Chiropractic Care and Massage Therapy: A One-Two Punch to Your Back Pain

When it comes to chronic back pain, there are many treatment options. When it comes to creating a well-rounded treatment protocol, don’t overlook complementary treatments that may not provide a complete solution but can deliver additional relief.

Chiropractic care and massage therapy are treatment options that fit together perfectly.

At Advantage Spinal Dynamics & Innovative Medicine in Meridian, Idaho, our expert chiropractors deliver precise and effective chiropractic care to manipulate internal components of your body from the outside.

Meanwhile, our skilled massage therapists enhance your comfort and pain relief with gentle, firm, external pressure to release trigger pain points and relax your body.

Chiropractic care

Chiropractic care is built on the concept that most pain in the body can be traced to skeletal misalignment. The spine is particularly vulnerable, with multiple bones, discs, and nerves needing to line up perfectly inside a narrow canal to provide proper function without pain.

In the case of back pain, careful spinal manipulation can help create extra space between spinal bones and discs, and straighten crooked spinal canals, so there’s more room for all of your spinal components to move properly without compression or pain. 

Chiropractic care can help with conditions such as disc herniation or sciatica.

Massage therapy

Massage therapy can help relieve pain and provide relaxation by using external pressure to work on the muscles surrounding your spine. Deep tissue massage can target trigger points well below the surface, unknotting hard balls of tense tissue and delivering relief.

Combined with chiropractic care, massage therapy can deliver deep relaxation and reduced pain perception.

This one-two punch to back pain can provide cumulative relief, far greater than either therapy used alone. Typically, we begin with chiropractic and finish with massage, to send you home able to perform daily activities before sleeping deeply without pain interrupting your rest.

If you struggle with lower back pain caused by a herniation or nerve compression, back pain due to a trauma such as a car accident or sports mishap, or pain due to a degenerative age-related condition like arthritis, we can help. 

Our chiropractors and massage therapists work with you to create a plan that sends you on your way feeling markedly better.

Even conditions like chronic head pain can often benefit from chiropractic care and massage, creating extra space for bones to move and reducing inflammation that causes pressure on nerves and triggers pain responses.

To learn more about pairing chiropractic care and massage therapy to treat pain, schedule a consultation at Advantage Spinal Dynamics & Innovative Medicine. Call us at 208-213-7963 or request an appointment online today.