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Why You Should Add Chiropractor Visits to Your Wellness Routine
Whether you’ve never experienced chiropractic care or you’re a frequent patient, you may — like most people — think of this branch of health care as something reserved only for acute spinal problems.
We’re here to bust that myth and introduce the many benefits of chiropractic care beyond treating back pain. At Dr. Hipp’s Chiropractic in San Francisco, California, Dr. Katherine Hipp and our team help our patients live their best lives through routine chiropractic care. Here are six reasons to consider adding regular chiropractic visits to your overall wellness plan.
1. The best sleep of your life
Even slight musculoskeletal problems can have you tossing and turning all night and waking up with pain and stiffness. You can try a new mattress, pillow, or position, but the issue lies in your misaligned body. Until you address the root problem, you won’t sleep a wink.
Dr. Hipp’s expert chiropractic adjustments realign your body to promote relaxation, enable your nervous system to function properly, get your circadian rhythm back on track, and reduce pain and discomfort. If you have sleep apnea, chiropractic adjustments can relieve pressure on the nerves that control your breathing, relieving your symptoms.
2. Reduced stress and better mental health
Talk therapy is a tried-and-true approach to some mental health issues, and severe cases may require medication, but you can address or prevent mild mental health disorders with chiropractic care.
By alleviating stress, lowering blood pressure, improving your sleep, relieving muscle tension and pain, and decreasing headaches, chiropractic care goes a long way toward
helping you fend off depression and anxiety.
3. Fewer aches and pains
Unsurprisingly, everyday life leads to minor aches and pains that can keep you up at night and down during the day. But you may not realize that routine chiropractic adjustments can relieve your discomfort and improve your whole day.
Whether you’ve been in a car crash, slump all day at a computer desk, or have a physically demanding hobby, life’s everyday activities can throw your back out of whack, leading to persistent discomfort you can’t quite pinpoint — but Dr. Hipp can.
4. Tip-top immunity
Yes, chiropractic care can even help you get sick less often. Here’s how it works.
Your immune system tanks anytime you experience a system dysfunction in your body. For example, a misaligned spine can trigger problems in your central nervous system. Suddenly, you produce a rush of stress hormones that induces inflammation, compromises your immune system, and leaves you vulnerable to viral and bacterial infections.
Regular chiropractic care keeps your body aligned, your nervous system running smoothly, and your immune system at its peak.
5. Better flexibility and mobility
Whether you live for yoga, relish wrestling your kids, or just want to get in and out of your car without pain, you need healthy, flexible joints and a strong spine.
Diet and exercise are crucial components, but if you have a slight subluxation or misalignment, you could struggle to bend, twist, and lift. Tight muscles, arthritic joints, whiplash, sciatica, and spinal stenosis are just a few of the conditions we can help you manage with regular chiropractic care so you can move more freely.
6. Treating other health conditions
Routine chiropractic care is an excellent complement to the treatment of several health conditions, including:
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Disc herniation
- Migraine disease
- Fibromyalgia
- Asthma
- Allergies
- Acid reflux and GERD
In short, a well-aligned spine gives your body the best chance to prevent health problems and makes traditional treatments more effective. In many cases, chiropractic care offers a noninvasive, medicine-free alternative to a pharmaceutical or surgical approach.
Book an appointment online, or call Dr. Hipp’s Chiropractic to talk with Dr. Hipp about your overall health and how routine chiropractic care can help.