Treating Diabetes-Related Spinal Pain With Chiropractic Treatments

If you have diabetes, then you may be familiar with the symptoms of hyperglycemia or hypoglycemia. These symptoms include dizziness, frequent urination, sleepiness, and weakness. While these are some of the most common symptoms of abnormal blood sugar levels, there are other, less common symptoms. One such symptom is spinal pain, which can be treated without the help of medications by utilizing chiropractic treatment services. Here are some ways your chiropractic care services professional can help you overcome back and spinal pain as it relates to diabetes:

Therapeutic Massage

A massage performed by your chiropractor can have a number of positive effects on your blood sugar levels. Diabetes can trigger systemic inflammation by way of cytokine release. When this happens, a body-wide inflammatory response can occur, leading to joint pain, muscle discomfort, and spinal pain. Chiropractic massage can help ease sore muscles and may even help dampen systemic inflammation by inhibiting the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

Massage may also help promote the release of "feel good" chemicals known as endorphins, which can help promote sleep while diminishing the perception of pain. Massage and subsequent endorphin release may also help ease stress and anxiety, which may have positive effects on your blood sugar levels.

Spinal Realignment

Another effective chiropractic treatment that may help your diabetes-related back pain is spinal manipulation therapy or spinal realignment treatments. Diabetes can cause poor circulation and sluggish blood flow, and because of this, may cause the spine to become slightly misaligned and sensitive.

If you suffer from back pain as a result of diabetes or otherwise, a chiropractic spinal realignment treatment may help you recover from chronic pain without the use of prescription pain medications. If you take prescription medications, you may be at a heightened risk for developing higher blood sugar levels because this is a side effect of certain pain medications. 

If you have diabetes, make an appointment with your chiropractic physician to learn more about how spinal realignment therapy or therapeutic massage can help alleviate spinal or back pain. The sooner your back pain is treated, the more likely you will be to enjoy improved mobility, better range-of-motion, restorative sleep, and lower systemic inflammation.

While chiropractic care services can help treat some diabetes-related symptoms, make sure that you still take your prescribed diabetes medications, follow your diabetes diet, engage in regular exercise, maintain a healthy weight, and try to manage your stress levels. All of these interventions will help reduce your risk for diabetes-related complications and may also help slow the progression of your disease.


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