Why Back Health Is Important to Your Overall Health
Maintaining the health of your back and your spine will improve your overall health and wellness. Back pain, stiffness, and loss of mobility can affect your ability to exercise, spend time with family and friends, and enjoy your hobbies. Chronic or recurring back pain can make you depressed, fatigued, and lethargic. Eventually, back pain will affect your overall health. At Midtown Back & Neck Center, Dr. Terence Crowley believes that maintaining and improving the health of the spine can alleviate back pain in St. Louis, MO, and improve overall health and wellness.
The Spine as the Central Nervous System Hub
Your spine is a structure of bones, vertebrae, discs, joints, nerves, and soft tissues that support your body and facilitate movement. The spine connects different parts of your body, and contains nerves that transmit signals between the brain and the body. An injury, dysfunction, or misalignment of the spine can affect multiple areas of your body and can even affect the efficiency of your nervous system.
Spinal Misalignment and Health Issues
Spinal misalignments can put pressure on or irritate the spinal cord, causing damage or dysfunction that affects different areas of your body. For instance, a herniated disc is a damaged disc that sits between the vertebrae in your spine. If a disc in the cervical or lumbar spine is damaged, it can put pressure on the surrounding nerves and cause neck or back pain, muscle weakness, tingling, and muscle fatigue in the limbs. Spinal misalignments and poor posture can also cause chronic neck and back pain, mobility and range of motion problems, and contribute to a sedentary lifestyle. Eventually, this will cause additional health complications like obesity, decreased metabolism, fatigue, depression, heart disease, stroke, blood clots, and more.
Chiropractic Assessment for Overall Health
Dr. Crowley and his team will perform a comprehensive physical examination and diagnostic imaging tests to assess your spinal health. In order to design a personalized chiropractic treatment plan, we need to know the underlying cause or causes of your spinal dysfunction. We may recommend an x-ray, MRI, CT scan, or other imaging tests and techniques to identify and address misalignments.
Chiropractic Adjustments for Holistic Health
During a chiropractic adjustment, Dr. Crowley will gently apply pressure and manipulate your spine, joints, and muscles. His goal is to shift your spine back into alignment and relieve pressure on surrounding nerves, muscles, and joints. Chiropractic adjustments can improve posture, relieve pain and inflammation, restore function, improve flexibility and range of motion, increase circulation, and improve mobility. We take a holistic approach towards healthcare, meaning we address both your symptoms and their underlying causes. We don’t try to mask your symptoms with prescription medication, but instead treat the underlying condition with safe, non-invasive, drug-free chiropractic therapies.
Pain Management and Symptom Relief
Dr. Crowley offers non-invasive and drug-free approaches to pain management. He will design a personalized chiropractic treatment plan that addresses what causes back pain, the severity of the pain, your age and overall health, your lifestyle and habits, and your health goals.
Lifestyle Factors and Spinal Health
In addition to in-office treatment, Dr. Crowley will also recommend that you make lifestyle changes to support the future health of your spine and to prevent recurring or chronic back pain. He may suggest that you improve the ergonomics of your workstation and adjust your work techniques so that they are more spine-friendly. He will also suggest therapeutic exercises and stretches, daily exercise, a change in your sleep position or sleep habits, and a more healthy diet. He will also offer posture correction to relieve pressure on the spine, muscles, and nerves.
Relief From Back Pain in St. Louis, MO
If you’re ready to find relief from back pain in St. Louis, MO, visit us at Midtown Back & Neck Center. Dr. Crowley and his team will determine the underlying cause of your back pain and design a personalized chiropractic back pain treatment plan that doesn’t rely on invasive procedures or prescription painkillers. We will also help you make key lifestyle adjustments to
prioritize spinal health. Call us today to schedule an appointment, or request an appointment online.
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