Chiropractic medicine is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Many medical professionals are including chiropractic treatments as part of their patients’ recovery plans. Chiropractors are doctors, too, and we know how to relieve pain and suffering without invasive surgery or addictive pain medications. Revive Medical Center treats the following five common injuries every day.
1. Automobile Accident Injuries
Whiplash is the most common injury that results from an automobile accident but your middle and lower back and ribcage can suffer, too, depending on the severity of the crash. Chiropractic medicine helps with auto accident injuries by realigning a jolted neck and misaligned spinal cord and relieving the pressure of compression injuries. It also helps reduce the pain and inflammation of soft tissue damage.
2. Back Injuries
Back pain is debilitating. Auto accidents and contact sports can injure the back as can work-related injuries. Genetics, weight, and lifestyle can also cause back trouble, including herniated discs and sciatica. Many people believe that back surgery is the only way to relieve suffering from painful back conditions, but chiropractic medicine relieves nerve compression and restores spinal cord alignment.
3. Pinched Nerves
Nerves can get pinched throughout the entire body. Sciatica is a pinched-nerve condition. Accidents can pinch nerves, repetitive motion can pinch nerves, and anything else that causes increased pressure on a nerve pinches it. Pinched nerves are painful and annoying because they cause numbness and tingling. Chiropractors can relieve pinched nerves by adjusting the surrounding joints to relieve the pressure.
4. Repetitive Motion Injuries
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a repetitive motion injury. Back, hip, knee, and elbow injuries are often caused by repetitive motion. Moving the same way all the time puts unnecessary strain on the joints, nerves, and tissues. For example, carpal tunnel syndrome starts in the wrists where soft tissues compress the median nerve. Adjustments relieve the compression that causes these common injuries.
5. Sports Injuries
Finally, sports injuries can be caused by contact sports, such as football and ice hockey, or repetitive motion sports, such as bicycling, jogging, or skiing. When you think about how sports can put a strain on your joints, i.e. the impact on your ankles and knees when you run, you see how chiropractic medicine can relieve the pain and restore the joints and muscles. A chiropractor can also restore the blood flow to the injury to help speed up the recovery.
Revive Medical Center in Lawrenceville, GA, is a full-service chiropractic and wellness center. Call us today to schedule an appointment and get on the road to feeling better.
