Chiropractor for Back Pain
Chiropractor in Birmingham, AL provides treatments focused on lower back pain & related conditions.
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Chiropractor for your lower back pain
Dr. Chase Horton is a chiropractor in Birmingham, AL who has added focus on lower back pain, and works with many patients to alleviate current back pain due to common conditions such as chronic back pain, acute lower back pain, pinched nerve in back, strained lower back muscles, catch in lower back, sciatica, pain at L5, lower back muscle spasm, right sided lower back pain and other lumbar pain related problems.
Back Pain Conditions Commonly Treated by Chiropractors:
Bulging Disc
Muscle tightness
Lumbar spine pain
Strained Muscle
Chronic back pain
Sacroiliac joint pain
Pinched Nerve
Catch in back
Slipped Disc
Sciatica
Sway back
Piriformis syndrome
Bulging Disc
Pinched Nerve
Muscle tightness
Catch in back
Lumbar spine pain
Slipped Disc
Strained Muscle
Sciatica
Chronic back pain
Sway back
Sacroiliac joint pain
Piriformis syndrome
Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Some of these disabilities may become permanent if unattended or when improper treatment is applied. (Global Burden of Disease, 2010)
What Causes Back Pain?
Over 85% of lower back pain cases are considered “mechanical,” meaning there is no known serious underlying pathology. Chiropractors like Dr. Chase Horton get excellent results treating lower back pain with these causes. In other words, the pain you are feeling is coming from the function of your lumbar spine and the supportive anatomy around your spine, such as muscles, joints and nerves.
Other Common Causes of Back Pain
Stress
Being Overweight
Lack of Mobility
Scoliosis
Sedentary Lifestyle
Degenerative Disc Disease
Disc Herniation
Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar Ligament Strain
Osteoarthritis
Improper Lifting
Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
Stress
Disc Herniation
Being Overweight
Spinal Stenosis
Lack of Mobility
Lumbar Ligament Strain
Scoliosis
Osteoarthritis
Sedentary Lifestyle
Improper Lifting
Degenerative Disc Disease
Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
How Chiropractors Treat Back Pain
Chiropractors help to restore proper alignment to your spine, relieving tension and pressure on your nerves and correcting poor posture. Correction of misalignments in your spine result in positive outcomes for both acute and chronic lower back pain, even when accompanied by sciatica pain.
Once under control, our chiropractor can help you with preventative strategies by addressing your lifestyle habits and environment. We focus on correcting the underlying root cause of your lower back pain, not just offering a temporary fix. Taking prescription drugs to stop pain does not actually fix anything, instead only temporarily masking your pain. Dr. Chase Horton identifies and corrects the root cause of your lower back pain.
Once under control, our chiropractor can help you with preventative strategies by addressing your lifestyle habits and environment. We focus on correcting the underlying root cause of your lower back pain, not just offering a temporary fix. Taking prescription drugs to stop pain does not actually fix anything, instead only temporarily masking your pain. Dr. Chase Horton identifies and corrects the root cause of your lower back pain.
Chiropractor Adjustment
Improve spinal motion and improve your body's physical function.
Home Exercises
Corrective exercises improve posture and help you stay pain free.
Dry Needling
Proven treatment to relieve your lower back pain that release painful knots, decrease inflammation, increase blood flow, and relax the muscle.
E-Stim
E-Stim is the use of a light electrical frequency to provide immediate pain relief to tight muscles in the lower back.
Chiropractor Adjustment
Improve spinal motion and improve your body's physical function.
Home Exercises
Corrective exercises improve posture and help you stay pain free.
Dry Needling
Proven treatment to relieve your lower back pain that release painful knots, decrease inflammation, increase blood flow, and relax the muscle.
E-Stim
E-Stim is the use of a light electrical frequency to provide immediate pain relief to tight muscles in the lower back.
Visit a Chiropractor Before Trying Surgery
In many cases, chiropractors should be used as a first line of defense for lower back pain, since side effects are low and treatments are natural for your body. Standard medical approaches using drugs and surgery have an important place, however should only be used in a small percentage of cases considering the non-pathological nature of most lower back pain. Studies have shown that in most cases, long-term patient outcomes are no better with invasive surgical procedures compared to conservative care with a chiropractor, meaning that avoiding the high cost and associated risk of lower back surgery is usually a good idea when it comes to lower back pain.
Chiropractors don’t just “mask” your lower back pain
It’s important to understand the difference between temporarily reducing pain by masking symptoms vs addressing the underlying root cause of the lower back pain problem. If you’re having foot pain and you discover that there’s a rock in your shoe causing the pain, is it better to take a muscle relaxer to mask the pain or does it make more sense to reach down and remove the rock? Taking a prescription drug to simply dull the pain is like aiming a fire extinguisher at the fire alarm instead of putting out the actual fire.