Santa Clara Chiropractor: Growing Older Doesn’t Have to Hurt
December 20th, 2009 | by admin |Let’s face it, there’s just no getting around the fact that as we age our body doesn’t feel or respond the same way as it did when we were younger. It just doesn’t seem right that our body seems to become less “cooperative,” while our mind appears to improve and become more “inventive.” We’re stiff when we get out of bed; certain activities during the day make us sore at night; and, if we’re not truly careful, even a movement as simple as turning too quickly or bending over to pick up a dropped object, can send our back or some other muscle group into spasm. But, it isn’t necessary for our body to go from bad to worse because there is help for us, “boomers,” that can not only slow down the aging process of the body, but help us to avoid some of those problems altogether.
Take arthritis for instance. Most of us would agree that, with the exception of pharmaceuticals, allopathic medicine doesn’t attend to this age-related affliction. What is the basis for such a limited approach? It is because most medical practitioners focus only on the symptoms of arthritis. Chiropractic care, on the other hand, not only relieves the pain of arthritis, naturally, without drugs, but it addresses the root of the problem and eliminates it. For more than one hundred years, chiropractors, like your Santa Clara Chiropractor, have been helping men and women suffering from back pain and other conditions produced by arthritic changes in the musculoskeletal system.
Arthritic changes take place as your body ages because, over time, wear of certain joints takes place as the result of repetitive stresses, and years of incorrect gait, improper posture, and insufficient movement. Chiropractic treatment reestablishes motion in your joints and decreases pain, and it ameliorates any vertebral misalignment that may be causing irritation and restriction. In addition to causing arthritic changes in the spine and increasing pain, did you know that misaligned vertebra can also lower your resistance and immunity? It’s true, and this might be one of the reasons why it may seem to you that as you get older you experience more health issues and that it frequently takes longer for you to feel better again. According to studies done on older individuals, those who received regular chiropractic care stayed healthier. To put it another way, as you get older, chiropractic care is good for what ails you!
When it comes to the health of the musculoskeletal system, chiropractors are experts whether it’s the small, growing frame of an infant or the full-grown body of a mature adult. Your chiropractor understands the aging process and has exceptional observational and diagnostic skills that assist in finding spinal misalignments and joint problems. A chiropractic examination can, in fact, frequently reveal some age-related conditions before they’ve had a chance to create noticeable pain. Furthermore, your Santa Clara Chiropractor can evaluate your posture and analyze your gait to identify faulty patterns that could create more arthritic changes in the future.
So, if feeling your age has become a painful experience, see your Santa Clara Chiropractor today!
Dr. David Hoewisch is a Santa Clara Chiropractor with over 25 years of experience helping thousands of patients get out of pain and get their lives back. His office is located at 1221 Lafayette St., Santa Clara, CA, 95050. Dr. Hoewisch has traveled around the world and is an avid outdoor enthusiast. He is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and learned sign language at an early age. He treats many deaf patients in his clinic. For more information go to his website at http://www.santaclarachiropractor.net
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