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Pain in the back?

Four in five adults experience back pain. Yet, because the back is so complex, every sufferer needs individual treatment options. Inactivity, poor posture and the wrong sort of movement are usually at the root of ‘simple back pain’. But even a minor problem can cause a lot of pain when you stand, bend or move around.

There is an independent branch of medicine which specialises in mechanical disorders of joints, particularly the spine. It is not an alternative to conventional medicine, but a complementary discipline. Chiropractors use their hands to adjust the joints of the spine and extremities, improving mobility and removing pain without the need for drugs. 

Is chiropractic treatment suitable for most people? 

The simple answer is 'YES'. Chiropractic can provide care for most people with muscular-skeletal problems.

The Medical Research Council has found that treatment from a chiropractor can be very effective for general lower back pain..

How can chiropractic help you?

The word 'chiropractic' is derived from the Greek words `chiro` meaning: 'by hand', and `practikos` meaning: ‘to practice’ – so the word chiropractic literally means to practice-by-hand. To restore a bodily function, we need to restore the balance in the body, so chiropractors will mainly use their hands -- adjustment, manipulation, mobilisation of the joints, and soft tissue work for muscular problems.

In short, chiropractic is a drug-free method of restoring health to general people's muscular skeletal problems.

Advice and guide lines from the GCC (General Chiropractic Council)

Chiropractic could be effective for the management of cramp pain, tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), associated musculoskeletal conditions of the back and neck, including headaches arising from the neck(cervicogenic) and shoulder. Also, it may be effective in treating any inability to relax joint pains, including hip and knee pain from osteoarthritis as an adjunct to core osteoarthritis treatments and exercise.

Chiropractic can also be helpful for general, acute and chronic backache, back pain (not arising from severe injury or accident), generalised aches and pains, lumbago, mechanical neck pain (as opposed to neck pain following severe injury i.e. whiplash), migraine prevention, minor sports injuries and tensions, muscle spasms, plantar fasciitis (short term management), rotator cuff injuries, disease or disorders, sciatica shoulder complaints (dysfunction, disorders and pain), soft tissue disorders of the shoulder.

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