If you're experiencing upper back pain as a result of an auto or industrial accident or if your pain comes from years of wear on your body, chiropractic care can be a great way to heal yourself. While chiropractic care can be pursued on its own, it can also be used in conjunction with many other traditional and non-traditional medical treatments. Ponte Vedra Wellness Center in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl provides skilled chiropractic care for those suffering from upper back pain.
What Causes Upper Back Pain?
Upper back pain is usually caused when the neck, shoulder, and upper back muscles get pushed out of their normal, healthy positions. The force required to do this will often cause these muscles to become inflamed. This inflammation, in turn, causes the muscles to swell. Between the swelling and being out of their normal positions, these muscles put a lot of pressure on the nerves around them, sending pain signals to the brain.
Upper Back Pain Solutions
There are essentially two ways to get this pain to stop. Traditional medicine prescribes pain-killing drugs that essentially numb the nerves or interfere with the pain signal they are sending to the brain. Unfortunately, there are a lot of side effects that go along with many of these drugs. The second option is to move the muscles back into their proper and healthy positions. While this is more time-consuming, it is the only method that can offer long-lasting pain relief.
How Can a Chiropractor Help Upper Back Pain?
To move the muscles, the chiropractor will perform a series of small adjustments that will gradually move the muscles by a small amount at each appointment. These movements will also help to reduce inflammation. Every time the muscles move back closer to their healthy positions, they will become slightly less inflamed, and their swelling will reduce, lessening pressure on surrounding nerves. In many cases, a total course of treatment will take several weeks, but it is possible to start feeling some pain relief as soon as the first appointment is over.
It's important to know that a chiropractor's adjustment will only move muscles, never bones. The small adjustments will reduce pressure on the surrounding nerves, but muscles are very slow to move. While there will be some pain relief after an appointment, the muscles may become inflamed again after they adjust to being in a new location, causing a patient to feel pain again.
Upper Back Pain Relief With a Local Chiropractor
If you live in the Ponte Vedra Beach or Nocatee, FL area and you're dealing with upper back pain, give Ponte Vedra Wellness Center a call at (904) 273-2691. Our skilled chiropractors will be glad to develop a treatment plan to address your upper back pain.
