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The main aim of chiropractic treatment is to re-establish normal spine mobility, thus alleviating the irritation to the spinal nerve and re-establishing altered reflexes. The need for a chiropractor is felt in case of accidents, tension, over-exertion, inability of the spine to compensate, resulting in minor displacement of one or more vertebrae causing irritation to spinal nerve roots.
The chiropractors use a standard procedure of examination in order to diagnose the patient's condition to arrive at a suitable treatment. For this they use many methods like consultation, physical examination, case history, laboratory analysis and X-ray studies. Chiropractors usually adopt a concept of classifying low back injuries in to one of the following three categories:
Extremely serious: Infection, fracture, tumor or other major complications
Sciatica: Compression of the nerve root
Non-specific: This includes mechanical low back pain
Chiropractic care combined with cardiovascular and strengthening exercises plays a significant role in managing low back pain problems. The chiropractor provides specific instructions about the proper exercise for the patient's condition before beginning any exercise program. Exercises combined with chiropractic care promote proper digestion, keep the muscles in proper tone and promote better circulation.
Chiropractic care aims to provide the appropriate exercise for different patients like:
If the patients feels good while bending over then the exercises promoting low back flexion like posterior pelvic tilts, bending forward from a sitting position are really helpful for him.
If the patient does not notice any diminishing of the pain in the leg then prone press-up type exercises are usually the best to perform.
Other exercises like stretching of hamstrings, strengthening of pelvic stabilizing muscles, and proprioceptive balance promoting exercises also help a lot in treating back pain. Apart from this the chiropractors also use some of the physiological therapeutic measures like heat, cold, massage, water and light, additionally. They also use some of their techniques like flexion distraction technique and pelvic blocking technique as these techniques help in treating symptomatic disc injuries involving the back pain.
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