Boo! Don't Forget to Check Those Bones This Halloween

Halloween is coming to Birmingham and it's this time of year that we turn our attention to bones and skeletons! At Back on Track Chiropractic and Wellness Center, we encourage our patients to think long and hard about bones--bone health, that is.

Spinal Adjustments Are Critical for Bone Health

Your spine is made up of many bones that protect your body’s nerves. Signals from the brain travel up and down these nerves carrying messages and commands to other parts of your body. These signals control everything, from your digestive tract to your body movements.

Overtime, the bones in your back (vertebrae) can become misaligned, pinching some of the nerves in the spine. When this happens, things can start to go wrong with your health, and you may even start to feel pain in various muscles and limbs in your body.

Spinal adjustments can correct this problem. By re-aligning the bones in your spine, adjustments can provide relief from joint and muscle pain and may also heal systems in your body that were before having problems.

Chiropractic in Birmingham Helps Your Bones in Other Ways

There are many treatments and methods that chiropractic uses to heal the body. For example:

• Massage therapy. Massage therapy helps relax the muscles and improve range of motion after an injury, which is good for maintaining alignment of the spine.
• Lifestyle advice. Chiropractors give lifestyle advice to patients. This lifestyle advice helps patients make changes that prevent muscle and joint pain, and improve their posture.
• Nutritional advice. Chiropractors also help people take care of their bones by telling them how to eat right and maintain a healthy weight.

Take Care of Your Bones this Halloween

This Halloween is the perfect time to start taking care of your bones. For more information about how chiropractic can help you, contact Back on Track Chiropractic and Wellness Center. At your first appointment we can perform an exam and devise a treatment plan to fit your needs