Low Back Pain Treatment
in Indianapolis

Are you struggling with back pain? Back pain is one of the most common issues people struggle with. In fact, it affects 80% of people at some point in their life. Chiropractic care in North Indianapolis, Carmel and Fishers is a great option for those looking for relief from their back pain.

We are experts in spinal health and can help you find relief from your back pain. Chiropractic care is a natural way to treat back pain. It involves spinal adjustments to realign the vertebrae in your spine, which helps to improve joint motion, mobility, release joint tension, release nerve pressure and relieve pain.

Finding the root cause is important to providing the best treatment for your condition. We do a thorough exam and history to get to the bottom of what’s causing your back pain so we can build a plan to get you feeling great again.

Preventative care may be needed to keep your problem from coming back once its resolved in order to stay healthy and free of pain. Just like brushing, flossing and maintaining your teeth, your spine needs care to maintain its health, mobility and function.

For many of us, low back pain is somewhat of a middle age problem. Lots of sufferers begin to seek chiropractic care in their 30s and 40s and wonder how it all happened. Perhaps it was a sneeze, a long drive, or gardening in the yard that set the pain off. But you were always able to do these things before without so much as a twinge from your low back. But now things are different…

So how come your back seems so weak, when it was so strong before? What changed? Not much actually. The reality is that back problems begin during our youth. With advances in MRI technology, we can study changes in the disks of the back to see when these injuries first occur. Spinal degeneration begins to occur at age 10, provided some trauma has occurred, such as from competitive sports or simply goofing off as a child. Rarely is significant pain involved and children seem to shake off the injury with little future consequence. But having back pain is not the same as a having a back problem, such as a sprain of the disk. When the pain subsides, it does not always mean that symmetrical motion of the joint is restored and the vertebrae are now back in their normal position.

Our bodies have a tremendous capacity to heal on their own without any type of doctor helping out. But sometimes recovery and return to full and optimum health is incomplete…

Over time, the effects of gravity and daily stress can cause the joint to become more injured until something as simple as making the bed causes excruciating pain. But was it really the bed making? Probably not since this is something you’ve done every day of your life. A thorough examination by a doctor of chiropractic prior to the onset of pain could have perhaps discovered one of these “silent” injuries. But most people wait until the pain happens before seeking help.

It’s important to be checked after a trauma, even in young children. Properly diagnosing the extent of injury is the first step to getting you the care you may need. The pain often goes away quickly and we often think the problem has also completely healed.

Getting regular check ups to make sure the motions of your spine are fluid and symmetrical is one potential way to avoid bigger problems down the road. Your doctor of chiropractic can also advise you on preventive strategies to minimize the risk of injury, such as proper lifting techniques.

Things to do and not do when having Back Pain:
We want to do the things that promote and speed healing and not do the kinds of things that cause more harm or are destructive. A lot of us know that a little rest when we injure the back is okay, but staying in bed for a week might not be a good idea. Studies have shown that bed rest for more than two days causes even more pain. Since our goal is to move, then lying down doesn’t seem like a worthwhile step towards that goal.

Some of us know that when the back flares up, ice is better than heat. Some of us still don’t, and instead throw gasoline on the inflammation fire by having a soak in the hot tub.
These things are obvious on the list of DOs and DON’Ts for the person with low back pain.

It seems like taking a pill for few days to help with pain is reasonable enough. Right? Maybe wrong.
For example, certain NSAIDs (e.g. ibuprofen) can make the scar formation in a muscle strain less effective. Instead of the scar properly forming, it does so in a more disorganized or scrambled fashion. If you have a poorer scar, the tissue will not be as strong and could lead to re-injury or a delay in your recovery. We don’t think about it but just not taking pain pills early on would help for a lifetime. Ice can be an effective pain killer and doesn’t come with medication-related side effects.

Muscle relaxants are also prescribed for people with back pain. They are consumed by 49% of patients. The theory is that the muscle spasm should be relieved so that there can be less muscle pain. A study of patients who took muscle relaxants showed that these sufferers recovered more slowly. Unfortunately, the muscle spasm is there for good reason: to protect a delicate nerve.

Another thing that you have to consider besides poor scar formation and slowed healing, is the actual purpose of these medications. You have to also ask yourself why your body wants you to feel this pain. The body wants you to protect the area from movement. If you block the pain with medications, you may move too much or too soon in the healing process, delaying your recovery.

A study that compared chiropractic adjustments to muscle relaxants in patients with low back pain had interesting results. There was also a sham adjustment group and a placebo medicine group. The authors concluded that chiropractic care had superior results.

We can help guide you to when you can return to certain work or sports. By gradually integrating exercises into your daily routine as the function of the joints is improved, your injury can heal more naturally. Article share from Chiro-Trust.org