Health Benefits of Chiropractic Care

Many people only associate chiropractic care with treating back or neck pain. While it absolutely can help to alleviate the discomfort that you may be experiencing in your back and/or neck and even treat the underlying cause, it is far from the only positive effect that chiropractic care can have. In fact, you may be surprised to learn that there is a huge variety of different health benefits that you can enjoy if you have regular visits with your chiropractor.

Chiropractic care largely revolves around your spine, which is the main component of your musculoskeletal system. However, this complex system also includes other bones, muscles, and connective tissues that enable our bodies to have form, be strong, and move freely. The spine protects the spinal cord, a major part of our central nervous system which in turn controls every body system that we have. This means that any issues affecting our spine and musculoskeletal system can have a direct impact on our health and wellbeing. In most instances, chiropractic care can address the underlying problem, eliminating it and triggering a positive effect on our health.

Here are just four of the key health benefits that you can enjoy if you receive regular chiropractic care.
 

More energy

Who doesn’t want more energy? Inflammation is a common effect of problems with the musculoskeletal system, and it can cause muscles and joints to tense up, making you feel sore and stiff. As a result, your body can also feel very heavy, and moving around, even to perform day to day tasks, can seem like extremely hard work. Fortunately, regular chiropractic treatments have been shown to help reduce inflammation in the body, thereby reducing stiffness and discomfort and giving patients more energy to enjoy their lives.
 

Better sleep

Similarly, any sort of joint or muscle pain can make it very difficult to sleep. Regularly disrupted sleep is proven to trigger a range of unpleasant effects from low mood and depression, to irritability, poor memory, inability to concentrate, and daytime fatigue. In some cases, prolonged periods of poor quality or quantity of sleep can also be dangerous. Chiropractic adjustments can ease the tension in your body, increase the flow of oxygenated blood around it, and make it easier for you to fall and stay asleep.
 

Breathe more easily

If you have ever experienced back pain in the middle or upper part of your back, you may also have found that it had a considerable effect on your ability to breathe easily. Pain and nerve problems can mean that patients are forced to take faster, shallower breaths, or become breathless much more easily. Fortunately, by correcting any misalignments in the spine, inflammation around the lungs can be reduced and patients will find it easier and less painful to breathe.
 

Drug-free pain relief

Lots of different illnesses and injuries can result in pain. Despite the availability of pain medications, many patients are reluctant to take drugs unless absolutely necessary. One of the main reasons why some patients turn to chiropractic care is because it is proven to reduce pain without the need for medications. It does this by reducing inflammation and allowing the improved flow of oxygenated blood around the body to the sites that require healing. Chiropractic adjustments also stimulate the release of endorphins – our natural pain-fighting hormones – to make it easier for us to get our discomfort under control.

If you would like more information about the many health benefits associated with chiropractic care, or if you would like to schedule an appointment to see how chiropractic treatment could help you, please don’t hesitate to contact our spine clinic today.