Far too often, treating back pain begins at the urgent care center where you’ll likely receive some muscle relaxers and pain pills. Very rarely does this provide even mild relief.

So, after a trip to your primary care doctor…you go online reading about natural, alternative healing methods that can help.  You may have been skeptical of chiropractic until now-the pain is unbearable. You see a long list of Colorado chiropractors.

What now?

If chiropractic care turns out to be one of your  back pain treatments, here a few things you should know; Chiropractic has been a co-factor in back pain relief for over 100 years now.  It’s the largest drugless health care profession in the world. Acupuncture treatment for back pain has been available for thousands of years.

Back Pain Treatments at a Chiropractic Clinic

Treatment at the chiropractic clinic might include electric muscle stimulation, TENS, microcurrent, interferential current, ultrasound and most likely (at some point) spinal manipulation therapy.  The type of therapy or modality needed is different dependent upon the condition. If you’re trying to a seek back pain treatments for a pinched nerve… a chiropractor should be on your list of treatment options.  To ‘unpinch’ a nerve, a joint may need manipulation therapy to adjust and refine the joint articulation so the nerve is no longer being pinched, tractioned or compressed

Decompression might be a therapy to consider if you’re condition is related to a bulging or herniated disc. Of the back pain treatments discussed thus far, it is the one that is most often utilized for disc related back pain. If the ‘pinched nerve’ is from a ruptured or bulging disc and you are trying to avoid back surgery, spinal decompression therapy should be on the list of possible cures.  In our clinic, we use the DRX9000 non-surgical spinal decompression machine. Therapeutically, it’s extremely safe, has a high rate of success and patient satisfaction and is a viable non-surgical option.

Back Pain Treatments are Only Part of the Solution

In my estimation back pain treatments should be secondary to treating the person as a whole. Most often the problem is not where the symptoms are. To remedy leg and hip pain, back pain, sciatica or to cure a back injury… a treatment plan should addresses the acute and chronic symptoms.  And remember, your back pain exercises should be yours and not the same as everyone else’s. That being said, all back pain treatments should be individualized.

Most of the time mother nature just doesn’t comply with that request.

But…she can be persuaded!

The art of being a sports chiropractor in Denver demands that I continue to strive for better ways to help people get back to their sport or everyday activities as soon as they safely can.

I want to introduce to you a great machine that you’ve probably never heard about or seen before that I use. Many times I’ve been able to find the right combination for people in pain to produce minor miracles.

This quick back pain relief machine is literally built to reduce pain and improve range of motion ‘on the spot.’ It doesn’t work every time and it isn’t a magic wand but when used judiciously and appropriately, it’s been great tool to have in my belt.

(Those of you know me know that I’m not a big fan of having one hammer and seeing everything as a nail.)

Quick Back Pain Relief Machine

The machine is called the ATM2 (Active Therapeutic Movements) it’s an interactive functional therapy that’s really a coupled clinician/patient endeavor to relieve and manage acute and chronic musculoskeletal pain. I’ve used it successfully for hip pain, hip and low back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, upper back pain, poor posture and mid back pain.

Substantial results of decreased pain levels, enhanced range of motion, overall sense of feeling better and functional goals (like being able to bend over when you’ve been stuck) have been completely accomplished with patients quickly, and many times immediately, after treatment. Quick back pain relief becomes a reality.

One condition that I’ve found it to be a great help in obtaining quick back pain relief is chronic low back pain that becomes acutely flared up.

The ability to heal chronic back and neck pain definitely seems to be among the biggest difficulties clinicians worldwide must face. The basis behind the innovative ATM Concept is that, in the majority of cases, it can successfully and immediately lessen current symptoms while in the clinic.

The doctor assisted ATM ‘In Clinic’ Treatment has two phases

The Examination Phase
The patient is evaluated to ascertain weather the ATM Concept would work. A full assessment is carried out, and contraindications to qualify for the ATM2 are sought out. Included in this are pregnancy and certain diseases or conditions among others. Sometimes we take x-rays to help us rule out red flags and/or pinpoint exactly what the biomechanics are.

When a person can’t normally bend a certain direction like…you can’t bend over to put your shoes on. That limitation of movement is a great indicator that this back pain relief treatment may be indicated. In fact, during the office visit the sole outcome of treatment would be to immediately increase your ability to bend over. When this happens, which is quite often, I call it the “wow effect”  because those are usually the first words out of the patients mouth! Quick back pain relief  indeed.

The Clinic Phase
After the assessment and determining that you are suitable for the ATM treatment, I’ll be able to set the patient on the ATM2 so the particular debilitating motion will become entirely pain free- that’s the goal.

The patient then performs 1- 2 minutes of comfortable movements under supervision while supported by the ATM2 apparatus. It’s actually stabilizing the injured or involved areas so you are able to perform previously painful ranges of motion.

Quick Back Pain Relief After Treatment

Right after the treatment I’ll release the patient out of the ATM2 and expect that the previously painful movement will have an immediate and substantial diminishing of pain and/or an increase in range of motion.

The clinic phase will last a number of sessions based on the patient’s condition. Sometimes it takes a few treatments and sometimes I just use it as a management tool for when your pain flares up. I don’t know if there are any other Colorado chiropractors that use this therapy but it’s pretty cool. I’ll get a video up here of this quick back pain relief machine in action soon.