Conditions That Can Be Treated with Chiropractic Care

There are many misconceptions about what chiropractic care can and cannot treat. The truth of the matter is that chiropractic care is an effective treatment methodology for a wider array of complaints than most would imagine. Spinal manipulation, which is also referred to as a chiropractic adjustment, is what most people think of first, but that is only the beginning.

What Do Chiropractors Treat Besides Pain?

Chiropractors don’t simply “crack your back.” Our field is the body’s neuromuscular system, which is composed of not only the muscles of your body, but also all of the nerves that control those muscles. Anything that involves that system is within our purview. This means that headaches, sports injuries such as tennis elbow, joint dysfunction, or other ailments are all candidates for chiropractic treatment.

In short, chiropractic treatment is meant to correct misalignments in your body’s structure to improve health and functionality. Misalignments can not only aggravate a wide variety of health issues, but they can also cause damage to the surrounding tissues. 

What Kind of Conditions Can Chiropractors Treat?

The most commonly treated conditions or disorders that chiropractors treat, as rated by HealthGrades, include whiplash (which we treat using the Graston Technique®), and pain in the lower back, neck, shoulder, or knee. They also note that tension and migraine headaches can often have both their frequency and severity reduced with spinal manipulations.

If you have a herniated disc, 9 out of 10 people who suffer from them are able to heal without invasive procedures and chiropractic care is usually the first step. Scoliosis sufferers usually find that chiropractic treatments are able to decrease their pain by reducing the tension and pressure on the neuromuscular system.

In addition, if you are subject to aches and pains caused by bad posture or arthritis, chiropractic care is something to explore as a non-pharmaceutical / non-invasive way to lessen your pain.

What Can Chiropractors Not Treat?

Anything that involves surgery or invasive techniques is outside the realm of chiropractic care. Bone fractures and spinal fractures require a different degree of care.

Likewise, numerous things fall outside the neuromuscular system that chiropractic care cannot help with. From minor allergies to severe illnesses, not everything is a matter of chiropractic care.

Even some things that seem to be chiropractic issues can sometimes reveal themselves to be something different. For example, a patient comes in complaining of lower back pain, but after a proper exam, it is shown to be the result of a kidney infection rather than the musculature. In this instance, antibiotics for the infection are the proper course of action.

Is Chiropractic Care Right for You?

East Bay Chiropractic has a 35-year history of returning quality of life and mobility to those suffering ailments or injuries to their neuromuscular systems. Contact us today and arrange an appointment to see if chiropractic care can improve your life.