If you are injured at the work place or elsewhere, one of the hardest parts of the process is learning how to go back to work with an injury that is still healing. Some, like sciatica or back pain, have a hard time healing quickly. No matter where you work, there are a number of prevention methods you can take to protect yourself. However, some things can’t be prevented and when you are hurt, working while injured can cause further damage. If you have been injured in the West Des Moines, Iowa; Clive, Iowa; Urbandale, Iowa area Valley Chiropractic can help you get back to work as comfortably as possible.

Getting back to work can reduce the financial and emotional impact on you and your loved ones, and can be a significant factor in helping you recover and return to a normal life. While you should be given an appropriate amount of time to return and a reasonable amount of work in accordance to your injury, working with something like sciatica can still be painful. Your doctor may prescribe some painkillers to help you with the side effects, however many of those painkillers can cause drowsiness. Working while injured is hard enough, let alone fighting against lethargy. If you can’t take painkillers during the day, you may opt to use another method of pain relief like compression packs. While compression packs can be ideal at home, at the work place it can be hard to keep them hot or cold for very long. Sciatica, a pain or tingling that radiates down the legs, can be hindering if you are walking or sitting at work. The skilled staff at Valley Chiropractic can help you discover exercises that can help you feel more at ease during your work day. Valley can help the residents of Urbandale find ways to stretch, treat, and work with this condition.

Back pain can occur almost anywhere. Just like sciatica, working with a back injury can be excruciating. Valley Chiropractic understands that work can be consuming and your mind does not need to be preoccupied with an injury while you are at work. Whether your pain is localized to one are or encompasses your entire back, the staff at Valley can help identify the right treatment for you. Chiropractic care addresses each component of your low back or all over pain. They understand the structure and function of each component of your back and can help you understand why you feel the way you do, what treatments can help prevent further damage, and what you can do now to relieve your back pain. Chiropractic care may seem unnecessary to some, but leaving any injury alone to heal itself without the proper care can be more harmful than good. Whenever there is an injury to a joint or region of the body, whether it is from a single trauma or from the cumulative effect of repetitive small trauma, your body will try to guard certain muscles from further harm by tightening up, resulting in a muscle spasms. Muscle spasms can cause just as much discomfort to you and your body, especially during a work day.

Working while injured can be challenging but it doesn’t have to be. The staff at Valley Chiropractic can help you ease back into work. Sciatica and back pain can be lasting injuries if not treated properly. Don’t let your injury dictate how you work. If you are in the West Des Moines, Iowa; Clive, Iowa; Urbandale, Iowa are call Valley Chiropractic today 515-868-0320.

Valley Chiropractic
1200 Valley West Dr, Suite 110
West Des Moines, IA 50266
Phone: 515.868.0320