Bloomington Chiropractor

Chiropractor showing Spinal X-ray

A Bloomington Chiropractor may be the answer for your pain relief and much more.  When pain is the result of a pinched nerve, muscle spasm, sports injury. car injury such as whiplash and other sources, Chiropractic may be the best answer.  The musculoskeletal system is the body’s framework and affects all bodily processes.  Back pain and neck pain are the two most common ailments that bring people to chiropractors but they treat so much more.

The spine is very important to your health and wellbeing.  All nerve signals travel to and from the brain through the spinal column which is your neck and back.  When a pinched nerve occurs along the spine, pain, burning, interruption of nerve signals, and decreased ability to provide uninterrupted instructions for your muscles and organs.  By correcting the physical cause, true healing can take place.  A Chiropractor works with the body to unleash it’s own innate ability to heal itself.  Where most allopathic doctors (use drugs or surgery) treat or mask symptoms, there is no healing taking place.

Ailments Bloomington Chiropractors Can Treat

• Pain – back, neck, muscle, joint…
• Certain injuries (especially back and neck injuries)
• Loss of range of motion
• Dizziness
• Sinus issues
• Allergies
• Stress
• Headaches
• and much more

Bloomington Chiropractic doctors are holistic based and believe the body operates like a symphony, and all systems must operate correctly or problems will arise.  Not all problems show symptoms or pain and are often overlooked.  The main issues that are addressed by Chiropractic doctors are vertebral subluxations – vertebrae out of alignment.  This can cause pinched nerves, bulging or degenerating discs (the cushioning shock absorbers that allow movement of the spine), pain, muscle spasms and many other issues.  By applying treatments of spinal manipulations – Chiropractic adjustment, the alignment can be restored.

Drugs have some valid uses but for the most part, they do not heal anything.  A pain killer can only mask the symptom of pain, it heals nothing.  Drugs have limited effect and long lists of side effects – some lethal.  Only the body can heal itself and Chiropractic treatment aids the body in healing.  For any issue which is the result of vertebral subluxation, Chiropractic is the method which will correct the problem.

Wikipedia defines Chiropractic as “Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine that emphasizes diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the spine, under the hypothesis that these disorders affect general health via the nervous system.”  That is a pretty good synopsis of the core philosophy of Chiropractic, although it covers more that that.  D.D. Palmer founded Chiropractic in the 1890s, and his son B.J. Palmer helped to expand it in the early 20th century.  There are references of healing through spinal manipulation that are thousands of years old, but only in the last century has it become a focused science.

If you have never experienced Chiropractic health care, you will never know if it could help you unless you try it.  Just like any other healthcare modality, no one practice has all the answers for all the possible conditions a body can succumb to.  If your issues are obviously musculoskeletal in nature, Chiropractic is the health care field of choice.  If allopathic (“regular” medical doctors) are not addressing your health issues, consult a Chiropractor and see if they feel they can be of help.  If they believe they cannot address your situation, they will tell you.  If they feel they can be of help. they will explain what they can do for you.

Professional athletes swear by Chiropractic care.  Emmett Smith and Terrell Owens – football greats, Arnold Schwarzenegger – bodybuilder, Lance Armstrong – 7 time Tour de France winner, Evander Holyfield – boxing and John Stockton – basketball all rely on Chiropractic care to achieve their personal best.  Reaction times are improved up to 15% over someone who does not receive chiropractic adjustment.  Performance enhancement and career longevity in these brutal sports are attributed to these athletes chiro care.

An important aspect of Chiroprator care is wellness and prevention.  You do not have to wait until you are suffering before seeing a doctor.  You see a dentist regularly to prevent cavities and periodontal disease don’t you?  You have your cares oil changed at regular intervals to prevent your cars engine from seizing up don’t you?  What makes you thinj your body is any different.  It is easier to prevent or correct a problem early than to correct it after years of neglect.  Just makes sense doesn’t it?

If you have any concerns that may be musculoskeletal in nature or other doctors have been unable to help, then see a Bloomington MN Chiropractor.