The Value of McHenry Healthy Living

Healthy living. How do you define that? Do you embody it? Do you know what behaviors are healthy? OrthoIllinois Chiropractic is all for healthy living. OrthoIllinois Chiropractic sees chiropractic care as a healthy behavior! McHenry chiropractic patients can trust their McHenry chiropractor to be a guide to the healthy lifestyle behaviors that can not only assist them cope with exisiting spine pain issues but also ward off future bouts of spine pain, neck pain, and back pain, and other health issues that are best avoided.

HEALTHY BEHAVIORS

What are some healthy behaviors? A good diet. Exercise. Not smoking. Low/No alcohol intake. Those sound about right, don’t they? A recent study described that men who took advantage of more of these healthy choices had lower possibility of long lasting low back pain and women for neck pain. (1) Consuming fruit and vegetables is another advantageous healthy behavior. This in addition to the other behaviors are shown to reduce the risk of developing long term troubling low back pain in women and even potentially better the prognosis of low back pain relief. (2) Participating in a community based musculoskeletal physiotherapy program improves the health-related quality of life for patients. (3) Utilizing a lumbar support orthosis improves postural control when standing on unlevel ground.  This may be particularly welcomed by34 patients with non-specific low back pain as they are predisposed to be more unsteady. (4) OrthoIllinois Chiropractic works with our McHenry back pain patients on their balance and proprioception to help improve their steadiness.

CHOICE OF CARE

Choice of care for health care issues encourages more healthy behaviors. When patients are given the opportunity to choose their provider for back pain or neck pain relief (in one study: physical therapy care), costs were lower than if they went to their medical doctor first and were referred. Direct access makes a difference in costs and outcomes. (5) A study of women and their choices of providers for back pain relief found that their familiarity with the doctor’s treatment, social network recommendations, how close they were to the doctor’s office, and doctor’s qualifications motivated their choice. (6)

MAKE THE CHOICE TO CONTACT OrthoIllinois Chiropractic NOW

Schedule your McHenry chiropractic appointment today. It’s your choice to discover the path to a healthy life and pain relief when necessary.