Phase 1: Relief Care

Thumbs Up to Relief

Many people go to a chiropractor because they are in pain. In this first phase of care, the main goal is to reduce your symptoms. Sometimes this will require daily visits, or two to three visits per week for a time.

Most people assume, if they don’t feel any pain, there's nothing wrong with them – that they're healthy. Unfortunately, pain is a very poor indicator of health levels. Pain and other symptoms frequently appear only after a disease or other condition is advanced.

For example, consider a cavity in your tooth. Does it hurt when it first develops or only after it becomes serious? How about heart disease? Regardless of whether you're talking about cancer, heart disease, diabetes, stress or problems with the spine, pain is usually one of the last symptoms to appear. When you begin chiropractic care, pain is also the first symptom to disappear, even though much of the underlying condition remains.