No one likes to be in pain, and certainly no one would ever choose to be in pain, right? Well, surprisingly, many people do just that.
Many times we consciously decide to live with pain simply because we cannot bring ourselves to make or keep appointments with our physicians, thinking that, “Oh, it’ll go away tomorrow,” but that is hardly ever the case.
Consider the statistics on lower back pain: About 80% of the population will experience lower back pain sometime in their lifetime. Studies show that 38% of all adults have a significant episode of lower back pain each year. In fact, lower back pain is second only to upper respiratory infections as a major cause of worker productivity loss.
Because most cases of lower back pain lack objective clinical signs and overt pathological changes, meaning that the precise causes can be difficult to diagnose, they are often left untreated or are treated poorly (by use of analgesics). For most sufferers of lower back pain, ignoring the problem or merely numbing the pain with topical medications only results in prolonging the episode.
Spinal manipulation, which is essentially an assisted passive motion applied to the spinal apophyseal and sacroiliac joints, can be a very effective treatment for low back pain. Results of a recent study published by the British Medical Journal demonstrate that 81% of the patients who suffered from lower back pain achieved positive results from spinal manipulation. 81% were symptom free with no restrictions for work or any other activities after their chiropractic treatments were completed!
However, you won’t feel better if you don’t make that first appointment to begin your treatment. The more you hesitate, the more in pain you will be, and you don’t want that, now do you?
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