Chiropractic practices offer a more natural approach to pain, healing the body from whatever trauma it is enduring. When the body’s skeletal system is out of alignment, many issues and difficulties can result. If you are in the Columbus, Ohio area, Powell Chiropractic & Wellness can help you sort out these problems.

Spinal decompression, massage therapy, and dry needling are three treatment options offered at Powell Chiropractic & Wellness to help solve your back problems. We’re going to go through each treatment, explaining who benefits from it and what it can do for you.

Spinal Decompression

Spinal compression is something that happens through regular activities such as sitting. Over time, these activities and positions can squeeze the fluid out from between the discs in your back, allowing them to rub against each other more. This compression of the spinal discs can be quite painful, especially as it continues to worsen.

Spinal decompression works by gently stretching apart the discs in your spine, allowing fluid to return to the spaces between the discs. This is because as the vertebrae are gently separated, a vacuum effect forms which sucks the water that leaked out during spinal compression back in.

Spinal decompression is an excellent alternative to surgery and not only reduces pain but can also restore the natural function of your back. In addition, when the fluid returns to the spaces between your spinal discs, it is full of nutrients and oxygen, which also assists in the healing process.

Many people find that this therapy provides long-term relief without the stress and recovery required by surgery.

Therapeutic Massages

Chiropractors work with the body’s musculoskeletal system, which includes the bones and muscles of the body and the way they work together. In comparison, massage therapy focuses more on the body’s soft tissues, which includes the muscles and tendons. By manipulating these aspects, massage therapy can reduce the inflammation and pain that results from a skeletal system that is out of alignment.

Therapeutic massages can relieve nerve pressure. Not only does this decrease pain, but it can also help increase your range of motion.

While massage therapy offers many benefits on its own, when combined with chiropractic care, the benefits expand. For example, massage therapy allows the body to respond faster to chiropractic adjustments, which means you will feel better, faster. In addition, adding in therapeutic massages helps to extend the lengths of time that your alignments are maintained. Therapeutic massages also strengthen your muscles, meaning, once you have been realigned, your body is more likely to maintain that alignment since the muscles are strong enough to hold it.

Dry Needling

Dry needling is a treatment used to treat muscular pain and trigger points.

This treatment is completed by placing very thin acupuncture needles into the muscle causing the issue to release any built-up muscular tension. It does this by creating a muscle twitch or contraction, which releases the trigger point and lets the muscle relax. This action helps to release pain and restores your muscle’s function.

Dry needling also allows for the muscle to “reset”, encouraging a quicker response to treatment.

If you are within the Columbus, Ohio area and are interested in how these treatments can benefit you, reach out to Powell Chiropractic & Wellness for more information.