According to renowned chiropractors, medical studies and research establishes that a combination of massage and chiropractic treatment may be the best alternative forms of treating back pain. Spinal adjustments made through chiropractic therapy are enhanced by massage, which relieves neck and back pain.

Chiropractic centers offer a number of massage and manipulations including ones that are suitable for expectant mothers or those suffering from multiple injuries. Chiropractors recommend massage as a lower back pain treatment option and the best way to reduce stress, which is also a determining factor for heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, and depression. Recovery of injured tissues is enhanced by massage therapy, and studies have revealed that it reduces the tension within the cells of inflamed muscles. This helps with recovery. Injured tissues receive nutrients through increased levels of blood circulation, which is enhanced by message therapy. Massage makes the body produce more endorphins, which is a natural pain killer.

Special massage techniques are used for pregnant mothers that helps them get relief from back pain, and, at the same time, paves the way for easy delivery of the baby.
Chiropractors also observe that massage can lower the amount of tension. It is a treatment of the body as well as the mind in alleviating stress, pain, and injury. Massage helps in the chiropractic process of spinal adjustment by encouraging the internal mechanisms of the body to work more efficiently. Chiropractors have always depended upon massage therapy for the quick recovery of back pain.

Massage As A Lower Back Pain Treatment Option

 

Massage can help relieve pain in your lower back quickly
(image courtesy of Thomas Wanhoff)

Colorado Springs chiropractor, Dr. Molly Kallenbach of Thrive Chiropractic, says that the use of massage therapy enhances the effects of chiropractic spinal adjustments in the treatment of back pain, neck pain and headache. Citing several recent studies from the American Massage Therapy Association demonstrating the effectiveness of massage against musculoskeletal pain, stress and inflammation, Dr.Kallenbach says that her patients report that their conditions improved faster when massage and chiropractic care were combined. The clinic offers several different types of massage designed to treat different conditions, including massage tailored toward helping expectant mothers, and also for patients going through rehabilitation for many types of injuries.

 

Dr.Kallenbach says that massage therapy provides numerous medical benefits. “Massage’s stress-lowering benefits are amazing in and of themselves. Considering that stress worsens so many health problems like high heart disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, depression, etc, it’s clear that lowering stress levels is critical for good health. Hundreds of studies also show how massage helps accelerate recovery for injured tissues. It improves the effects of spinal adjustments, so I recommend it for almost all of my patients experiencing back pain, headache or neck pain.”

 

Dr.Kallenbach cites several studies showing how massage relieves pain and accelerates healing times. One study performed on athletes illustrates how massage inhibits the cellular inflammatory response in tense, overworked muscles. This enables muscles to recover faster. Several other studies demonstrate how massage increases circulation to injured tissues in need of nutrients, while also inducing the body to produce more endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers. Other studies have also shown that specialized pregnancy massage can help expectant mothers find relief from lower backaches and prepare them for an easier childbirth.

 

Dr.Kallenbach says she believes everyone could benefit from massage. “Massage is a great whole-body and mind treatment that naturally alleviates pain, stress, illness and injury on many levels. It is an enormous complement to chiropractic care because, like spinal adjustments, massage encourages the body’s internal healing mechanisms without drugs or artificial means. I really do recommend it for pretty much everybody.”

 

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Massage as a lower back pain treatment option can be said to work as a catalyst in the chiropractic treatment of back pain by improving the speed of recovery. In most cases, chiropractors have advised that massage can be very effective along with manipulation treatment.
 

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