Chiropractic Care For Elderly

Chiropractic care for the elderly

Chiropractic can help people of all ages, there is no upper limit. Indeed, with older patients, the chiropractor employs gentle techniques that are carefully adapted to her or his more fragile physique.

Surviving a lifetime of work and play, it is normal to accumulate wear and tear in any joint, especially those bearing weight continuously. Disc degeneration and arthritis are ways in which the body responds to wear and tear of the vertebral column.

We will be happy to spend all time needed to explain your problem and the correct treatment for you. Even if your radiographs show advanced arthritis, we can improve the function of your vertebral column or other joints by mobilisation therapy, thus alleviating your pain and stiffness.

The degree of arthritis is not correlated with the degree of pain you feel.

Arthritis of the spinal column does not always cause back pain, but when this happens, it means that the degeneration may be already at an advanced stage: on the surface of the vertebrae deposits of calcium are formed, resulting in reduced flexibility. When this happens, you may feel very stiff and often painful.