The vast majority of patients (80-plus percent) feel significantly better after one adjustment. The other 20 percent feel about the same or experience a little bit of soreness. If such soreness occurs, it’s typically due to the lack of movement, tight muscles or advanced nerve involvement in the area of your spine requiring correction.

The spinal correction process will physically move the vertebrae and affect the surrounding muscle tissue, which could cause short-term soreness in a small percentage of patients.