Frequently Asked Chiropractic Questions in Gilbert AZ

Whether it’s searching for help with pain relief or just trying to keep your body healthy, Islands Chiropractic is the natural way to go! Chiropractic care focuses on making specific adjustments to your spine helping your body function normally.

Chiropractors are famous for helping patients with Headaches, Neck pain, Back pain and Sciatica. What many people don’t know is that chiropractic also helps with Allergies, TMJ dysfunction, Ear infections, Asthma, Growing pains, Pregnancy related pains, Scoliosis, Golfer’s Elbow, Tennis Elbow, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Knee and Foot pain.

At Islands Chiropractic, we focus on your specific needs and use chiropractic adjustments to address your condition. The adjustment is the main tool used by chiropractors. It involves evaluating the spine and extremities for misalignments and then applying specific movements to realign the joints. This reduces pressure and irritation and helps the body function more optimally. Chiropractic adjustments may be performed with the hands, certain tools and special tables to focus on helping you accomplish your goals and address the underlying complications that contribute to pain or discomfort.

Not only is chiropractic safe, it is considered one of the safest forms of treatment for musculoskeletal conditions. Chiropractors are well trained in the art of spinal adjustments going through 2-3 years of undergraduate study and then 4 years of graduate studies and clinical hands-on work before obtaining a Doctor of Chiropractic degree.

This all depends on your goals. Let’s break this down into 2 categories. Patients who only want pain relief and patients who want to correct underlying dysfunctions. Pain relief is typically the easier goal but correcting underlying problems takes longer. Much like wearing braces on your teeth to correct misalignment takes many months. So to answer the question you will need as many adjustments as it takes to reach your goal. This could be a few adjustments to many.

Chiropractic care is really all about function. Chiropractors are working on restoring proper spinal function. Much like a PT is working on restoring proper muscle function. So what does restoring proper spinal alignment do for you? It helps reduce pain, allows your body to heal more quickly, and helps it to be stronger and prevent injury.

There are risks to any health care procedure. Chiropractic is no different. The good news is the risks are very minimal.

Chiropractors only use the necessary pressure to move the bones back into proper alignment. Chiropractic adjustments typically feel very good during the adjustment and after too. Some people will have mild discomfort at the moment of the adjustments but feel great afterward.