If you are living with chronic back pain then chiropractic care in Tooele might be a good treatment option. About 80% of Americans suffer debilitating and severe low back pain during a period in their life. This fact is astounding, yet living with pain in the back doesn’t have to be this common. Sometimes low back pain is unavoidable after automobile accidents and other unpredictable injuries.
How Back Pain Occurs
The lumbar spine, or lower back, is intended to have a natural curve to it. This helps to ensure that forces from weight, gravity, and other forces are distributed evenly and minimally throughout the back. When this curve becomes straightened or reduced, it causes your body to absorb force differently than it is supposed to. When these forces are absorbed from regular activities, it will place pressure and stress on muscles, ligaments, and discs of the low back. Even something as simple as sitting for prolonged periods without maintaining the natural curve of the lumbar spine will increase the force placed on these structures by 30-40%.
Moving correctly and avoiding potentially dangerous positions for your lower back will improve your quality of life and decrease the amounts of pain that you experience. Actions such as bending, lifting, and rotation will substantially increase your risk of herniating a disk in the low back.
Get Treatment
Proper chiropractic treatment can go a long way toward eliminating and preventing issues consistent with chronic back pain. If you require assistance with treatment, prevention, and proper movement to protect your back, you should obtain chiropractic treatment. Schedule a visit with Dr. Marty Rueckert at Muscle and Joint Chiropractic in Tooele or Grantsville, Utah.