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IBS Chiropractics

Irritable bowel syndrome is characterised by constipation, diarrhoea or alternating constipation and diarrhoea along with stomach cramps, bloating, flatulence, mucous in the stools. Stools can be hard, dry and painful to pass or runny and watery. IBS can also cause fatigue, headaches, nausea, dizziness and lower back pain in some individuals.

The way that IBS manifests itself varies considerably from person to person so there is no one standard treatment plan, diet, or medication that will suit everyone. Treatment therefore consists mainly of dealing with the most predominant symptoms first.

Many people with IBS have found that chiropractic treatment has helped their IBS symptoms although there is a lack of scientific data to explain exactly why and therefore many people may not have considered this form of alternative therapy.

What is Chiropractic treatment?

Chiropractic health care focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system and how they impact on the functioning of the body and health in general. It is a discipline that emphasises the body’s ability to heal itself without using drugs or surgical techniques.

Most people associate Chiropractic treatment with the back as it will often involve manual manipulation or adjustment of the spine; however chiropractic treatment can involve any area of the body.

If someone opts to see a chiropractor for help in treating their IBS symptoms, the chiropractor will check the body for maladjusted joints or subluxations as they are otherwise known, particularly in the spinal area which can cause nerve pressure and have an affect not only on the internal organs but on the entire body.

Indeed, any damaged area of the spine can cause a whole host of common health problems. At a basic level, relieving the nerve pressure can in many cases allow the body to heal itself. For example, in the case of IBS, adjusting or re-aligning the spine may in turn relieve the nerve pressure on the intestines and thereby ease the pain and discomfort often felt by IBS sufferers in the back, chest and abdomen. Some people have claimed that their IBS has completely disappeared after chiropractic treatment.

On saying that, for most people, IBS is a long term condition that will come and go at different times. Not everyone will find relief by seeking help of a chiropractor but a great many do.

If you do decide to see a chiropractor, make sure they are suitably qualified. You can search for a practitioner at The International Chiropractors Association in the USA or the General Chiropractic Council in the UK.