Every patient and every injury are different. The patient profile: age, occupation, lifestyle, physical status, weight, exercise, sports and other activities will have an impact on recovery as well pre-existing conditions such as poor posture, spinal degeneration, arthritis, abnormalities, previous injuries and the severity of the problem.

 

The aim is to get you out of pain as quickly as possible and in most cases, this is achieved within a few treatments. Three factors that adversely affect recovery time are abnormal stress, how long you have had the problem before you seek treatment, and following the advice given to you by your treating practitioner while recovering.

 

Seeking treatment early before your nervous system protective muscle spasm response is programmed too strongly cannot be emphasized enough. Once protective muscle spasm becomes too strong recovery progress is slowed requiring more treatment to break the cycle of pain.

 

A stitch in time saves nine. Finally, stress is a factor in all disease. Stress tightens all skeletal muscles and can render a tight out of balance back tighter and more out of balance requiring more treatment to correct.