Chiropractic Care Benefits

Author: Dr. Natalia Vega

There’s a lot of chiropractic care benefits you’ll receive by seeing a chiropractor.

Chiropractic may appear to be designed only for people with injuries or chronic back or extremity pain. While this is correct, its benefits extend to other areas of health. In this way, chiropractic care can be enjoyed by people with generalized pain such as fibromyalgia or by people who suffer from dizziness, vertigo, headaches or migraines, instability, back pain, etc. But chiropractic is not just a momentary remedy to relieve pain or discomfort. If we talk about prevention, chiropractic gives a boost of nerve impulses to our body to get it to intensify its activity in those parts that had lost their constancy, thus avoiding future health problems. In addition, chiropractic is potentially indicated for pregnant women helping the correct positioning and fitting of the baby, as well as for newborns and children increasing their defenses with chiropractic adjustments at an early age, since it helps fortify the immune system.

The older population also benefits from chiropractic care since it provides greater mobility to their joints. This is why the elderly patients who have followed regular chiropractic care have a more dignified old age in regards to the quality of life as it pertains to mobility, physical and mental agility, reduction of inflammatory processes, reduction of pain, etc.

From another perspective, it should be noted that chiropractic is increasingly recognized and used among athletes. When we practice sports, a fundamental point is that our muscles are in good shape and good tone to help us prevent injuries. With the vertebral adjustments, we get our muscles to receive the right information from the brain at the right time, thus giving us the right dose of strength and endurance in our workouts. In addition, by improving the functioning of our joints, we decrease the chance of getting injured and speed up the recovery time for any injury. Chiropractic treatment provides greater agility, flexibility, strength, endurance and there are even athletes who have improved their records after starting chiropractic care.

Other Chiropractic Care Benefits:

1. Promotes natural healing: The basis of chiropractic is that it enhances the body’s own healing capacity. Any vertebral misalignment can influence the deterioration of the body because our body cannot receive the necessary nerve impulse to continue its proper functioning. By receiving vertebral adjustments, the homeostasis or self-regulation of our body is reinforced and improved, which leads to a better functioning of the body at all levels, avoiding the abusive intake of medication.
2. Increases flexibility and mobility to the joints: Chiropractic adjustments improve the range of motion of our joints, thus promoting our physical activity. This helps reduce sedentary lifestyles and keep us more active. Exercise or physical activity helps improve people’s quality of life.
3. Improves posture: If our posture is adequate, our breathing patterns will also improve helping us to maintain the energy that flows throughout our body. In turn, this helps us reduce the risk of back pain, joint problems, and fatigue.
4. Decreases stress levels: Chiropractic care improves the functioning of the nervous system. This, by itself, helps to lessen the effects of stress. If a person’s nervous system is not working properly, this can increase doses of stress which, in turn, trigger migraines, headaches, instability, joint pain and anxiety.
5. Decreases blood pressure: High blood pressure can be the cause or contribute to a number of health problems or diseases. By improving the flow of nerve impulses, the flow of energy through the body is also improved, which in many cases leads to a natural reduction in blood pressure, preventing the person from having to draw on medications to improve their condition of health.