March 2017 Healthy News for Elgin Chiropractic Patients
In a new report, researchers share treatment outcomes of patients who have implanted spinal stimulators for pain management after back surgery. Patients with these devices have “failed back surgery syndrome” with continued back pain after back surgery. After being treated with chiropractic spinal manipulation or mobilization, patients with these stimulators reported no adverse side effects. (1) The first rule of being a physician is “Do no harm”. This study shows how spinal manipulation and mobilization do just that. Connected Chiropractic offers Elgin chiropractic care that does not harm. Schedule a visit today!
Chronic Neck Pain Patients Walk More Stiffly
Chronic neck pain patients seem to walk more stiffly. Why? Their stride is shorter and their mid-spine doesn’t rotate as much. Walking like this will affect the spine well into the future. (2) What to do? Connected Chiropractic’s recommendation: Don’t let neck pain become chronic. Get Elgin chiropractic care relief sooner than later, and walk more easily.
Post-Back Surgery or Not, Exercise 150 minutes a Week!
National guidelines suggest that we all get 150 minutes of exercise a week. How many of us Elgin folks do? Just 52%! Sadly, even fewer - just 26% - post-back surgery patients do this. It’s shown that 150 minutes prevents more back surgery and helps post-surgical back pain patients going. These post-surgical patients also experience less back pain after surgery. (3) Physical exercise is so important. Our Elgin chiropractic practice encourages a simple walk a day to all Elgin chiropractic patients.
Pain Medications for Back and Leg Pain – Not Effective Over Placebo
A meta-analysis, the highest form of research reporting, reports that NSAIDSeven though they are one of the most frequently prescribed drugs for sciatic leg pain offer similar pain relief and overall improvement to placebo with a higher risk of adverse side-effects. (4) NSAIDs are reported as effective for spine pain in a different study, but the difference is not clinically significant between NSAIDs and placebo. It further says that there are no simple analgesics that give clinically important relief over placebo. (5) Well, Connected Chiropractic is here to help with Elgin chiropractic non-drug pain-relieving care! Contact Connected Chiropractic today for an appointment.
March may be the month of luck and green-leafed clovers, but luck may also be defined as being prepared for the opportunity/issue/problem before us. When it comes to back pain, neck pain, arm pain and leg pain, Connected Chiropractic is. Our Elgin chiropractic care practice is so glad to share these new advances and findings with our Elgin chiropractic friends and family!
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