Charleston chiropractor, chiropractor in Charleston, SC

Back pain is the symptom that prompts most patients who seek chiropractic care. The majority of backache sufferers complain of pain in the lower back, while the second-most common complaint is discomfort at the base of the neck.

Back pain can be caused by an exceedingly large number of problems. Some of these originate elsewhere in the body, but the pain is transmitted or referred to areas of the back by the nervous system.

Chiropractors draw upon a wealth of knowledge, experience, and specialized tools to treat and prevent back pain and back injuries. In the photos to the right, Dr. Luckie is using a high-tech mechanical device known as an activator to adjust his clients. The activator has a soft, blunt rubber tip that gently, yet precisely adjusts the vertebrae.

By applying soothing and pain-reducing spinal adjustments, chiropractors can successfully treat subluxation, a complex of functional and/or structural changes in joints which can interfere with nerve transmission, disturb other organ systems, and undermine general health.

Because chiropractors follow an approach similar to the clinical practice guidelines of the U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, they not only treat back pain, they try to keep patients engaging in their normal activities rather than resting immobile in bed.