How Chiropractic Care Can Help You Through the Holidays

Chiropractic care appointments can benefit our body and overall health all year round, including during the holiday season. Here’s what you need to know about how chiropractic care can help you through the holidays.

 

Chiropractic care can help you to cope with holiday stress

As much as the holidays are a time for fun, friendship and family, a lot of planning and preparation goes into creating the perfect festive season. All too often, this is accompanied by a good deal of pressure. Whether its juggling the budget to afford everything you need or dealing with difficult and inflexible family members, there are plenty of elements that may not go according to plan or otherwise cause you a huge amount of tension and stress. These psychological effects can manifest in very real, physical symptoms.

Some of the effects of holiday stress include headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, upper back pain, lethargy, digestive upset and bruxism – a condition characterized by the clenching/grinding of the teeth. Pain medications may help to temporarily counteract the discomfort that you experience, but these simply mask the symptoms rather than treat the underlying cause. Chiropractic care provides patients with a drug-free, long term solution that addresses the tension in your body caused by holiday stress.

Chiropractic care can ease joint pain and support your mobility

The cold weather of the holiday season can wreak havoc with many people’s joints, particularly if they suffer from the common degenerative condition known as osteoarthritis. In osteoarthritis, the cartilage protecting the ends of the bones breaks down, causing friction when they rub against one another when we move. This leads to pain, swelling, stiffness and mobility problems. Chiropractic therapies can help to improve the relationship between the spine and nervous system, which in turn can help to relieve tenderness in the joints and increase your range of motion.
 

Chiropractic care can improve your holiday digestion

If there is ever a time to over-indulge it is during the holiday season, and for many of us, the promise of our favorite foods and drinks is one of the best things about this time of year. Unsurprisingly, most of us make far fewer healthy choices during the holidays and this can lead to a few digestive woes. Bloating, post-dinner naps, wind and indigestion are all common effects of over-eating and enjoying fattier, sugary, starchy foods. These effects can be unpleasant and even painful.

Many people are surprised to learn that chiropractic care can benefit their digestive processes. Nevertheless, aligning your spine can improve the function of your central nervous system, which controls all other body functions, including your digestive system.
 

Chiropractic care can help to counteract winter blues

Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD, is a very common condition in which patients experience a low mood during the winter months. While your doctor may have prescribed treatments such as light therapy or antidepressant medications, there are other treatment options available, including chiropractic. Chiropractic techniques such as massage therapy help to relieve many of the symptoms that occur in people who suffer from depression, SAD and other similar issues. Regular chiropractic appointments can also help you to get better quality sleep and improve your energy levels – both of which can impact on your overall mood.

For more benefits of chiropractic care during the holidays, or to schedule an appointment at The Spine Clinic, please speak to our friendly spine clinic team today at (503) 362-5555.