| Traditional Treatment | | | | Treatment Plan |
| The treatment options are typically very strong | | | | When a person with RA visits a chiropractor, x-rays |
| medications that help keep the inflammation down and | | | | and an initial assessment will be conducted in order to |
| help to save the joints. Another treatment that is | | | | determine the stage of the rheumatoid arthritis he or |
| helping many sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis is | | | | she is at and then develop an individual course of |
| chiropractic care. While most people that know little | | | | treatment. |
| about the care that chiropractors provide, the one | | | | While rheumatoid arthritis is incurable and often leads |
| consistent thought is that a chiropractor manipulates | | | | to permanent joint damage, the role of the chiropractor |
| the spine, which is true, but the field of chiropractic | | | | is to introduce the patient to a more natural treatment |
| continues to evolve and make advances that can be | | | | plan with the goal of assisting the patient to become |
| helpful to those suffering from autoimmune diseases | | | | as pain-free as possible while increasing the range of |
| such as RA. | | | | motion in the joints. |
| | | | As the patient and chiropractor work together to find |
| The treatment plan a chiropractor can set up for an | | | | exercises that help relieve the stiffness in the joints, |
| individual with rheumatoid arthritis consists of helping | | | | along with an anti-inflammatory diet, and supplements, |
| improve and restore the range of movements in the | | | | the patient is able to find relief of the pain and |
| joints. In addition, flexibility and increasing muscle tone | | | | symptoms that traditional medical does not provide. |
| can greatly help those suffering from rheumatoid | | | | Final Thoughts |
| arthritis. Moreover, a chiropractor can introduce nutrition | | | | If you or someone you love suffers from RA, you |
| as well as supplementation that help to control the | | | | should consider a doctor of chiropractic because this |
| inflammation in the joints. When the inflammation is | | | | course of treatment can be keep your mobile and |
| under control, the pain is better managed.An Individual | | | | offers a drug-free way to gain pain-relief. |