Dealing with Seasonal Aches & Pains

The holiday season is hectic, but the new year can bring its own set of challenges. The holidays can be

stressful in a multitude of ways, and sometimes it takes your body a bit to recover from the rigors of the

holiday season. Travel, unhealthy diet, shaking up sleeping patterns, and simple stress of dealing with

family members are a few of the things that can shake your body out of its routine.

A lot of these stressors can lead to seasonal aches and pains for many, and those can really put a

hamper in getting back into your normal routine. Chiropractic care can be a valuable resource when

dealing with these aches and pains, as misalignments in the spine can put pressure on nerves, cause

inflammation, and potentially cause other injuries.

Get Back to the Correct Posture

The winter months bring a unique set of challenges to our bones and joints, and some of those

challenges can contribute to injury. Winter sports are a big part of the Colorado’s active lifestyle, but can

cause some of those seasonal aches and pains. Chiropractors can help make sure your spine is properly

aligned, which can help prevent some of the musculoskeletal injuries that result from these activities.

Getting your spine aligned can also help provide relief and promote healing.

Your muscles aren’t warm in the winter, and people tend to hunch up or tense up due to the cold. This

poor posture can also contribute to aches and pains. Your chiropractor can obviously help keep your

spine in proper alignment, but they can also help offer advice on maintaining proper posture. They can

also provide exercises to strengthen those supporting muscles.

Preventative Care is the Best Care

Regular chiropractic adjustments can be a form of preventative care, helping to maintain spinal health

and address minor issues before they become more significant. A lot of cold weather aches and pains

come from inflammation, and an aligned spine provides direct relief for that. Proper spinal alignment

supports optimal blood flow and circulation, and that facilitates the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to

areas that can get bogged down with inflammatory substances.

By releasing restrictions on your joints and restoring normal joint motion, chiropractic adjustments can

restore proper function to these joints. By reducing the stress in the surrounding tissues, it can minimize

the inflammation in an affected area. Keeping ahead of these issues before they become problematic

happens with proper alignment, improving immune system function as well. Getting ahead of the aches

and pains before they become problematic can also help prevent other injuries from occurring as you

favor those inflamed areas.

Balancing out your nervous system makes sure you’re not placing uneven stress on joints and other soft

tissues. Restoring this balance can reduce these season aches and pains – potentially alleviating them

altogether. For more information on how chiropractic care can help with your seasonal aches and pains,

reach out to Dr. Morgan Sheridan at Foundation Chiropractic today.