Spinal health-related issues are one of the most common complaints we see at Access to Health. Fort Collins residents come in with everything from back pain to numbness and tingling, chronic headaches, and sports injuries that are slow to heal. The discomfort can appear anywhere in the body, but in many cases, it is caused by the spine itself. Chiropractic care is the most effective solution when it comes to restoring the health of the spine.
What Does the Spine Do?
The spine is a complex and vital part of your body. Each bone stacks neatly atop the next, cushioned by discs of tissue. The spine supports the weight of the head, keeps the hips and shoulders in alignment, and protects the nerves of the spinal cord. When even one part of this finely tuned system gets thrown off, it can create problems throughout the body.
What Happens When Your Spinal Health is Compromised?
There are a few common issues that our chiropractor sees here at Access to Health. These issues include back pain, postural or alignment issues, and uncomfortable sensations in the extremities. All of these conditions can be related to your spinal health.
Back Pain
People can experience pain at any point in the back, from the tailbone to the top of the neck. A variety of things can trigger back pain, including:
- car or sports accidents
- weak core and back muscles
- sitting for long periods
- sitting, standing, and walking with a slumped posture
- sleeping on an unsupportive mattress
- slipped discs
- degenerative issues
Postural and Alignment Issues
As we touched on in the previous section, your posture plays a big part in your overall health. If you tend to slump throughout the day, this puts excessive pressure on the spinal column. It also forces your muscles to overwork to support the spine, straining them, and increasing the chance of damage.
Discomfort in the Extremities
Major nerves run along the spine. If your spinal column is out of balance, it can pinch or irritate a nerve. This condition could result in muscle weakness, numbness, and pain along your limb. Depending on its location, nerve irritation can also trigger headaches.
The problems you experience vary greatly depending on where your spine has been compromised and what happened. There are also individual differences. No two people react to injuries or misalignments in the same way. This is why it’s important to schedule a consultation with an experienced chiropractor. These trained professionals can pinpoint what’s going on and develop an effective treatment plan.
Chiropractic Care for Spinal Health
Are you ready to do something about that stubborn back pain? Do you want to get to the bottom of your aches and pains without relying on surgery and pain medication? Give Access To Health a call today at (970) 530-0981 and we will schedule an appointment at our Fort Collins wellness center.
Our Services
We want to ensure that when you enter our doors you know exactly what to expect.
Chiropractor in Fort Collins, CO
A chiropractic adjustment can make you feel so much better. Your body does not want to be out of alignment, and that’s exactly what an adjustment can help address. It is also known as chiropractic manipulation, manual manipulation, or spinal manipulation. The adjustment refers to the manipulation of the vertebrae that have abnormal movements and are not functioning properly. A chiropractic adjustment will assist in fixing these issues.
Cold Laser Therapy
Laser therapy is a treatment that utilizes specific wavelengths of light to interact with tissue and help accelerate your healing process. Laser treatment can be used on people suffering from acute and chronic conditions in order to eliminate pain and swelling, increase functionality, and reduce spasms.
Corrective Exercises
Corrective exercises are the use of bodily movements and/or postures to restore desirable changes in diseased or injured tissues. The corrective exercises are movement strategies that minimize or eliminate compensation. Corrective exercises should precede more integrated exercises, because they can cue the patient’s motor system to respond in a more desirable way and assist in removing or improving biomechanical constraints.
Lifestyle Advice
Our team here at Access To Health is dedicated to helping you achieve your long-term health and wellness goals by offering you reliable lifestyle advice. If you are not sure if the lifestyle choices you are making are worsening or improving your condition, we are here to help. We address the typical chiropractic issues as well as coach our patients to live a healthier life by looking at the individual as a whole mentally, physically and emotionally.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is the manual manipulation of soft body tissues (muscle, connective tissue, tendons and ligaments) to enhance a person’s health and well-being. There are many types of massage therapy methods (also called modalities). People seek massage therapy for a variety of reasons; for example, to reduce stress and anxiety, to relax muscles, to rehabilitate injuries, to reduce pain and to promote overall health and wellness.