Back Pain & Sciatica - Horizon Chiropractic Center

Researchers estimate that 80% of people experience back pain at some point in their lives. In fact, back pain is the second most common reason for visits to the doctor (upper respiratory symptoms are number one) and the most common reason for missed work.

For decades the most prescribed treatment for back pain was muscle relaxers and pain medication, but more recent research has shown there are more effective and safer options.

In 2017, the American College of Physicians, the largest medical-specialty society in the world, updated their clinical protocols for treating back pain and now recommend a conservative approach that includes chiropractic care before using muscle relaxers or pain medication.

In cases of chronic back pain, where the symptoms keep coming back over and over again, experts agree that a multifaceted approach that includes chiropractic care and some lifestyle changes is best.

Upper cervical chiropractic care has proven to be one of the most effective treatments for chronic back pain because it focuses the treatment on the epicenter of the spinal alignment problem, not just where the pain is located.

Even after general chiropractic care had failed them, many people with chronic back pain find long-lasting relief with upper cervical chiropractic care.

Back pain may be the second leading cause of missed days of work in the U.S., but if you’re a stay-at-home parent, you don’t really get a sick day.

While there are many approaches out there to solving this issue, we believe we offer the simplest, least invasive, and effective approach to not only getting rid of our patient’s back pain, but keeping it gone.

If you’re suffering from chronic, long-term pain that is consistently sneaking into your life like your kid sneaks out of bed, it’s because your body is not healing.

Healing is something that is facilitated through your nervous system.

Here’s how it works: The cells get damaged and they communicate to the brain that there is damage. The brain responds by sending help to heal and repair. If this communication from the brain to the body and the body to the brain is damaged then proper healing cannot take place.

By restoring these communication lines within your body, we can begin proper healing in your body, and that continues to happen even after you leave our office. That is when resolution happens!