A neck chiropractic adjustment is a chiropractic treatment that is used to restore proper joint motion and alignment in the neck area (cervical spine).
It is most commonly characterized by a low amplitude high velocity thrust on a misaligned or stuck cervical vertebrae, thereby restoring proper joint and spinal function. A chiropractic neck adjustment will often relieve pain, reduce tension in the neck muscles, treat headaches, and improve posture. There are multiple chiropractic techniques for neck adjustments, ranging from more manual cervical manipulations to more gentle instrument spinal adjustments. There are many reasons
Hands-On Help: How a Chiropractor Can Provide Lower Back or Sciatica Pain Relief
For most types of lower back pain , a treatment recommendation of 1 to 3 chiropractic visits per week for 2 to 4 weeks will be prescribed, followed by a re-examination by the chiropractor. While not all studies agree, some research suggests that having a few chiropractic treatments per week for a few weeks may be beneficial for reducing back pain:
the most common uses for chiropractic adjustments are to treat:
low back pain
sciatica
yet there is very little research to confirm whether adjustments work for any of these conditions. Low back pain.
Chiropractic adjustment may slightly improve low back pain, and it might be a safer alternative to opioids and other pain relievers. Guidelines from the american college of physicians recommend spinal manipulation for acute (short-term) and chronic (long-term) low back pain, even though the evidence on its benefits is limited. Neck pain. The evidence isn’t clear, but adjustments may help reduce the pain of acute and chronic neck pain. Headache.
The chiropractor treats the person, not the problem causing the pain. The treatment adjusts the spine and joints, so the patient’s nerves can be unimpeded and the muscles pull evenly. This realigns the patient’s posture and alleviates the pressure on the joints. The cause of sciatica may simply be that the patient habitually stands with more weight on one leg than the other. This shows minute misalignment in the hips, causing the person to lean slightly to one side to compensate. This can be a daily habit. Therefore, the person does not usually notice the small deviation in their balance.