No brag, just fact, chiropractors like me, your Walnut Creek chiropractor, have an excellent reputation when it comes to eliminating back pain. This is due to the fact that chiropractors are spine experts. In fact, the word “chiropractor” and “spine” are almost synonymous! If you’ve chosen a chiropractor in Walnut Creek or anywhere else in the world where chiropractic treatment is available, for relief from your back pain, be it mild, moderate, or severe, then you know, for hand about the power of this superior non-invasive, drug-free method for relieving back pain. Of course, since chiropractors are also experts when it comes to caring for the rest of the musculoskeletal system, chiropractic care can often get rid of neck pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, hip pain, knee pain, and ankle pain. Chiropractic treatment can also help with conditions like stress headaches, migraines, carpal tunnel, and plantar fascitis. The healing capabilities of chiropractic are many!
At times, even for chiropractors, the potency of chiropractic treatment and its ability in helping people get out of pain and back into participating in life can appear, well, almost miraculous. I feel gratified when I read the variety of testimonials given by chiropractic patients who have not only gotten rid of their pain through chiropractic treatment, but also experienced increased life and energy, stress relief and relaxation, and a greater ability to get a good night’s sleep.
Still, a research article I read recently in the scientific periodical, Journal of Pediatric, Maternal and Family Health, brought tears to my eyes (and I’m generally a pretty macho guy!). The research related to the case of a severely disabled sixteen year old girl experiencing spasticity and sleep disturbances due to Cerebral Palsy. It was her inability to sleep through the night that caused her family the most distress. The girl, confined to a wheelchair, had metal rods surgically fused from her neck down to the base of her spine since the age of seven.
The girl’s mother brought her to a chiropractor for correction of misalignment that she hoped would relieve her daughter’s all too frequet horrendous pain. As one can imagine, the examination was difficult. But the chiropractor was able to ascertain that there were several subluxations that could be safely adjusted. Care was initiated at a frequency of twice per week. The girl was sleeping through the night after just six adjustments. A measurable improvement in her muscle spasticity was found by her ninth visit.
Yet, even though complete recovery was not expected, “the patient and her family were able to return to a normal sleep schedule as well as enjoy improved quality of life,” the research authors noted.
“Improved quality of life.” Who could ask for more from any type of health care? No one! But, do you want to know something? More chiropractors are told those words by their patients than doctors offering traditional medical care.