You have a bout of back pain – first,
second, tenth. Do you wonder what that means going
forward? Of course! The trajectory – researchers’ term
for the path of back pain – of the Tonawanda back pain
experience is individual to each, but there are factors
that may help forecast that course. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation shares
a few ideas on the effect of lifestyle and
chiropractic care.
WHAT TO DO – Chiropractic
A new article’s findings make seeking chiropractic care
logical to contain the path of back pain. Patients
who undergo chiropractic care for their chronic (over 3 months) and acute (less than a month) low back pain who
reported “much better” or “better” at one week of care were 4 to 5 times more
likely to report improvement at 30 days and 90 days of care.
Particularly, acute back pain patients who reported having
more severe pain and disability in the beginning of care
recovered quicker. The majority of
patients with lumbar radicular leg pain bettered. Both chronic and acute back pain patients reported good outcomes. (1)
Another study of the interdisciplinary care (spine
surgeons/chiropractors in a university hospital) of chronic back pain patients documented
that almost half of the chronic low back pain patients cared with
chiropractic conservative care reported clinically relevant improvement. (2) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
sees even greater outcomes with our specific form
of chiropractic care, Cox® Technic!
WHAT TO DO – More Chiropractic
So why halt chiropractic
care with pain relief? A study demonstrated that
low back pain patients who experienced chiropractic maintenance
care – chiropractic treatments on a regular basis regardless of their symptoms – had fewer
days of low back pain that limited their activities of daily living compared
with getting treatment only when a new low back pain episode arose. (3) More Tonawanda
chiropractic care on a regular basis seems beneficial.
WHAT TO DO – More Activity
More is not always better, but some types of
more are better, like chiropractic and activity. A low back pain sufferer
with a lifetime history of back pain may want to try participating
in more moderate to vigorous physical activity since it
was shown to lower the odds of extending
severe low back pain over the following year. (4) Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation knows
none of us back pain sufferers wants to hear that,
but it’s the finding of a study. More intense exercise
was shown beneficial. Know too that a sedentary lifestyle –
work and/or pleasure time – moderately increases the odds
of low back pain. (5) There is a middle ground! Let’s at
Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation uncover that with you, the spot that prevents
back pain and allows you to be as active as you want to be.
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he illustrates the at-times great
number of options for back pain relief including The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your Tonawanda chiropractic
appointment soon to control your back pain’s trajectory, to limit
the impact of back pain on your path forward.