Back Pain Relief Options In High Point NC

Chiropractic adjustments have been shown to be a safe and effective way for people with chronic back discomfort to find relief. Chronic pain can range from mild--which is tolerable but can still affect your day-to-day life--all the way up to incapacitation that interferes with every aspect of living imaginable - even sleeping at night!

Regardless of whether you're experiencing acute or more serious cases of pain, chiropractic care might just provide relief where other treatments haven't succeeded before. So, don't give up hope. Even if it seems like there's no light at the end tunnel, there are still options left for you! Read on to find out what causes lower back pain in High Point NC and how chiropractic therapy can maintain and improve spinal health.

Do You Suffer From Back Pain In High Point NC?

The back is a complex, multifaceted structure that can be difficult to treat without an understanding of its many components. There are tendons and ligaments; muscles such as those around your shoulders or neck--these are most often associated with pain--plus discs between them all! It might sound like there's no way you'll find out what hurts unless we start looking closer at these various bones and muscles... but luckily chiropractic care has proved very effective for resolving underlying issues related to spinal alignment. This article will provide some general guidelines when looking into chiropractic therapies, but most people need professional advice in order find out what their specific difficulties could potentially be so they know how best address to them.

Lower Back Pain:

Maybe you’re lucky enough to not have had to experience back pain yet, but your day’s may be numbered. Anyone can experience lower back pain at any given time, even if you don’t have a prior injury or risk factors. When back pain presents itself, it can completely change your activities of daily living and reduce your quality of life. You are not alone! It is estimated that at any given time, 540 MILLION people around the world are experiencing the effects of back pain on a daily basis. Wow, put this into perspective…. that is about the size of the entire populations of the United States of America, Mexico, Canada, and Austraila! Here are some more interesting facts about back pain:

• The economic burden of back pain on the US Economy is estimated at $635 billion dollars annually
• 8-10 American will experience back pain in their lifetime
• Back Pain is the most common reason for missing days at work
• Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability in the USA and the World

Causes of Lower Back Pain:

The number one cause of lower back pain is TIME! As we age, the spinal joints begin to degenerate due to everyday wear and tear, that we place on our bodies. This trauma breaks down the cartilage between the spinal vertebra joints causing inflammation of the surrounding tissues. The inflammation and narrowing of the spinal joints is a contributing factor in lower back pain and nerve related pain. As a patient once told me, “Once Arthur moves in, he never moves out.” He meant Arthritis!

Below are some common conditions that cause Back Pain:

• Sprain and Strains: Injuries to the soft tissue, ligaments, tendons, and muscles that move and provide support for the spine and joints
• Muscle Spasms: Occur when a muscle and tendon are injured
• Arthritis: occurs when a joint becomes stiff, inflamed, and swelling occurs. Morphological changes begin to occur to the joint capsule and structure of the joint surface.
• Osteoarthritis: is a slow and progressive arthritis that happens when cartilage and bone break down due to joint misalignment, previous injury, stiffness, inflammation and swelling. Often affects individuals in middle age and glory years.
• Bulging Discs: Degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVD) occurs due to the result of injury, spinal misalignment, spinal fixation, overweight/obesity, dehydration, poor nutrition, poor posture, weak abdominal core, smoking
• Herniating and Non-Herniating Discs: Tearing and breakdown of the annulus fibrosis leads to radial and circumferential degeneration of the intervertebral discs (IVD). The nucleus pulposus pushes into the spinal canal, known as a protrusion or extrusion. Causes of disc herniations are injury, spinal misalignment, spinal fixation, overweight/obesity, dehydration, poor nutrition, poor posture, weak abdominal core, and smoking.
• Degenerative Disc Disease: The shock absorbs of the spinal vertebra are known as discs. When the discs narrow, shrink, and tear this cause pain and inflammation within the spinal joints.
• Spinal stenosis: Is the narrowing of the spinal canal, intervertebral foraminal stenosis or lateral recess stenosis that puts pressure on the spinal cord and nerves. Causing pain, numbness, tingling and other neurological deficits.
• Spondylolisthesis: occurs when one or more vertebra in spine slip forward, laterally or posteriorly. Commonly associated with spinal fractures, arthritis and disc herniations. Typically found in the lower back region but will occur in the cervical spine.
• Spondylosis: is a fancy term for spinal arthritis. Moderate to severe degeneration of the spine has occurred and is usually associated with arthritis, disc degeneration, herniation.
• Spine or Vertebral Fractures: A portion of the spine is fractured as a result of accident, fall, blow to the back, congenital fracture (Isthmic Spondylolisthesis), or severe osteoporosis
• Compression Fractures: A fracture that occurs due to weakening of the bony matrix. Associated with osteoporosis, osteolytic lesions, hemangioma, Pott’s Disease

Less Common Causes of Lower Back Pain:

• Spinal Tumor/Cancer: Malignancy (secondary) spread is the most common cause of spinal related tumors. The most common body structure associated are prostate, lung, and breast. Few Primary causes of spine pain Osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, multiple myeloma, lymphoma, chordoma and Ewing Sarcoma.
• Ankylosing Spondylitis: Is a type of inflammatory arthritis that affects the ligaments and joints along the spine. More common in young Caucasian males. Associated with a gene that makes a protein called HLA-B127.
• Kidney Stones and Kidney Infections: Severe viscerosomatic referral pain from the kidney’s and ureters. Associated with Severe lower back, flank and groin pain. Associated with painful and burning urination, hematuria, nausea, and fever
• Osteomyelitis or discitis: Infection of the bone and discs of the spine
• Endometriosis: a collection of uterine tissue outside the uterus

Please make an appointment with our team at Equilibrium Chiropractic if you think you may be struggling with any of the above.