.

BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN

Some of us are born with problems or weaknesses in our spines that will be with us all life through. Such conditions as spondylolisthesis, transitional vertebrae, fused vertebrae, and spinal curvatures are distinctive to one's own spine. There is no way to "get a new back bone" if one of these conditions is our own. So we must figure out how to respect our spines so as to not trigger pain. Your Groton chiropractor at Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office can deliver the spinal manipulation intended to ease your specific spinal condition. Then, you will want to think about its 

It is in these continued spine problems that we - you and your Groton chiropractor - must work together for the greatest outcome, even coming in for periodic spinal manipulation. (1)

LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN

Some of us injure our backs. We do things that injure the best of spines: tumbling off a snowmobile or ladder or wakeboard or lifting too much weight. You get the picture - things we do in our normal activities of daily living may injure us, and we wind up with back pain. So, when we hurt the spine to the extent that we cause intervertebral disc degeneration, a herniated disc, arthritis, misaligned vertebrae, etc., we now will contend with a spinal weakness which may become the weak link in our spinal health.

We all must maintain a strong, well-aligned spine and utilize the spine with the respect and knowledge of avoiding those settings that could cause it pain.

How? You and your Groton chiropractor see each other on occasion. An occasional visit to Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office for spinal alignment and assessment of healthy spine maintenance is helpful. Post-continued spinal manipulation after the original pain-relieving care is even proposed as a way to chieve long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is much better than having to go through repetitive treatment of Groton back pain. It averts pain and suffering in the present and reduces the risk of further spine pain in the future.

PATIENT-CENTERED BACK PAIN CARE: CHIROPRACTIC

A recent report described the reality of low back pain being a major reason for disability around the world. It’s persistent or recurrent for many people. It is not common that it just goes away and never returns. Fortunately, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been documented as effective in reducing painful days for some sufferers. Patients for whom maintenance care was recorded to be of high value saw such care as “patient-centered” while cost, (un)availability of care, and fear of treatment concerned others. (2) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office strives to address all of these concerns which often go away as the back pain decreases.

Whether you were born with it or developed it, back pain is not fun. Relief is possible with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office. Just understand that there is a logical need and even benefit for occasional spinal manipulation and chiropractic care for certain spine conditions. (1)

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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. William Hoffman on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses the initial back pain relieving treatment with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management and the value patients discover with on-going chiropractic care. 

Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment with Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office today for more details about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.