Elgin Back Pain Relief Includes Self-Management
“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something so I don’t hurt.” are just two comments Connected Chiropractic and fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear all the time. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the least effort required and fastest way possible. This is not always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make friends with it to some extent. We can see it for what it is. Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Connected Chiropractic urges our Elgin back pain patients and neck pain patients to take part in their back pain relief process. It makes a difference. It may well change your life for the better. Many Elgin chiropractic patients have lived this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Amazingly up to 25% of back pain patients in a new study weren’t actively engaged in their spine care treatment plan. Research is filled with studies highlighting the significance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients participating? In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making, and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the interfering culprits that interfered with patients’ participation in their own care, researchers created a distinctive plan to deal with these issues and raise the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises, lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One study discovered that a mix of approaches to lessen disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Connected Chiropractic tries to do whatever it takes to help our Elgin back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It reduced nonspecific chronic low back pain just as well as back-strengthening exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations due to back pain are a part of the problem, whole body electrical stimulation improved patients’ strength and stabilization in good time, decreasing pain intensity and enhancing trunk flexors. (3) Connected Chiropractic shares such alternatives to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Have you heard “There is an app for that!”? Connected Chiropractic is certain you have! Not surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in development to help you keep track of self-management tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are now gathering data on the usefulness of various interventions at various times for nonspecific low back pain. From this data collection, researchers will fill the app with tips and exercises that have worked for others with similar issues. Each patient’s app will then be personalized for self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based on what others with similar conditions reported helpful and relieving. (4) Connected Chiropractic looks forward to saying “There is an app for that!" Connected Chiropractic knows that some of our Elgin back pain patients will love this!
CONTACT Connected Chiropractic
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain relief.
Schedule a Elgin chiropractic appointment soon to start with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management at Connected Chiropractic. Be ready to be engaged with your back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You will be pleasantly surprised that the pill or “something” wasn’t available once you are feeling better in terms of back pain relief and mental contentment that you were an active part of the relief process.
