Arthritis or Degenerative Disc Disease:

As a chiropractor Colorado Springs, I often hear the story from new patients that they were told, following an x-ray or MRI, that they had arthritis or degenerative disc disease and the only treatment was injection therapy, anti-inflammatory medicine and exercise.  The entire problem with this situation is that a doctor cannot look at an x-ray or MRI and determine that joint pain and / or lack of function is from degeneration or arthritis.  Unfortunately, these patients were never evaluated for a subluxation.  Subluxation degeneration (arthritis) is related causes back pain and decreased function.  Secondarily, it causes muscle spasm, muscle pain and muscle tightness.

The longer a person has subluxation degeneration, the more spinal damage occurs to the joints and discs of the spine.  If the condition goes long enough, complete fusion of the bones can occur.  Chiropractic treatments can help prevent or slow subluxation degeneration.  At Thatcher Chiropractic, PC in Colorado Springs, we often provide patients with exercise and stretches that commonly address the lower back "core", neck or mid-back to slow or prevent subluxation degeneration.