Dr. Henry Discusses AMA Endorsement of Spinal Manipulation

Hi I’m Dr. Michael Henry from TexStar
chiropractic clinic here in Austin Texas. I wanted to talk to
you for just a couple of minutes about
back and neck pain treated with a procedure called spinal manipulation.

You’ve probably heard the term “I’m gonna go get my back
cracked”. Well that’s what we’re talking
about.

Chiropractors in the U.S. have
been using spinal manipulation for over
a hundred years to address aches, pains,
and other health issues of their
patients. But the art of adjusting the spine has
been around for much longer than
that.

There’s references to it in ancient
texts from Europe and Asia. There’s some
Greek texts that reference it. Adjustments are what chiropractors
do to address the biomechanical issues
of the spine. It is one of the main
tools we used to correct a lot of the
problems in your spine. While we have a
lot of newer techniques, this one has
been around for a long time because it
works.

By getting the joints moving
properly in your spine we can help
relieve your back pain and other signs
of symptoms caused by nerve problems.
When the spines not functioning properly
it can cause inflammation and irritation
that’s one of the biggest things that we
see with back pain.

This treatments is very safe and effective. There’s lots of
studies out there comparing it to
other treatment options for similar
kinds of problems and
it’s one of the most effective and
safest options out there. And the best
thing is it only takes a few minutes and
it’s quite a bit easier than drugs and
surgery.

In fact according to one study
95 percent of people who have been to
see a chiropractor in the last year
considered the treatment very effective.
Even the American Medical Association
has recently recommended use of spinal
manipulation as a first line of defense
for things like a low back pain as
opposed to going straight to opioids and
other kinds of medications that we have
lots of problems with right now.

It’s a common misconception that adjustments
are uncomfortable or that they might
hurt or they think they require you
hearing that popping sound that some
people don’t like. While typical
adjustment does produce that popping
sound there are lots of other ways that
we can adjust your spine to help correct
the problems. These include
things like using adjusting tools like
this one this is called an “activator”. We
do some soft tissue stretching
immobilization around
joints and even specialized tables so it
use your own bodyweight to help move
certain joints in your lower back.

Spinal manipulation is but one of many professional chiropractic services offered here in our Austin Texas chiropractic clinic! We invite you to call and share your story of the back and/or neck pain that robs you of the pain-free quality of life that you deserve. Many of our patients enjoy genuine noticeable and lasting pain relief in as little as one patient treatment session. We’re here to help you, so call anytime.