Chiropractic = Corrective Care
What is Relief Care?
Relief care is that care necessary to get rid of symptoms or pain, but not the cause of it. It is the same
as drying a floor that was getting wet from a leak, but not fixing the leak.
What is Corrective Care?
Corrective care differs from relief care in that its goal is to get rid of the symptoms or pain while
correcting the cause of the problem as well.
For example, a dog may be stiff or painful in its lower back, which resulted from a misaligned vertebra in
the spine. Relief care focuses on the symptoms, the pain. Relief care would be similar to giving your
dog aspirin (Or Deramax, Rimadyl, Previcox, etc.), which although it may temporarily alleviate the pain,
does nothing to correct the underlying cause.
Corrective care focuses on making certain the vertebra, the cause, is corrected and therefore the pain
(the result) is gone.
Relief care is that care necessary to get rid of symptoms or pain, but not the cause of it. It is the same
as drying a floor that was getting wet from a leak, but not fixing the leak.
What is Corrective Care?
Corrective care differs from relief care in that its goal is to get rid of the symptoms or pain while
correcting the cause of the problem as well.
For example, a dog may be stiff or painful in its lower back, which resulted from a misaligned vertebra in
the spine. Relief care focuses on the symptoms, the pain. Relief care would be similar to giving your
dog aspirin (Or Deramax, Rimadyl, Previcox, etc.), which although it may temporarily alleviate the pain,
does nothing to correct the underlying cause.
Corrective care focuses on making certain the vertebra, the cause, is corrected and therefore the pain
(the result) is gone.
How Long Does Corrective Care Take?
Not every animal can reach complete correction.
Sometimes an animal’s problem has reached a point
that complete correction is impossible. X-rays are
necessary to determine the severity of the problem
and if the correction is possible. If complete
correction is not possible, then a program to bring
your animal’s health up to its greatest potential will
be explained.
If correction is possible, it normally takes 4-6 months
of intensive care followed by 3-12 months of
stabilization. Correcting an animal’s structure is
similar to pouring cement into a mold. If you remove
the mold before the cement hardens, you lose the
object you wanted to create.
After the intensive phase of corrective care, visits of
once every 1-2 months are necessary to hold the
body’s structure in place until it stabilizes. As cement
requires time to stabilize, so does the spine.
Not every animal can reach complete correction.
Sometimes an animal’s problem has reached a point
that complete correction is impossible. X-rays are
necessary to determine the severity of the problem
and if the correction is possible. If complete
correction is not possible, then a program to bring
your animal’s health up to its greatest potential will
be explained.
If correction is possible, it normally takes 4-6 months
of intensive care followed by 3-12 months of
stabilization. Correcting an animal’s structure is
similar to pouring cement into a mold. If you remove
the mold before the cement hardens, you lose the
object you wanted to create.
After the intensive phase of corrective care, visits of
once every 1-2 months are necessary to hold the
body’s structure in place until it stabilizes. As cement
requires time to stabilize, so does the spine.
Great Reasons to Continue Care
Continue the Progress! Research shows that ligaments and muscles supporting the spine take
longer to heal than the pain or symptoms last. Continuing care encourages the spine to heal
completely and faster than on-again, off-again treatments.
Prevent a Relapse! Without continued chiropractic care, the muscles and the vertebrae will return
to their unhealthy positions. Part of the corrective care phase retrains and strengthens muscles to
assume a more correct position.
Definitions:
Relief Care: Temporary relief of pain or symptoms. End Product = Temporary Relief.
Corrective Care: Not only includes feeling better, but correcting the cause of the problem in the first
place. This phase includes realigning the spine, thereby greatly improving function and energy. End
Product = Relief from pain and symptoms in the body. Total body realignment. Greatly improved
body function and energy.
Maintenance Care: Keeps the body moving forward and prevents problems from occurring. It is
designed on an individual basis. End Product = Ideal health scenes, great energy and endurance,
lifetime health care.
Continue the Progress! Research shows that ligaments and muscles supporting the spine take
longer to heal than the pain or symptoms last. Continuing care encourages the spine to heal
completely and faster than on-again, off-again treatments.
Prevent a Relapse! Without continued chiropractic care, the muscles and the vertebrae will return
to their unhealthy positions. Part of the corrective care phase retrains and strengthens muscles to
assume a more correct position.
Definitions:
Relief Care: Temporary relief of pain or symptoms. End Product = Temporary Relief.
Corrective Care: Not only includes feeling better, but correcting the cause of the problem in the first
place. This phase includes realigning the spine, thereby greatly improving function and energy. End
Product = Relief from pain and symptoms in the body. Total body realignment. Greatly improved
body function and energy.
Maintenance Care: Keeps the body moving forward and prevents problems from occurring. It is
designed on an individual basis. End Product = Ideal health scenes, great energy and endurance,
lifetime health care.
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