You finally agreed to back surgery, but there is one problem: It didn’t relieve your pain completely. You feel as if you are out of options, but you’re not. In numerous cases, chiropractic medicine can relieve your back pain even after back surgery. Let’s talk more about this below.
Pain After Surgery
Hopefully, your doctor was upfront with you from the beginning and warned you that the surgery may not relieve 100 percent of your pain. Numerous patients become depressed and frustrated because they expect the surgery to be a cure-all when it isn’t. You may still experience back pain.
Most back surgeries relieve a majority of the pain, but you may still have back problems after your recovery. This is where chiropractic medicine complements back surgery. The combination of the two can leave you pain-free and more mobile, especially if your spinal cord was fused.
Surgery After-Care
As we mentioned above, chiropractic care after your back surgery complements the surgery and increases your positive results. This being said, there is a period of recovery time that you must endure before we can begin with the chiropractic therapy for your spinal cord and neck.
One of the key goals in chiropractic therapy is to improve your quality of life. We won’t stop after your back surgery and leave you in pain and with limited mobility. The point of chiropractic care is holistic, which is meant to give you the best quality of life you can experience after back surgery.
Once you are ready, chiropractic care can improve your healing after your back surgery. It can also relieve any residual discomfort. You needn’t fear chiropractic care. Once you have healed from the surgery itself, adjustments to the spine and neck are completely safe in most cases.
Generally, the wait time for chiropractic care is a year, but you will want to talk with your spinal surgeon about chiropractic care in addition to the surgery. Your healing time may be quicker or last longer depending on the extent of your spinal surgery and the initial spinal injury.
How Manipulation Helps
Chiropractic manipulation helps back pain by increasing the blood flow to the spine. This allows for quicker healing and tissue restoration. The manipulation also helps by allowing the discs between the spinal joints to heal. Compressed discs are a common cause of severe back pain.
If you are still experiencing back pain after your back surgery, talk with your back surgeon about adding chiropractic care to your regimen. Once approved, give us a call to schedule a consultation.
