Are you tired of suffering from spine pain? Dr. Ray Resnick and the team at Resnick Chiropractic in Exton, serving Lionville, West Chester, Downingtown, and Chester Springs, PA, are dedicated to ensuring you gain the relief you desire and live with optimal health.
Guide to Spine Pain and Chiropractic Care
The spine is an incredible thing. It contains bones, muscles, ligaments, joints, discs, nerves, and more that hold you upright while still allowing you to move freely. It also protects your spinal cord – a bundle of nerves that facilitates messages between your brain and the rest of your body.
As it is so tied up in everything we do, the spine is often involved in pain and injuries. In this guide, Dr. Resnick and our team at Resnick Chiropractic in Exton, PA, discuss some of the common causes of pain and how chiropractic care can provide spine pain relief.
Common Causes of Spine Pain
Pain in the spine can be due to anything from a sudden accident to an ongoing condition or an old injury. The following are some of the top causes.
- Misalignment: Misalignment means that your vertebrae aren’t stacked neatly on top of one another. As such, it puts pressure on surrounding spinal components.
- Sprains and strains: Sprains and strains are common injuries that occur from overusing muscles, tendons, and ligaments or extending them beyond their normal range.
- Herniated discs: Misalignment often puts pressure on the spinal discs, which can cause them to herniate or rupture. The inner filling of the disc spills out onto surrounding components.
- Nerve compression: Compressed nerves are often the result of a herniated disc. The inner filling spills out onto the nerve, interfering with its function. It causes pain, tingling, numbness, and more.
- Degenerative disc disease: Sometimes it’s not an injury but age that causes disc issues. The discs wear down, which reduces the support and cushioning between the bones.
How Chiropractic Care Can Help
Chiropractic care focuses on improving the overall health of the spine. Adjustments restore alignment, which helps undo many root causes of pain. Spinal decompression therapy creates space in the spinal column and pulls discs back into place. Soft tissue therapies, therapeutic exercise, and other techniques stretch, strengthen, and restore health and function to the entire spinal column.
Spine pain can be an awful thing to live with. Fortunately, you don’t have to live with it. Schedule a visit with Dr. Resnick and the team at Resnick Chiropractic in Exton, serving Lionville, West Chester, Downingtown, and Chester Springs, PA, by calling (610) 363-7625 today.