Chiropractic for Low Back Pain
Can chiropractors help with low back pain? Of course! But how does one know if the cause of the back pain is spinal or muscular? This is a great question. The truth is that all the bones in the spine attach to muscles and all the muscles in the spine attach to bones. Chiropractic is a great thing to try first for low back pain because the goal of every chiropractic adjustment is to heal the cause rather than simply chase the effects. You can work on loosening up a muscle for hours, but if a misaligned bone is pulling it in the wrong direction it’ll tighten back up almost immediately.
What a Chiropractor Can Do for Low Back Pain
Chiropractors find misalignments in the spine and all over the entire body and correct those misalignments to take pressure off the bones, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. This enables the muscles to get relaxed and stay relaxed. Even if the back pain is acute and severe, a chiropractic adjustment is a safe, gentle, and effective way to begin a process of healing that will lead to real change and not just temporary relief.