Healthy News May 2020
Patients often ask how long they have to come for chiropractic care at Connected Chiropractic. In the end, their relief decides this. For some the end of care is figured out together, patient and the Elgin chiropractor. For others, when the pain is better, they quit coming. The patients decide for themselves. And when there is no pain, it makes sense to stop care. Only there may be a special factor to consider: If back pain is bothersome and prevents you from doing the things you want to do, continuing chiropractic care on a regular basis (sometimes referred to as “maintenance care”) whether you are hurting or not is beneficial. In a randomized control trial of 319 such patients, maintenance care decreased the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increased the duration of pain-free days for back pain sufferers who have with recurrent and persistent low back pain. (1) Back pain is not often cured. It is like a bruise on an apple. It won’t simply disappear. The bruise is now a more susceptible part of the apple. With back pain, the no-pain period is certainly welcome, and continued chiropractic care via a Elgin chiropractic treatment plan designed together can only help prevent more and/or more painful back pain episodes. Some patients ask for maintenance care after suffering with several episodes of Elgin back pain. Some set up a schedule right away to avoid waiting for the pain and having to begin again. Whichever patient type you are, Connected Chiropractic is the Elgin chiropractic care partner to see!
Elgin CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise Benefits Before Back Surgery and for Non-Specific Low Back Pain
A 16-week study of supervised resistance training with variable low, moderate and high intensity exercise during a week time frame helped patients with persistent non-specific low back pain. How? By making better pain, daily function and disability, energy level, muscle strength, sleep, and perception of physical activity as helpful. (2) Those are positive outcomes! Sadly, in the year before back surgery, only 34.8% of back pain patients had physical therapy (PT), 34.1% experienced at least one PT visit with exercise, and just 14.6% had a minimum of 6 exercise therapy visits. 84.4% were prescribed at least one opioid prescription fill with a mean of 6.1 unique fills each. (3) Conservative, non-drug care incorporating spinal manipulation and exercise are worthwhile pre-back surgery efforts. Connected Chiropractic is here to do this with you!
Listen to this PODCAST with chiropractic back pain specialist, James Cox DC DACBR, developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, and a PODCAST with spine surgeon, David Hanscome, MD, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as they discuss the conservative approach to managing Elgin back pain.
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Schedule your next Elgin chiropractic appointment today with Connected Chiropractic for non-drug and non-surgical management of your back pain. Connected Chiropractic is your spine care and back pain management partner!