The weather outside might be frightful, but the spirits in your climate-controlled chiropractic practice are sure to be delightful. Whether the snow is turning the world outside into a wonderland or you live in a warmer climate and are enjoying the season without snow, winter can be a truly beautiful time of the year–even if a certain song claims otherwise.
It can also be a time of aches, pains, and injuries. From slips and falls to skiing accidents, winter is no stranger to joint pain. The same goes for illness, stress, and more. Sometimes, the cold season can get people down physically and mentally. As such, it’s important to find ways to combat common winter ailments.
Chiropractic care can be a secret weapon in the fight against winter’s cold embrace. While the benefits of chiropractic adjustment are powerful year-round, some of the advantages take particular precedence in the cooler months. Read on for more about chiropractic care in the winter.
Relieve Joint Pain
With cold weather comes more bodily aches and pains. Whether a result of an injury, medical condition, or other cause, joint pain tends to worsen in the winter weather. There’s a scientific explanation for this phenomenon. While several factors may contribute to increased joint pain this season, changes in atmospheric pressure (which slows the flow of fluids in joints) and the body’s reluctance to stretch are two of the most common.
Chiropractic care, particularly computerized instrument adjusting that can work through a joint’s entire range of motion, can be tremendously helpful during the winter months. Not only do such adjustments work to relieve the pain associated with cold weather, but they also stimulate healing of the root cause of those aches.
Prevent Injury
In addition to alleviating cold-weather joint pain, chiropractic care in the winter can help prevent injuries. Instrument adjusting can be used to improve flexibility and correct misalignments before hitting the slopes, going ice skating, or simply conquering some snow shoveling. Both of these play significant roles in preparing the body for physical activity, especially in the cold when muscles naturally want to contract to retain warmth.
There are no substitutes for proper warm-up, stretches, and body mechanics when it comes to cold weather injury prevention. However, chiropractic care facilitates all of these and more by increasing mobility and loosening tight muscles and joints.
Improve Mental Health
As wonderful as the winter and the accompanying holidays are for many people, others experience heightened levels of stress and even Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Whether a patient is suffering from a clinical condition like SAD or simply seeking relief from an uncommonly stressful holiday season, chiropractic care can help.
A chiropractor is trained to help eliminate stress and subsequently improve both physical and mental health. These same principles apply to SAD. Chiropractors can help combat this disorder by using adjustments to increase hormone production via nervous system stimulation. Because the spine is so integral in the body’s communication with the brain, chiropractic care can assist SAD sufferers in regulating their emotions and feeling better this winter.
The winter season can be a time of joy, but it isn’t without challenges. Whether it’s aches and pains, tight joints, or increased stress, there are a number of winter woes that can turn a wondrous time of year sour. Thankfully, chiropractic care can work wonders for your holiday spirits and beyond, especially when visualized instrument adjusting is used to maximize its potential.
PulStar can help turn tough winter troubles into things of the past by employing cutting-edge chiropractic technology to facilitate the best instrument adjusting available today. Thanks to its comprehensive suite of industry-leading chiropractic tools, PulStar continues to set the standard regardless of the season.
