Good Back Bad Back: What causes Back Pain?

We are not talking about self limiting low back strain (temporary muscle pain), which can easily be helped with massage, rest, and or medications.

What I am talking about is folks suffering from chronic low back pain that is not temporary. Your spine is your inner frame work of your body - the foundation. As you know, in any structure if your foundation is weak, then the rest of the structure will suffer.

Your low back has vertebrae (spinal bones) that must be in a normal range. When they are in that normal range they can handle the stress applied. Think of all those weight lifters that squat, deadlift or do cleans - usually with no problem, why? Because their spine is within the normal range.

Now think of a guy who throws out his back picking up a pen. Or a mom bending down to pick up her toddler and kinks her back - what was the difference?

The difference is a spine outside normal range.

This allows harsh abnormal pressures on the discs, spinal joints, ligaments and muscle spasms. Not to mention the irritation to the nerves, usually sciatica at its worst.

Now, most people use common temporary options to get rid of the pain, and that is all well and good. Pain pills, rest (worst advice), massage, PT, conventional chiropractic, etc.

Many folks are opting to correcting their spine back into the normal range, so these once in a while low back problems do not turn into a life changing debilitation condition.

As a Structural Chiropractor we do something a little different, we attempt to bring your spine back into the normal range. We use non-invasive gentle, specific procedures using our SCI, structural rehab and complementary recommendations (so you do not become dependent on our care). 

If you have the following, then a call to our office should be on the top of your list:

Degenerative disc disease
Degenerative joint disease
Nerve Impingement Syndrome
Anterior Head Syndrome
Muscle Tension/Spasm

We are not the best office for minor issues, we are excellent at correcting structural problems of the spine that are causing low back pain.

For a complimentary consultation call 860.523.5465