Pain Conditions

As we age, our discs may lose fluid and small cracks or lesions may form in the outer walls. This damage may also be caused or accelerated by the vertebral subluxation complex, a spinal distortion chiropractors correct. Your disc may bulge, irritate nerves and cause a lot of pain and discomfort. In severe cases disc damage may affect sitting, standing, walking or lifting and cause pain when urinating, defecating, sneezing and coughing. Numbness of the leg or foot or a loss of muscular control may also occur.

A proper alignment between the disc, the vertebrae and other structures in the spine is the goal of chiropractic care. Chiropractic has been able to save people from spinal surgery. There are reports of an MRI or other imaging device revealing a disc herniation or protrusion in the neck or low back which was reduced or completely reabsorbed under chiropractic care.

Please bear in mind that although chiropractic has been a blessing to many sufferers of spine and disc problems, chiropractic spinal care is not a “treatment” for conditions but rather care for your entire body no matter what condition you have. Many times patients visiting their chiropractor for a back or neck problem have been pleasantly surprised at the holistic effect of chiropractic.