“Backache Cured with Chiropractic Therapy ”
What part of the body is covered by the term “backache?”
The area that we refer to as the “back” covers an extremely wide area, but correlating the information gathered from patients suffering from back pain seems to indicate that it is the lower part of the back starting at the buttocks and rising up just above the waist. Some patients also refer to discomfort in the hip joints as backache.
The majority of patients point to the general area around the lumber region as it is identified from the anatomical point of view and complain of backache, but the explanation that we provide at the Juzen Chiropractic Health Care Clinic goes something like the following: “Image that your spine is a length of elastic that forms lumps and bumps when it is twisted repeatedly. Well, the cause of the backache is not the lump that has formed, but the top of the elastic where it has been twisted. A visit to an orthopedic surgeon will probably result in a diagnosis of a slipped disk, as they will base their decision on an X-ray of only the immediate area.”
“In this event they might prescribe electro-therapy applied to the area of the discomfort, traction therapy or an injection of painkillers, and if this does not work they may finally suggest surgery. However, they are concentrating their efforts on treating the symptoms, and this does nothing to eradicate the fundamental cause of the problem.”
“By concentrating on unraveling the twists in the entire spinal column, the vertebrae in the lumbar region will be relieved of pain and the spine will return to its normal healthy S shape, solving all problems and releasing the patient from the symptoms.
* During the therapy process for backache it is not uncommon for patients to complain that although the pain in the back has dissipated, they are feeling a sensation of numbness in their legs. Our answer for this is to explain about the sensation of pain that is experienced when the blood rushes back to feet that have become numb through kneeling on the floor for an extended period of time. The numbness they are feeling is very similar to this. The nerves from the lumbar vertebrae run down the legs, and once the pressure has been released from these nerves, it causes a sensation of discomfort along their entire length. This is a sign that the backache is healing, and it is only a temporary condition that will soon disappear.
Our methods of chiropractic therapy have the ability to straighten the twisting that has occurred along the spinal column. The worse the condition is allowed to get, the worse the contortions of the entire bone structure becomes. But this is reversed in total once the healing process begins, and contortions along the entire bone structure, including the spinal column, will automatically be corrected.
Correcting distortions in the cranial region will logically cure facial contortions. We have even had cases where patients were obliged to purchase new shoes to accommodate feet that had had crooked toes straightened.
From this you will understand that real chiropractic therapy is not only used to cure back pain. It is a method of reviving original health levels by breaking down the vicious circle that has been established within the body by following the rules of nature.
Chiropractic therapy is a way of encouraging the promotion of general good health by treating and maintaining the condition of a single area located at the top of the cervical vertebrae, which is also effective for relieving discomfort located lower down the spinal column. For this reason, we never attempt to treat our patients by bone-cracking in the area of the pain (this practice in itself cannot be called a true cure, as it simply forces the patients to accept the sum of the therapist’s learning.)
There are many other causes of back pain in addition to those caused by the lumbar vertebrae.
Some of these causes include problems with the position of the pelvis or the sigmoidal curve of the backbone (this would also affect the shape of the arch of the foot), the position of the occipital bone, the balance between the back erectors and the greater psoas muscles, and so on. We avoid using symptomatic therapy in all of these cases. The chiropractic therapy that we use in Juzen Chiropractic Health Care Clinic follows the same methods for all symptoms.
