How Long Do I Have to See The Chiropractor?

"Why do I need continued chiropractic treatments for my back pain? Why can't you, my Largo chiropractor, just treat it and put a stop to the pain altogether so it doesn't come back?"

This is not an unexpected question, and it's also really reasonable. The answer is fairly understandable, too, though dual: we are born with spinal issues or we acquire them.

BORN-WITH-IT BACK PAIN

Some of us are born with spinal weaknesses that will be with us forever. Such conditions as spondylolisthesis, transitional vertebrae, fused vertebrae, and spinal curvatures are distinctive to one's own spine. There is no route to "get a new back bone" if one of these conditions is our own. So we must learn how to use our spines so as to not cause pain. Your Largo chiropractor at Hollstrom & Associates Inc can perform the spinal manipulation designed to alleviate your specific spinal condition. Then, you'll want to think about its 

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

LIFE-ACQUIRED BACK PAIN

Some of us injure our backs. We do things that hurt the best of spines: falling off a snowmobile or ladder or wakeboard or lifting excess weight. You get the picture - things we do in everyday activities of daily living may harm 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 have a spinal weakness which may become the weak link in our spinal health.

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

How? You and your Largo chiropractor see each other on occasion. A periodic visit to Hollstrom & Associates Inc for spinal alignment and review of healthy spine maintenance is appropriate. Continued spinal manipulation after the original pain-relieving care is even described as a way to obtain long-term benefit. (1) Truly, prevention is far better than having to go through repetitive treatment of Largo back pain. It averts pain and suffering in this moment and reduces the chance of further spine pain in the future.

PATIENT-CENTERED BACK PAIN CARE: CHIROPRACTIC

A recent report reflected on the reality of low back pain being a major cause of disability globally. It is persistent or recurrent for many people. It is not known to just go away and never return. Luckily, chiropractic maintenance care or management treatment plan has been found to be effective in reducing the number of days of pain for some sufferers. Patients for whom maintenance care was reported to be of high value viewed such care as “patient-centered” while cost, (un)availability of care, and fear of treatment worried others. (2) Hollstrom & Associates Inc strives to address all of these concerns which often go away as the back pain diminishes.

Whether you were born with it or developed it, back pain is disruptive. Aid is possible with Hollstrom & Associates Inc. Just understand that there is a logical necessity and even benefit for periodic 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 benefit patients discover with on-going chiropractic care. 

Schedule your Largo chiropractic appointment with Hollstrom & Associates Inc today for more details about your spine's specific condition and treatment plan for pain relief.