In addition to "adjusting", my chiropractor gave me lots of exercises to do to strengthen the muscles supporting my spine, and "massage" my squished disks to get more blood flow to them (disks in general don't have arteries supplying them, he said; they get blood by osmosis from the surrounding bone). I don't do them as much as I should, but when I do, my back feels better and my pinched nerve is less likely to cause trouble. I suggest you find a good chiropractor (I don't know how to do that; I've had two bad ones and one good one so far) who will give you some exercises (if that's appropriate in your case).

Alex