Home Chiropractic Care - Simple Step-By-Step Instructions

Sometimes due to time constraint or even expensive fee, people are reluctant to see chiropractors to heal their back and neck pain. They just let the pain linger and torture them. However, now, we will give list down some simple chiropractic care techniques that is safe to perform everywhere without having the chiropractor to monitor the patients, so that they can conduct chiropractic care at their own home at any time.

Yet, before administering chiropractic care at home, it is prudent that the patient visits a chiropractor or professional physician to go through an examination. They will then recommend to the patient which chiropractic care techniques that he can use at home to alleviate the patient?s pain. They can also forbid the patient to carry out such chiropractic care if they think the patient?s body is too weak to do so. This is necessary so that the patient?s health will not deteriorate while conducting this chiropractic care.

The main objective of chiropractic care at home is prevention. Heavier jobs are best handled by professional chiropractors and all we can do is to prevent the pain from attacking us. Most of chiropractors will suggest eight simple stretches as a start of the chiropractic care. However, should you feel that these eight stretches put heavy strains to your body, you can just select which ones you want to do. It is better than having heavy injuries while practicing the chiropractic care, which can be fatal. The eight basic stretches comprise of :

Bending forward; you can do this by first standing and then trying to touch your toes. You can also do this from the chair by laying your chest flat on your knees and let the arms hang freely.

Flamingo stretching; this is done from the standing position on one foot, and then with your hand, try to lift your other foot as high as you can behind your back.

Standing in the corner; this exercise is done by standing close to a corner of our room, then put your forearms each on the wall and bend forward.

Crossing your arms; this exercise stretches your shoulder and triceps. Simply put one arm over your chest and use the other arm to pull on the elbow.

Neck stretches; slowly move your head to the right, left or forward, with your hands giving a soft pull in respective three directions.

Scratch your back; place your hand on the back, and move the other free hand to help you push the other hand down your back as far as you can.

Shrugging; simply move your shoulders by shrugging and moving it in a circular direction with your arms hanging free.

Lower back twists; while sitting down, cross your legs and place your left hand over the outside of your right leg and pull as far as you can.

For further details, please contact chiropractor or chiropractic care giver that you know. They may give you more exercises or alter some exercises above, but the above exercises are adequate enough if you want to conduct chiropractic care at home.