Continued Elgin Chiropractic Care Helps Back Pain Management

Regular Elgin chiropractic care. A helpful idea? Yes! Consider other good regular care ideas: Endocrinologists recommend that diabetics regularly check their blood sugars. Dentists recommend regular teeth cleanings a couple times annually to keep plaque away. Cardiologists at the American Heart Association recommend doing at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic physical activity a week to make an impact on heart health. Health experts recommend regular daily exercise for 150 minutes a week to maintain optimal health for the body.  Nutritionists recommend a good diet a day: fruits, veggies, proteins, fats, etc., to feed the body well. Spinal manipulation for back pain relief is recommended by the American College of Physicians, American Pain Society, and the American Medical Association. (1,2) Chiropractors recommend spinal manipulation treatments regularly, too, not necessarily daily once the pain is under control, but on a regular schedule to prevent spine pain – back pain, neck pain, arm pain, leg pain. Connected Chiropractic cares for many Elgin chiropractic patients on a regular basis, Elgin chiropractic patients who choose such care to keep their spines as healthy and pain-free as possible.

BACK PAIN STATS

80% of us humans will have at least one episode of back pain in our lifetime. A third of us has back pain right now. Back pain comes and goes, not typically disappearing forever, depending on activities. Connected Chiropractic often advises patients that the existing episode of back pain is gaining your attention for a reason. If for no other reason, it is asking for care. It won’t be ignored. Your spine will welcome an effective treatment plan to get rid of the pain as well as a plan to keep it mobile and healthy.

CONTINUED CARE BENEFITS

That is where regular chiropractic care comes into play. Certainly our Elgin chiropractic patients realize that chiropractic care alleviates back pain and neck pain and related extremity pain like arm and leg pain. They also know that they do not want to suffer with such pain again! While there is no guarantee that back pain or neck pain won’t come back, preventing pain and/or its return to as mild as possible is a worthy goal as is a goal to be able to do everyday activities as pain free and worry free as possible. A recent study titled the Nordic Maintenance Care Program reported that such chiropractic maintenance care decreased the number of days of bothersome pain that restrained activities and improved the number of pain free weeks between episodes. These outcomes may well facilitate patients’ and doctors’ realistically temper their expectations of care. Maintenance care is not a cure, doesn’t prevent new episodes necessarily, but it’s a plan to reduce life-routine disrupting pain for back pain sufferers with recurrent and persistent low back pain. (3) For these Elgin back pain patients, Connected Chiropractic is here.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Joel Dixon  on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes how 20 years of maintenance care benefited his veteran patient control his back pain so that he could live his life the way he wants to live it.

CONTACT Connected Chiropractic

Schedule a Elgin chiropractic appointment at Connected Chiropractic today. Make regular chiropractic care a part of your total healthcare plan for your spine’s health.