Chiropractic Care for Neck Pain, Neck Injuries & Whiplash

Neck Pain

Chances are, you’ve experienced a stiff or sore neck at one time or another. Given the complex mechanics and function of the neck, it’s no wonder that the neck pain is so common. The neck supports your head, which may weigh 10 pounds or more, and needs to bend up and down and turn side to side.

Occasional minor neck stiffness is mothering to worry about. Often it will go away with a good night’s sleep. Major pain or recurring problems, however, are a signal that something serious may be wrong. They are a sign that you need professional care.

Chiropractic Care for Your Neck

Standard medical treatments for neck pain include muscle relaxants, painkillers, and tranquilizers. These medications only mask pain; they do nothing for the underlying cause. If these medications don’t give relief, then more drastic measures such as cortisone injections or surgery may be tried. In many cases, chiropractic treatment can help ease pressure on nerves and prevent the need for surgery. For most patients, surgery should be considered only when more conservative treatments fail.

The chiropractic approach to treating neck pain is to find the source of the neck pain and correct it. By correcting the source of the problem, the body can heal naturally. Neck pain often responds dramatically to the restoration of normal spinal function through chiropractic care.

The chiropractor’s primary tool in treating spinal malfunction is the use of adjustments. Applying precisely directed force to a spinal join that is out of position or not moving properly helps gradually restore it to a more normal position and function. Depending on each individual condition, the doctor’s hands or a special instrument may be used to deliver quick, therapeutic thrust to the affected joint. Other adjustments require slow, constant pressure.

Woman Suffers from Neck Pain — Rose Hill, KS — Rose Hill Chiropractic

Neck Pain

Chances are, you’ve experienced a stiff or sore neck at one time or another. Given the complex mechanics and function of the neck, it’s no wonder that the neck pain is so common. The neck supports your head, which may weigh 10 pounds or more, and needs to bend up and down and turn side to side.

Occasional minor neck stiffness is mothering to worry about. Often it will go away with a good night’s sleep. Major pain or recurring problems, however, are a signal that something serious may be wrong. They are a sign that you need professional care.

Chiropractic Care for Your Neck

Standard medical treatments for neck pain include muscle relaxants, painkillers, and tranquilizers. These medications only mask pain; they do nothing for the underlying cause. If these medications don’t give relief, then more drastic measures such as cortisone injections or surgery may be tried. In many cases, chiropractic treatment can help ease pressure on nerves and prevent the need for surgery. For most patients, surgery should be considered only when more conservative treatments fail.

The chiropractic approach to treating neck pain is to find the source of the neck pain and correct it. By correcting the source of the problem, the body can heal naturally. Neck pain often responds dramatically to the restoration of normal spinal function through chiropractic care.

The chiropractor’s primary tool in treating spinal malfunction is the use of adjustments. Applying precisely directed force to a spinal join that is out of position or not moving properly helps gradually restore it to a more normal position and function. Depending on each individual condition, the doctor’s hands or a special instrument may be used to deliver quick, therapeutic thrust to the affected joint. Other adjustments require slow, constant pressure.

Woman Suffers from Neck Pain — Rose Hill, KS — Rose Hill Chiropractic

Whiplash & Neck Injuries

Chiropractic has been a blessing to millions of people who have had whiplash injuries. How does chiropractic help?

Chiropractic Care for Whiplash

Any accident may care the vertebral subluxation complex where the vertebrae are out of proper alignment and irritating or damaging spinal nerves. If you’ve ever been involved in an accident, whiplash, or otherwise, no matter how long ago, please see your Doctor of Chiropractic to ensure that you have really healed as completely as possible. Trauma or injury from many years ago may be responsible for seemingly unrelated health problems suffered today.