If you have been diagnosed with joint disorder and have been referred to a chiropractic therapist your first reaction might be that of fear of pain.
Many people will have you believe that the chiropractic therapist is an ogre who will sit on top of you and turn and twist your joints into place under extreme pressure causing you the kind of pain no man woman or child or even animal must be subjected to.
The truth is much the contrary of whatever horror stories you will have heard up till now.
What is chiropractic adjustment in the first place? In case you were new to this form of medical therapy, chiropractic adjustment is the process of adjusting joints that have, through a period of time, like years, have gotten displaced from their natural placement in the body.
This happens when the joints develop air or gas bubbles between them and need physical pressure and therapy to get them back into position.
This therapy usually takes a few sittings before the desired results can be achieved.
The very thought of having someone turn and twist the joint to get it back into place brings to mind images of pain and suffering.
However, at the outset you should dispel the fears as there is very little discomfort.
People who have undergone chiropractic adjustment procedures and have experienced much pain or discomfort have in all certainty brought it on to themselves.
When a patient enters the chamber for chiropractic adjustment they are ready for the worst.
Not knowing that the more they are relaxed the less discomfort they will experience.
The patient must learn to relax and trust the professional to do his or her job without having to restrict unwanted movements from the patient.
The more the patient tightens his or her muscles or writhes around the more they will experience pain.
Many people are more afraid of the sounds they hear during the chiropractic adjustment process.
There is nothing to fear from these sounds as they are not the sounds of your bones cracking or breaking inside.
These popping sounds are the sounds of the gas trapped between the joints being released.
This is just like cracking your knuckles and producing a loud popping noise.
However this popping noise from the knuckles is far more painful than the popping noise produced by a skilled chiropractic practitioner.
Chiropractic adjustment is meant to increase the mobility of the joints and reduce pain so that the patient can lead as normal a life as possible.
So, when you enter the chamber for your therapy the first question you must answer yourself is: Is it going to pain you in any way? The answer is a definite no.
the amount of discomfort you will experience is entirely up to you.
The more relaxed and trusting of the therapist you are the less it is going to hurt.
The amount of pain is in your hands!