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Fall in Love with Taking Care of Yourself: 3 Reasons to See a Chiropractor
Your musculoskeletal system combines the structural bones of the body with the connecting ligaments, muscles, tendons, bursa (pockets of fluid in joints), and cartilage to enable all forms of motion. In addition to its essential task, this system also supplies new blood cells, stores critical minerals, and protects vital organs.
Our physical activities, injuries, and other illnesses can lead to several issues in the joints, ranging from mild annoyances to severe pain and limited motion. Chiropractors work diligently to ease the pain and mobility issues that many conditions can bring.
Dr. Corey Skinner and the Action Chiropractic Dallas medical staff help the people of Dallas, Texas, with many back, joint, and muscle-related problems. To get help with your problems, let’s go over why they happen, what we do, and what services we provide.
Common reasons for joint and back pain
We have many types of joints in the body, and overuse, injury, infections, and many other conditions can create problems in using them correctly. Common examples of these issues include:
- Sprains and strains: ligaments and tendons getting stretched or torn
- Arthritis: several types of joint inflammation that can limit mobility and cause pain
- Slipped or ruptured disc: in your spine, the kinds of damage to the discs between the vertebrae
- Muscle spasms: painful and sudden tightening of muscles
- Sciatica: irritation or damage to the sciatic nerve, which can cause issues in the lower body
- Spinal stenosis: narrowing of the spinal canal in the base of your spine
Dr. Skinner provides chiropractic care to help relieve discomfort and get your body moving again.
How chiropractic care can help
Chiropractors specialize in improving spinal and joint health through a range of manual therapies and exercises to reduce acute or chronic pain, and relieve stiffness and other related symptoms of the many joint problems we treat.
We frequently manage musculoskeletal conditions such as back and neck pain, whiplash, and soft tissue and joint issues from auto accidents and other personal injuries. We also offer methods of rehabilitation from these problems.
Reasons to visit us for help
We have many ways to help, but here are just three reasons chiropractic care is invaluable:
1. Spinal/ postural screenings
How you sit and stand is essential to the health of your back and joints. Getting an idea of your postural health with our screenings helps assess what work we need to do to help you feel better. Postural health helps overall health.
2. Specialized methods for managing pain
Whether it’s treating your back with spinal decompression or adjustments, using a range of corrective exercises, trigger point therapy, or kinesio taping, we can find a way to manage your pain and mobility issues.
3. Therapies and lifestyle advice to balance treatment
Rehabilitation through physical therapy and exercise, along with a clear path to understanding how to move correctly to ease joint pain and fix posture, makes a world of difference in your long-term health.
If you’re experiencing back and joint pain, schedule an appointment online or by phone with Dr. Skinner and Action Chiropractic Dallas today to find a solution that relieves it.
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