There is a common misconception when it comes to chiropractic care. The choices are usually simple. Get out of pain, or get to as near normal as possible. The first requires care till the pain goes away, but not the problem. The other requires care past the resolution of pain to tackle the problem. One of these appears short and one of these appears long, but really, which is which?
The initial thought is that by choosing to just get out of pain you are choosing the shortest method of care. Get in, get relief, get it done. Unfortunately this couldn't be further from the truth. If this is what you think then you are missing a critical part. You are addressing the pain, but not the problem. If the pain leaves, relief will always be temporary if the problem persists. At some point the pain will reestablish. It is a scientific guarantee. What this means is that you will find yourself returning for care over and over again until you take the time and the resources to tackle the problem.
If you continue to put air in a flat tire but neglect to take the time to remove the nail and repair the hole, you will continue to come back to a flat tire. This a long type of care to choose.
However if you take the time and the resources to attempt to tackle the problem now, it may mean you stay committed to an active course of treatment for some time, weeks, months, even years. This appears long initially, but again, this assumption couldn't be further from the truth. If you take the time to repair the problem that is instigating the pain, and then follow a course of periodic maintenance from there, you will find yourself seeking chiropractic care fewer than most. Eventually the times that you do see your chiropractor will actually be times when you have no pain whatsoever, because you are proactively working on being healthy.
This is a repaired tire, ready for the road.
Ultimately this is your choice. It's your body. But don't ever be convinced that not solving the problem is the "short" care. If the problem is never corrected, then you have a lifetime of seeking care for the same problem, and a lifetime is a "long" time.
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