Low Back Pain and Chiropractic

Low Back Pain and Chiropractic

There are many different structures that can be primary causes of low back pain. If a person has been living with a problem for an extended period of time; the other structures will develop secondary issues sooner or later.

The traditional chiropractic treatment of an adjustment / manipulation addresses joints that have decreased motion, typically in the lower back region. It is common for there to be joint involvement but it is often not the primary problem. Thus the treatment will often give some relief but it does not deal with the underlying issue. The relief will be short lived but would need to be applied repeatedly. If the joint issue were the primary problem, no more than three applications of the adjustment to the involved joint should resolve it.

Therefore, it is my opinion that traditional chiropractic will often give some relief to low back pain but frequently it does not deal with the underlying cause of the back pain.