How Much or Often Should You Go to the Chiropractor?

How often should you go?

I tend to let my doctor determine what and how much care I need for a particular problem. After he has done a thorough evaluation of your problem, he is probably the best one to ask how much care you will need.

But it is your decision in the end and this would depend on several factors -

First - How much do you want / expect to get out of your care?

If you want to get into shape - really build up your body would you go to the gym 1 time per week?

If you weighed 275 lbs. and wanted to finally do something about it and try to prevent yourself from needing a hip replacement or worse - having a heart attack ....would you skip lunch on Wednesdays and call that your diet?

How often do you need to floss your teeth?

How often do you change the oil in your car?

How often should you go? Well -

* How long have you had the problem? How much will it take to fix your problem and stabilize it so it doesn’t come back...?

That is what you want, right?

Maybe it will take more frequent visits to the chiropractor at first to make a difference....or less frequent visits but longer to resolve your problem than if you had fixed it in the beginning.

* How much does it bother you?

If it doesn’t bother you a whole lot then go once per week or every other week...

If it bothers you a lot, then go more often -

More is better / more is faster results / more is lasting results

Again - It's up to you - 

* What kind of shape are you in? De-conditioned people get better but much slower than their counterparts who are in shape.

* Are you over-weight? Over-weight people get better slower than height-weight proportional people

* Do you smoke? Smokers get better slower than non-smokers do.

* What other problems do you have that might cause a slower resolution of your problem?

Previous injuries? Arthritis ?

* What do you want to be able to do when you are "better"?

Do you want to feel just a little bit better? -

Go less often

* Do you want to feel rejuvenated / young again and flexible like you did when you were 30?

                                 Go more often

So, these are some of the things to consider and questions to ask when trying to decide how much care you need or how often you should see your chiropractor.

Some people let their insurance coverage dictate how much care they need.

I'm sorry, but that's just plain idiotic

 If their plan covers 8 visits... that’s how much care they need?

Really - that's the criteria? Just check their coverage? And they say chiropractic isn't scientific? They never taught that method in school for determining how much care a patient would need to fix a particular problem...

 I’m not sure I want my insurance telling me how much care I will need. I think their decisions are skewed by what pleases their stock holders rather than what would fix my bad back..

Then again...Do I WANT that wide screen TV more then I NEED to fix my sometimes aching back? Hmm

As a parting thought - I and most other chiropractors I know get adjusted once per week. I don’t have a problem with my back.

But I intend to keep it that way

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