Alternative therapy is a medical intervention your doctor can use to address chronic pain instead of conventional treatment. One of the main benefits of alternative pain therapy McKinney is that it is safe and non-addictive. Alternative pain therapies can gradually relieve pain and boost your overall function.
Chronic pain you struggle to cope with can emanate from your back, neck, joints, sciatic nerve, or muscles. For instance, if you have sciatica, you have pain due to the injury or irritation of the sciatic nerve, which originates from the gluteal area. You will often have sciatica when a bone spur or spinal disc herniation strains the sciatic nerve.
Before subjecting you to alternative pain therapy, your doctor must consider the nature of your symptoms, the underlying cause of pain, and your health history. Below are common alternative pain therapies your doctor can recommend for alleviating chronic pain and discomfort.
Flexion-distraction therapy
Flexion-distraction therapy involves your health provider using a uniquely designed motorized table to stretch your spine gently. The movement of the specialized table across your back and your chiropractor’s spinal manipulation can lead to pain and pressure release.
The motion initiated by flexion-distraction therapy also promotes the movement of nutrients to the spinal discs. Moreover, the treatment helps keep spinal discs well articulated and relieve their stiffness.
Flexion-distraction therapy can help relieve pain and discomfort due to lumbar disc injury, a sports injury, and aching of muscles.
Spinal decompression therapy
Your doctor will require you to lie on a specialized table for non-invasive surgical decompression. While on the table, your doctor connects you to a machine that gently stretches and relaxes your spine.
As a result, you can benefit from pressure and pain relief from connective tissues, spinal discs, and joints. Your doctor will recommend testing the therapy to evaluate your response before full treatment. If the testing of the spinal decompression provides positive results, your doctor will plan for non-surgical spinal decompression visits.
Non-invasive spinal decompression may not suit you if you have a tumor, fracture, an enlarged aorta, or severe weakening of bones.
Corrective chiropractic care
Corrective chiropractic care focuses on the spinal structure and functioning. It can assist in correcting or realigning your spine to be in normal, healthy shape.
Even a small issue of spinal misalignment can affect the functioning of nerves. Nerves transmit chemical signals between your spinal cord and the remainder of your body. As a result, restoring the correct or normal spine alignment can help relieve muscle aches, sciatica, and joint pain.
Oxygen therapy
Also called supplemental oxygen, oxygen therapy involves supplying you with additional oxygen. It can help maintain high levels of blood oxygen. That may be vital for reducing pain, tenderness, and inflammation, fighting off infections, and promoting the creation of new blood vessels.
You may also be required to eat certain foods to help reduce chronic pain. For example, your nutritionist or dietician can require you to consume foods rich in vitamin C to relieve musculoskeletal pain.
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