Tonawanda Back Pain Benefits from Good Sleep
Exercise tip of the month: sleep. Weird? Not at all! Sleep is just as vital as exercise for pain management as well as back pain management. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation helps many Tonawanda pain sufferers cope with their spine, neck, and back pain with chiropractic spinal manipulation, nutrition advice, and exercise direction. Sleep – good sleep – is added to that list for a good reason!
CONTROLLING BACK PAIN
Since low back pain many times is a condition for life that is sporadic, a condition that is managed rather than cured, it’s a positive thing that researchers are studying just how a back pain sufferer can control the Tonawanda back pain and how often it ‘rears its head.' Ask any back pain sufferer and you will know that warding off a pain episode is a goal. But how? Researchers are studying sleep, fatigue, emotion, and more to figure that out. Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation shares the term “flare” as it relates to a back pain episode.
BACK PAIN FLARE
A Tonawanda low back pain flare is one that incorporates heightened pain, paresthesia, or muscle tension, longer duration of symptoms, decreased functional (social, cognitive, physical), and negative emotions. Researchers found that back pain sufferers do not consider their back pain to be a flare just because of increased pain, therefore healthcare professionals need to look past the pain to know what else is happening around the pain episode, what psychosocial factors are involved. (1,2) The mind-body connection cannot always be ignored! Nor can the time of day that pain is experienced.
PAIN: MORNING NOON AND NIGHT
Patients dealing with low back pain for more than 3 months were studied to see what might trigger a flare up of their pain. Researchers found that poor sleep quality and morning pain were threats for such flare-ups. Increased pain risk grew with days of more afternoon and evening pain, fatigue, and fear of activity. Sleep is suggested to reduce the intensity, frequency, and risk of back pain flares. (3) The quality of sleep also plays a part in how Tonawanda back pain is experienced.
SLEEP QUALITY
An analysis of sleep quality in mature adults in six middle-income countries found that women experienced more sleep problems. Additionally, age, depression, low back pain, and poor self-rated health were also significantly linked to sleep problems. (4) Sleep, perceived stress, and anxiety contribute to chronic low back pain. Luckily, sleep quality is capable of mediating anxiety, making sleep a reasonable recommendation in the treatment plan. (5)
CONTACT Chiropractic Spine Sports And Rehabilitation
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ted Siciliano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to ease arm pain and numbness that was preventing him from sleeping.
Set up your Tonawanda chiropractic appointment soon. Let us talk sleep next time you’re in for a visit!
