Movement is essential for walking, sitting, and performing other chores. But most of us aren’t attentive to whether we are sitting straight or walking in the correct posture. In the long term, though, it really does matter.

Why It’s Important To Care

Our body is designed like a machine. Every muscle or part of the body is connected and the spine controls everything. Problems in your main muscles can cause issues with the connecting muscles, tissues, and joints that eventually results in pain known as sciatica, headaches, back, and leg pains.

People are accustomed to sitting long hours and back pain is the second most prevalent cause of absence from work. Most people don’t even know that they have developed a back condition until they start suffering from excruciating pain. For all these reasons and more, you should really care about the number of hours you’re leaving your muscles inactive, sitting in the wrong posture or walking incorrectly. All these things have an effect on your system and over the long term start causing muscle and joint pains due to compensations in the body.

How Can Chiropractic Care Help?

Chiropractors are trained to treat and correct the misalignment and function of the spine, which is the root cause of the pain. It goes against common sense to keep feeding your system painkillers because it’s not a definitive and long term solution. In the long term, only your chiropractor can help relieve your pain by adjusting your overall health and lifestyle for better living.

If you want more information or help regarding a specific condition, call our office today to book a free consultation at (541) 389-1191.