Two Thumbs Up for Pain Relief

Many people come to Northfield Chiropractic because they are in pain. In this first phase of your care, the main goal is to reduce your symptoms. Sometimes this will require daily visits, or two to three visits per week for a time.

Most people are under the assumption that if they don’t feel any pain that there is nothing wrong with them – that they are healthy. Unfortunately, pain is a very poor indicator of health. In fact, pain and other symptoms frequently only appear after a disease or other condition has become advanced.

Consider a cavity in your tooth. Does it hurt when it first develops or only after it has become serious? How about heart disease? Think about someone who has an appendix burst on Tuesday.  Does that mean on Monday there was no health issue? Regardless of whether you are talking about cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stress or problems with the spine, pain is usually the last thing to appear. When you begin chiropractic care, pain is also the first symptom to disappear, even though much of the underlying condition remains.

The Solution? Adjustments.

To relieve pain we must remove the pressure off of the nerve from the spine. The adjustment gradually moves your spine back in alignment and away from the nerve allowing the body to heal itself. The pain relief stage of your care is ONLY THE BEGINNING OF YOUR CARE.  This is only phase one.

Please do NOT stop here! Go to phase 2: Stabilization.