One of the best things you can do to prevent and/or eliminate back pain is to exercise. Both an inactive lifestyle and being overweight contribute to back pain. Exercise benefits you in so many ways, such as lowering blood pressure, helping you maintain a healthy weight, lowering your risk for diabetes, and the list goes on!

Orthotics can help you maintain a healthy spine through the use of spinal pelvic stabilizers. Devices that you wear in your shoes, stabilizers align all three arches of your foot to provide a balanced foundation for your spine and body.

It is estimated that 80 percent of people will experience back pain at some time in their life. Since your back is a complicated structure of bones, joints, muscles, and ligaments, there are many different factors that can play a part in your back pain. It is possible to irritate joints, sprain ligaments, or strain muscles in your back — which can all cause pain. Poor posture, obesity, and psychological stress can also lead to or worsen back pain. One thing you may not know is that along with chiropractic care, exercise can help prevent back pain.

Doctors of Chiropractic (DCs) can help reduce, eliminate, and prevent back pain. Using their hands, they manually adjust the joints and tissue in your back to restore joint mobility, relieving pain and muscle tightness. Maintaining a healthy spine will help keep you healthier overall by keeping your spine free of misalignments that could interfere with your central nervous system, the center for all your physical and mental activity. DCs can also provide you with dietary, nutritional, and lifestyle counseling.

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