When experiencing headaches or pain in the back, neck, muscles, or joints, a visit to a chiropractor may help bring down your symptoms. The chiropractor offers chiropractic adjustment. He or she carefully realigns your vertebrae to the rest of your spinal column using therapeutic movements. It feels more like a massage. This effective noninvasive treatment provides comfort and relief from pain.

Most people who go through the adjustment say they gain many benefits.

Here are some of the benefits reported:

• It Makes You Feel Better

  • Chiropractic care improves your muscle strength, range of motion, flexibility, and mental health. It also enhances your neurological health. You gain more energy and speedier recovery from ailments and injuries. Chiropractic care is designed to make your body function at its best, making you feel great.
     

• It Makes It Easier for You to Move More and Better

  • If you have arthritis, back pain, or a sports injury, pain from the injured sites makes movement uncomfortable. But chiropractic care addresses these issues and promotes faster healing. It also increases your range of motion, encouraging your movement. You end up moving more and better because there is no pain involved.
     

• It Is a Natural Solution

  • One of the reasons people turn to chiropractic care is that it is a natural health solution. It is drug-free and noninvasive. You don’t have to experience the adverse side effects of pharmaceuticals and surgery.
     

• Improves Breathing

  • The functioning of the lungs is controlled by the nerves connected to the spine and the brain. As such, chiropractic adjustments can be used to influence their functioning. A misalignment in the mid-cervical or thoracic region causes lung abnormalities like asthma. Correcting these subluxations helps to bring down inflammation in the lungs. It also improves your breathing.
     

• Improves Digestion

  • Your stomach and its functions are connected to your spine through some nerves therein. If the vertebrae in the stomach area are correctly aligned, the nerves work perfectly. Improperly aligned vertebrae will have your stomach nerves issuing the wrong signals. For example, it may signal more acid production, causing heartburn, acid reflux, and gas. As such, through chiropractic adjustments, you avoid or correct these issues.
     

• Lowers Blood Pressure

  • Chiropractic adjustment done on the upper neck’s nerves improves blood pressure. Scientists compared it to taking two doses of blood pressure medications. The adjustment itself is called an atlas adjustment. It has a stabilizing effect on blood pressure.
     

• It Makes Pregnancy Easier and Healthier

  • Chiropractic adjustments positively affect pregnancy and childbirth by making them more manageable. A woman’s body goes through several changes during pregnancy, linked to the nervous system. For example, as the weight increases in the woman’s core, it increases the pressure placed on the spine. Also, the mother’s ligaments loosen to ease childbirth. With regular chiropractic adjustments, the mother gets to have an uncomplicated healthier pregnancy. The child born is also likely to be healthy.

Chiropractic adjustments produce many benefits. You, too, can enjoy them by scheduling a chiropractic adjustment at AKTIV Integrative Chiropractic. Visit us in El Paso, Texas, or call 915-975-9094 to request an appointment.