Pain management is crucial in helping many patients deal with debilitating illnesses. The medical community is searching for alternatives to prescription medications that can cause addiction and life-threatening conditions. Beyond that, their misuse by desperate patients has led to an increase in patient deaths by overdose. As a result many regulators and legislators are considering new laws to limit their use. Using the services Chiropractic Chicago doctor is a proven strategy for these patients to reduce their reliance on pills for pain relief. Since every nerve in the human body has it’s root in the spine, chiropractors can often reduce pain by ensuring the spine is in proper alignment.
Once the spine is in alignment, it’s important to keep the muscles strong and tendons and ligaments flexible. This ensures that the spine, shoulders and hips will stay in their proper place. Physical Therapy Chicago experts can work with patients to ensure that they use the proper exercises at the correct intensity level. It’s important for patients, who have been inactive for a long time, to learn how to warm up their bodies. A physical therapist is trained to know when a muscle is being worked properly. They can encourage a patient who is too afraid to move, that they won’t cause further injury. On the other hand, they can stop a patient who is too eager to move on to heavier weights.
Chiropractic Chicago doctors don’t just treat the pain symptoms, they treat the underlying cause of the pain. Recently conducted medical studies support using spinal manipulation to treat migraine headaches. University of Maryland researchers found that 22 percent of migraine patients who were treated with a spinal manipulation had the frequency of their migraines decrease by 90 percent. Another 49 percent said that their migraines weren’t as bad as before.
In a second study, University of Maryland researchers divided migraine patients into three treatment groups. One received a spinal manipulation, one received Elavil daily, and one received both. Spinal manipulation and Elavil were equally effective. Combining the two did not increase the benefits. Patients who are comfortable with exercise and chiropractic adjustments may be able to decrease or stop some of their other medications.
