Chiropractic care is a form of complementary medicine that involves hands-on manipulations to realign your joints and potentially lead to pain relief. Here are some benefits of chiropractic care:

• Improves neck pain: A chiropractor may help ease your neck pain by realigning your spine and easing tension in your neck muscles.
• Reduces reliance on opioid pain relievers: Undergoing chiropractic treatment may lower your need to take these pain relievers.
• Eases back pain: Chiropractic care can ease back pain, reduce inflammation, and minimize headaches and migraines.

Chiropractic treatment may also help relieve pain from conditions affecting your bones, cartilage, connective tissue, and muscles. In general, chiropractors are more likely to use hands-on manipulations to relieve your symptoms.

Physical therapists tend to put a bigger emphasis on rehabilitating injuries with stretches and exercises.

If you’re interested in finding alternatives to medication for pain relief, consider consulting a chiropractor who’s right for you.