The start of the new year is the perfect time to reflect on your lifestyle and make a few changes to improve your health. Proper diet and exercise are key factors, along with adequate sleep and stress reduction.
Adding chiropractic care to your healthy living regimen can help you avoid illnesses and injuries or manage the symptoms of chronic conditions. More than just the treatment for aches and pains, chiropractic care offers a natural way to stay healthy.
How can chiropractic help you: Chiropractors focus their diagnosis and treatment on the neuro-muscular system (nerves, muscles, skeleton, and joints) with primary emphasis on the spine and any compromise of the nervous system.
Your nervous system plays an important role in your health. Nerves travel to every part of your body, sending and receiving signals from your brain and spinal cord. If any part of the nerve-signal transmission is disrupted, it may affect body systems and functions.
Benefits of chiropractic care may include:
Better sleep: By easing stress, muscle tension and pain.
Less spine pain: Wear and tear may affect your spine causing disc problems, arthritis, spinal stenosis, and other conditions. Chiropractic treatment improves joint and muscle movement, enhances range of motion and decreases pressure on the nerves that cause pain.
Improved digestion: Your nervous system controls the passage of food through each part of your GI system. Regular chiropractic treatments can help minimize digestive problems.
Fewer illnesses: Correcting nerve interference can affect your ability to produce antibodies, boosting your immune system and helping to avoid illness.
Less stress and more energy: Spinal adjustments, acupuncture, and massage ease your pain and may help lower your stress level. Fatigue caused by mild to severe pain may stop you from enjoying life and participating in your favorite activities. Once pain is reduced or eliminated you may discover that your energy levels rebound.
Chiropractic care can help with these and many other conditions. Regular checkups as determined by your chiropractor help detect and correct minor problems before they become serious allowing your body to stay well and function at it's optimum.