Long-term Chronic Pain

Chiropractic and Medical Acupuncture for relief from:

• Back Pain

• Neck Pain

• Sports Injuries

• Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist Pain

• Hip and Knee Pain

• Ankle and Foot Pain

Living with long-term pain can have a huge impact on your quality of life. Long-term pain, also known as chronic or persistent pain, often leads to people becoming less active. This can lead to a cycle of increased immobility, leading to behavioural patterns based around fear of causing injury by moving. Psychological factors have an impact on how much pain you feel and how you recover. Treating long-term pain requires an understanding of how pain works and learning new patterns of behaviour. Long-term pain is associated with certain medical conditions such as fibromyalgia, arthritis and depression. The effects of stress are far reaching and can affect the whole body, and have an impact on mental and emotional health. It affects the digestive, cardiovascular and immune systems. Stress effects on how much pain you ‘feel’. Long-term stress can affect inflammation in the body and aggravate existing musculoskeletal conditions and pain. Stress can cause headaches, back pain and neck pain.
Chiropractic and acupuncture can alleviate pain generated by tension in muscles and helps manage anxiety and stress. A treatment plan agreed with your chiropractor aims to relieve pain and improve mobility.