Our Glen Carbon Chiropractic Center Services and Techniques

At our Glen Carbon chiropractic center, Morningstar Chiropractic & Rehabilitation Center, Ltd., our chiropractor places an emphasis on overall spinal health. Every vital organ in the body is directly connected to the central nervous system, which runs through the spinal column. Even the slightest disruption in the spine can cause a subluxation, which may result in a variety of symptoms throughout the body. Rather than mask those symptoms, we recognize them as warning signs for an underlying problem.

Posture Care

Poor posture, for example, is a major cause of subluxations and misalignments. By correcting your posture through chiropractic adjustments and lifestyle changes, you can reduce pressure on the nervous system, which in turn could alleviate you of uncomfortable symptoms, such as neck pain, back pain, chronic headaches, fatigue, digestive problems and other complications.

Poor posture may also be directly related to a number of underlying complications, though you may not experience any direct back pain or neck pain as a result of them. Instead, the effects of slouching may appear in various areas of your body that are seemingly unrelated to your nervous system.

Spinal Correction for Overall Health

We are a spinal correction center, meaning we place our focus on maintaining and correcting spinal health. In addition to posture, we offer our patients spinal curve correction, physical therapy, and other musculoskeletal adjustments designed to improve overall well-being. Our chiropractor uses skeletal manipulations to correct spinal problems, while our physical therapy treatments include traction therapy and corrective exercises. Together, the treatments can alleviate pain and help spinal maladies heal themselves.

Chiropractic Care for a Healthy Lifestyle

Our office provides chiropractic treatments to manipulate the spinal column to relieve pressure built-up on vertebras, so that over time, the nerve membranes that surround spinal subluxations begin to operate normally again. Regular adjustments help improve the chances of making a full recovery over time.

Though some of the pain, fatigue and other symptoms our Glen Carbon patients suffer from are related to lifestyle choices or other causes, a great deal of those symptoms and illnesses are directly related to pressure enforced on the trigger points located throughout the nervous system in the spine. For example, misalignment in the upper spine may lead to chronic headaches. On the other hand, sciatica may be the result of complications in the lower back. Sciatica is the result of too much pressure on the nerves in the lower back.

We also treat individuals suffering from fibromyalgia, though it isn't necessarily related to a single trigger point in the spine. Fibromyalgia is best described as all-over joint, hip, back, neck and shoulder pain. Though there is no known cause or any known cure, many patients suffering from the disease have found relief following regular care from our chiropractor.

We have extensive experience treating patients in the Glen Carbon area and look forward to helping you discover the positive effects of a healthy spine.