Adjustments do not hurt. If the patient has muscle spasms, then relieving the spasms can sometimes cause soreness. It is the same thing that happens when you crack your knuckles. The patient's bones do NOT crack. Different patients have different healing times.
Healing is sometimes dependent on the length of time a patient has had the symptom.
Pain usually subsides in the first 4-6 weeks. Correcting the cause of a problem usually takes a couple of months. You have the option of discontinuing care when the pain subsides or when you complete the corrective procedure. Or you can continue with what we call maintenance care. The purpose of maintenance care is to keep your spine healthy and to avoid a reoccurrence of a back-related problem.