Seeing a chiropractor is more often than not, a long-term commitment to keep your body healthy. Some patients see a chiropractor for an injury, while others do it to relieve constant body pain. How do patients know when they are fully recovered and no longer need to seek treatment? When is the right time to cut back on appointments? Elevate Wellness wants our patients to know when their health has improved and how our care can help them throughout their lifetime. This blog will discuss different injuries and what the timeline for chiropractic care looks like for each. 

Weekly Or Monthly Chiropractic Appointments

Consistency is key with any health journey or something new if you want to see results. Weekly and monthly chiropractic sessions can help with the most painful conditions and help the most in the long term.

Waiting to seek treatment for pain will lead to body deterioration and the longer you wait to align your spine, the more pain you can experience. Feeling better physically and mentally is possible even just with a few chiropractic sessions. If you are looking to just feel better or improve your immune system, only a few appointments will be needed. 

Auto Injuries

Whiplash, broken bones or sore muscles from a car accident can be something that you are fully recovered from. Chiropractic care can help aid in the healing process and make your recovery process much simpler. Depending on what injury you have experienced, you may only need chiropractic adjustment once a week for a few months until you are fully recovered.

Herniated Discs

Patients with herniated discs can see improvement in 1 to 3 sessions every 2 to 4 weeks. Excruciating pain is going to be treated on a case-by-case basis and each person will need different techniques to help. 

Back Pain

80% of Americans experience back pain, so seeking medication or stretching for back pain is common. Lower back pain often is treated in 6 to 12 sessions during a 2 to 4-week cycle. After your symptoms have improved, chiropractors may suggest other exercises that you can complete outside of the chiropractic office and may limit the number of sessions you need on a weekly basis. Many patients may not ever consider themselves fully recovered from back pain, but learn to better manage the symptoms. 

Migraines

Chiropractic can help limit migraines and find relief without the need for medication. Each case will vary and some chiropractors will use stretching, massage, or a combination of multiple methods and holistic approaches. If you have genetic predispositions to headaches, you may need more chiropractic appointments. 

Stages Of Chiropractic Care

After an injury or consistent pain, your spine will need repetitive treatment in order to regain proper alignment. Below are the phases of chiropractic care and how they work to improve your body. 

Initial Intensive Care: Intensive care immediately addresses pain and symptoms. This requires frequent chiropractic sessions to help a patient find relief. Spinal adjustments can be combined with other exercises, diet changes, and lifestyle improvements. 

Rehabilitative Care: Acute symptoms will need to be reduced before you move into this phase. This is the phase where you will complete healing is possible and your body gains more strength. During the rehabilitative phase, lifestyle changes are even more important to maintain your health and progress. 

Wellness Care: This is more of an elective phase in the process and refers to when a patient is completely free of symptoms. Gaining progress during the other two phases is only maintained when you stay conscious about good health. 

Recovery With Elevate Wellness

Our team at Elevate Wellness looks forward to improving the health of the community. Improving your body and immune system can be accomplished with a chiropractic adjustment. No matter where you are on your health journey, we are here to help you accomplish your goals and work to make patients feel they are fully recovered.

Even if you don’t currently have symptoms, chiropractic can help you feel more energetic and improve your quality of life. Regular chiropractic care keeps your nervous system in check and helps you to live your best life, pain-free.

Getting an appropriate amount of sleep and getting quality sleep can help improve your physical and mental health. Proper sleep can help you overcome sickness, alleviate pain, and clear your mind. If you are someone who is constantly experiencing back pain, adjusting your sleep could help limit your symptoms. Improve your sleep habits or your sleeping position to avoid spinal misalignment and back pain. 

Elevate Wellness can help adjust your spine to limit back pain while you sleep. Proper sleep positions and proper mattresses can help you avoid misalignment and get deeper sleep. 

Find Better Mattresses

The type of mattress that you use can make a difference in your sleep and pain. Having a supportive mattress or one that curves along your body will help to cushion you as you sleep and provide support for your neck, back, and legs. This can help limit the pain by having proper weight distribution and limiting pressure on major pressure points that lead to pain.

Doing some research on the best mattresses for back pain will help you determine what mattress can help with your specific pain. The Sleep Foundation has a list of some of the best mattresses for lumbar support, best for those who sleep on their sides, best for spinal alignment, and more. 

Regulating the temperature of your mattress can also help you get better quality sleep. Even if your mattress is not the top-ranked for support, staying asleep and avoiding excess movement and sweating can improve your quality of sleep and thus improve your health. 

Different Sleepers Need Supportive Pillows

Using a pillow to elevate your head will improve your sleep and limit back pain. Pillows should be comfortable but also provide needed support for your neck and spine. Going to sleep in pain can make it hard to get some healing and restorative sleep. 

If you continue to experience back pain, try searching for a nontraditional pillow and look for one that can support the natural curve of your neck. When a pillow is too high, it can put excess strain on the neck, shoulders, and back. 

Sleeping Positions To Limit Back Pain

Different sleeping positions will also help you determine what pillow and mattress are best for you. For back sleepers, a thinner pillow will help provide support while you sleep. While those who sleep on their side may need a firmer or higher pillow. 

You can improve your sleep by working on changing your common sleeping positions to more support options. If you are a side sleeper, putting a pillow between your knees and pulling them slightly up to your chest can limit strain on your back. It is best to avoid sleeping on your stomach because it puts the most strain on your lower back. If you do sleep on your stomach, a thick and elevated pillow will help with back pain. 

Chiropractic Adjustment For Better Sleep

For patients who experience sleep apnea, snore, or struggle to stay asleep, chiropractic care can help limit your symptoms. Chiropractors can help your spine and body better communicate and circulate nutrients. Chiropractic can help with circulation, which will help sleep apnea patients get more oxygen. 

Chiropractors can work to help you limit stress and tension in the body, which will make sleeping more comfortable. Limiting stress in your daily life, doing chiropractic-recommended stretches before bed, and going to your chiropractic appointments will help improve your sleep and stop waking up with back pain. 

Improving the central nervous system function, improving blood flow, and relieving muscle tension can all be done by a professional chiropractor. Seeking chiropractic treatment may be the solution to your sleep problems. 

Chiropractic Care With Elevate Wellness

Dr. Casey Simmonds wants to help patients sleep better and limit back pain. If you want to improve your sleep, doing what you can at home combined with our chiropractic treatment can limit back, neck, or shoulder pain. 

Our Bountiful office looks forward to serving members of our community. We treat whiplash, headaches, back pain, neuropathy, spinal disc injuries, and more! During your first visit, we discuss your health history and what you hope to accomplish with treatment. Doing so helps us to understand what treatments will be most effective for you and determine how many sessions you will need. 
Contact our office to learn more about what we offer, or head to our website to read more about our treatment methods.

Most adults want to limit stress and improve their emotional well-being as they age. Chiropractic care can help with more than just physical implications and can actually help with mental stressors. Limiting emotional stress can be accomplished by utilizing chiropractic adjustment, stretching, physical exercise, and a proper diet. Elevate Wellness has gathered some specific benefits of utilizing chiropractic care for limiting emotional stress. 

1- Limiting Stress

As humans functioning in modern society, we see a lot of stress in our daily lives. Commuting to and from work, raising families, dealing with breakups, and maintaining relationships can all cause different amounts of stress. While not all stress is bad, limiting the amount of stress in your life can help you be a more focused and happier person. 

Other studies have shown that physical exercise can help release endorphins that eliminate stress. Utilizing multiple tactics to improve your overall health will make daily tasks easier. 

2- Anxiety And Depression

For those with mental illness, proper chiropractic treatment can help limit body tension and strained muscles. Chiropractic care can also help your spine communicate with nerves and your brain to improve the chemicals in your brain. Chemicals such as Neurotensin, Oxytocin, and Cortisol can be released during proper chiropractic care which helps eliminate stress and reduce inflammation. 

3- Improving Sleep

Getting quality sleep helps to balance your emotional health. Your physical, emotional, and mental health can be improved by getting the right amount of sleep. Not only is it recommended that you get 8 hours of sleep, but quality sleep where you stay asleep is also helpful in limiting emotional stress. 

Chiropractic has been shown to make falling asleep easier as well. Falling asleep quickly means you get more sleep and spend less time tossing and turning. Limiting pain in your body will help you get more restful sleep and thus help you have better emotional health. 

4- Lower Blood Pressure

Another large benefit for patients is the ability of chiropractic care to lower blood pressure. Recent studies have shown that chiropractic sessions have lowered blood pressure after just 15 minutes. Reducing stress and anxiety can be accomplished through chiropractic manipulation and massage which will in turn help lower blood pressure and make your overall health more stable. 

The best thing about chiropractic is that many of these advantages can be obtained all at the same time. During a few appointments, you will start to see better sleep, lower blood pressure, and better production of hormones. 

5- Limit Headaches

Emotional stress can often lead to tension headaches or migraines. Chronic headaches limit your ability to do multiple daily activities. Chiropractors treat headaches caused by any factor and provide relief so you can make looking at screens, driving, reading, or other activities easier.

Those with depression, anxiety, OCD, or other mental strain can experience more headaches than others. Having mental stress can affect patients in a big way, so limiting emotional stress and headaches will help take some stress off your shoulders. 

6- Better Blood Flow

Proper blood flow is important for your body to regulate tense muscles and give your body the nutrients it needs to function. Improving blood flow will help your body to move freely, stop nerve pain, and take away stress for those with medical anxiety. Spinal manipulations completed by a professional chiropractor will help increase nerve conductivity and improve joint and muscle function. 

7- Aid In Relaxation

Massaging and alleviating tension can make your body feel more relaxed. Relaxation is needed for humans to function properly and handle stressful situations. Chiropractic adjustment can help reduce electrical activity in your muscles which can help your mind and body relax. Releasing tension in muscles will improve blood flow and soothe the fight or flight response in your body. 

Limiting Emotional Stress With Elevate Wellness

Working with our experienced chiropractors can help you with a variety of issues and injuries. Chiropractic can help prevent further injuries, improve your mental health, and work in limiting emotional stress. Trusting a chiropractor can be scary, but we promise that we will help to make you comfortable and heard while seeking treatment with us.