Types/Phases of Care
It is important to understand the stages of chiropractic care because they are unique relative to those of other health-care disciplines. Because chiropractic addresses core physiological and biomechanical aspects of the body, the process to correct problems without drugs or surgery can take some time. Some conditions can be treated in a few visits, while others may take longer.
The following is a brief summary of the three major phases of chiropractic care.
Phase 1: Relief care.
Relief care is necessary to relieve you of symptoms or pain, but it does not relieve the cause of the symptoms/pain. It is the same as drying a floor that was getting wet from a leak in the roof.
Relief care is not permanent.
Phase 2: Corrective care.
Corrective care is necessary not only to relieve or reduce a person’s pain or symptoms, but also to remove the actual cause of the problem. It is the same as fixing the leak in the roof.
Phase 3: Wellness care.
Wellness care is necessary to keep your body moving towards health. Your system is constantly working towards one of two paths; health or disease, there is no in between. The desire to continue on the path of health will enable your body to prevent problems from occurring and therefore keep your body at its optimal function level. This occurs after we fix the leak in the roof; we keep up on the wear and tear of the roof and make sure nothing occurs to cause another leak.
