Chiropractic Phases of Care
Understanding Phases of Chiropractic Care
The goal of chiropractic care is to enable your body to heal itself, without the use of drugs or surgery. A chiropractor will use his or her hands to manipulate the spine and joints back into proper alignment. This will ease pain, alleviate pressure on the nerves, reduce muscle spasms, and enable proper motion in the joint.
Chiropractic care proceeds in three distinct phases:
- Relief care to help you feel better
- Corrective care to help you move better
- Wellness care to help you stay better
Patients who complete all three phases of chiropractic care tend to have the best long-term outcomes.
Relief Care
Feel Better
Corrective Care
Move Better
Wellness Care
Stay Better
1. Relief Care
will help you Feel Better
If you are in pain when you come into our Weston chiropractic office, our primary focus will be on reducing your pain and getting you feeling better as soon as possible. Depending on the severity of your condition, this may require multiple visits over the first few weeks of care.
When you begin chiropractic care, pain will usually be the first symptom to disappear, but that doesn’t mean that your problem has been fully resolved. In fact, much of the underlying condition may remain. That’s why it’s important to understand the next phase of care: Corrective or Restorative Care.
2. Corrective Care
will help you Move Better
Eliminating the immediate symptoms is often considered the easiest step in a patient’s care plan. But, to prevent your symptoms from coming back, it is necessary to continue your treatment plan.
The goal of corrective or restorative care is to fix the underlying problem and restore as much function as possible. During this phase, muscles and other tissues are able to heal more completely, which will help create strength and stability. This will help to maintain the motion and function that you’ve regained and prevent serious relapses.
It is not unusual to have mild flare-ups in your symptoms from time to time. This is normal, because your body is still working on fully healing.
During the corrective or restorative phase of care, you will have fewer adjustments than during relief care. The doctor may also teach you stretches and exercises that you can do at home to help the healing process. After the doctor has done everything he or she can to correct the problem, the next step is Wellness (or Maintenance) Care.
3. Wellness Care
will help you Stay Better
Once your body has fully healed, wellness or maintenance chiropractic care can help you to maintain the health of your spine and prevent future injuries. When you come in for routine care, you can avoid many of the aches and pains that so many others suffer, your joints will last longer, and you will recover much faster when new injuries arise.
It can also save you money over the long term. Just like getting routine oil changes is easier and less expensive than replacing the engine in your car, maintenance chiropractic visits usually take only a few minutes of your time, have benefits that build upon each other, and are less expensive than dealing with a relapse.
Research supports the value of maintenance chiropractic care
A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine followed 894 injured workers for one year after their initial injury. The study found that the workers with the highest percentage of re-injury were those undergoing physical therapy, followed by those managing their injury medically, and those undergoing no treatment at all. The workers with the lowest re-injuries were those who had received chiropractic maintenance care.
Completing all 3 phases of chiropractic care will give you the best chance of living a pain-free life.
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Why Choose Innovative Health?
Since 1987, we have been dedicated to providing exceptional health care to Central Wisconsin. Our team of skilled doctors offers a variety of treatment approaches and adjusting techniques tailored to your needs. Through ongoing education, we continuously improve our care to best serve you.
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- Open early and late to fit your schedule
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3 Steps to Feeling Better
Complete Evaluation
Your first visit will include a complete evaluation of your current condition. We will uncover the root cause and develop an appropriate treatment plan.
Effective Care
We don't do cookie-cutter care plans. Your care will be customized to you and may include a combination of therapies to deliver the best results.
Get Back to Life
Our goal is the same as yours—to help you restore your body to normal function so that you can go back to enjoying the life you deserve.
