Thumbs Up to Relief
Many people go to a chiropractor because they are in pain. In the Relief phase of care, the main goal is to reduce your symptoms and improve your immediate quality of life. Sometimes this will require daily visits, but more often just two to three visits per week for a time period.
Most people are under the assumption that if they don't feel any pain that there is nothing wrong with them - that they are healthy. Unfortunately, pain is a very poor indicator of health. In fact, pain and other symptoms frequently only appear after a disease or other condition has become advanced.
For example, consider a cavity in your tooth. Does it hurt when it first develops or only after it has become serious? How about heart disease? Regardless of whether you are talking about cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stress or problems with the spine, pain is usually the last thing to appear. When you begin chiropractic care, pain is typically one of the first symptom to disappear, even though much of the underlying condition remains. This is why we recommend care, into the Corrective phase of healing.