Chiropractic Pain Management and Relief

Lake Worth chiropractic residents and in the surrounding areas, pain management and pain relief means that they take a pill to ease their pain. The problem with this approach is that these medications only take the edge off of low back pain, neck pain, joint pain or other painful areas. A few hours later, pain pills have to be taken again, and there is often no appreciable healing happening. Many medications also have serious side effects and can cause damage to your liver or other internal organs.

Chiropractors use chiropractic adjustments and related treatments to provide non-invasive, drug-free pain relief and management for ongoing pain. Our chiropractic clinic in Lake Worth serves Boynton Beach, Palm Springs, West Palm Beach, Green Acres, and Lantana.

Manage Recurring and Severe Pain

There are many sources of pain that unfortunately cannot be completely healed. Neuropathy from diabetes, pain from thyroid conditions, joint pain and fibromyalgia will often be with a person for a lifetime. Other pain issues may be temporary, but the pain will nonetheless have to be managed to a bearable level for the duration of care. The key to effective pain management is knowing what is causing the pain and addressing this cause.

In most cases, pain is caused by inflammation of a muscle or nerve, muscle spasms and tension, or a combination of them all. Inflammation is typically caused by trauma, infection or irritation. In traumatic injuries, the inflammation can reside in tensed, torn or spasming muscles, but central to this pain is an inflamed nerve. Inflammation from irritation is typically caused by friction between two bodies that should not be in contact such as hip pain from rheumatoid arthritis, and there are also stress-related irritations, such as fibromyalgia.

Muscle spasms and tension can not only cause more pain from added inflammation, they can also cause more damage to the localized muscle tissues, fascia and ligaments. They can also further pull the spine out of alignment in cases of acute low back pain and neck pain. This causes a feedback loop of pain between the muscles and the nerves, which needs to be broken.

While pain management and pain relief treatment plans are customized to your needs by your Lake Worth chiropractor, there are a few common elements to most care plans, regardless of if it is hip pain accompanying low back pain, neck pain or other joint pain. It all starts with a spinal exam and will usually include an adjustment. Trigger point therapy or other soft tissue techniques may also be used.

Following this, there is typically an exercise program designed to strengthen and activate the muscles and reduce any neck pain, hip pain or other joint pain  Immediately following this, you will usually receive ice pack therapy, massage therapy, chiropractic care or another treatment to improve circulation, cell activity and decrease inflammation.

Over time, this course of managing and relieving pain can completely eliminate most stubborn pains like hip pain and low back pain. There are some pain problems like arthritis that cannot be completely eliminated, but the pain can be brought to a manageable level working with our chiropractor’s advice and services. Call us at (561) 909-4932 to schedule a consultation about pain management with Dr. Cacic.