Back Pain Treatment from Our Tacoma Chiropractor

It keeps you up at night. It prevents you from sitting down to meals with your family or completing that report for your boss on time … because you just can’t stay still. It may make driving uncomfortable or impossible, cause missed work time or even put you in the hospital. Millions suffer from lower back pain. Luckily, our Tacoma Chiropractor knows just what to do to alleviate the pain and often, for good.

Why See a Tacoma Chiropractor for Back Pain?

If you’ve been experienced chronic or intermittent back pain, it’s time to see a Tacoma chiropractor. Even if the issue is still in the early stages, it’s crucial you take care of it right away. In many cases, a congenital disorder or injury can be caught early on in the process and mitigated to reduce lifelong repercussions. In others, regular adjustments and palliative care can mean a much more comfortable living experience overall.

Beyond your personal comfort, seeing a specialist for regular back pain help will preserve your sick days and reduce the amount of money you spend on doctor visits. Additionally, you can reduce your reliance on over-the-counter pain medications, which will help preserve your liver for life.

What Causes Back Pain?

Pain in your lower back can be caused by any number of reasons. This might include congenital conditions such as scoliosis, chronic use or traumatic injury (such as a car accident), weak surrounding muscles, pinched nerves, torn ligaments, ruptured discs and more. These are just some of the reasons. A chiropractic expert can help you determine a more exact cause of your pain.

While back pain affects people of all ages, the most commonly injured are those between the ages of 35 and 55. This also may be due to a number of causes, including the facts that these are common years for working and child-rearing. Whatever your age or station in life, chiropractic can help prevent and reduce pain, so it’s a good idea to speak with a chiropractor today.

Chiropractic Responses to Back Pain

Your chiropractic team may use any of a variety of techniques to help heal your back pain. These include:

• Manual adjustments of the upper and lower spine
• Massage therapy
• Cervical disc and lumbar disc treatments
• Scar tissue release
• Mechanical traction
• Nutritional counseling
• Positive point therapy
• Natural and herbal medicine
• and many other alternative therapy types. Once we diagnose your exact condition, we can prescribe the best course of treatment for you, and immediately get you on the path to healing.

Make an Appointment with a Tacoma Chiropractor Today

Are you ready to make an appointment with our Tacoma chiropractic office? We also serve patients in Proctor, Federal Way, Lakewood, Gig Harbor, Fife and surrounding communities. Please give us a call at 253-756-7500 to set up your appointment and be on your way to a better back and a more pain-free existence today.