Healthy News May 2020
Patients often ask how long they have to visit for chiropractic care at Most Chiropractic Clinic. In the end, their relief decides this. For some the end of care is figured out together, patient and the Murfreesboro chiropractor. For others, when the pain is better, they quit coming. The patients make the decision themselves. And when there’s 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 what you want to do, continuing chiropractic care on a regular schedule (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 dropped the number of days with pain in acute episodes and increased the length of pain-free days for back pain sufferers who have with recurrent and persistent low back pain. (1) Back pain is not typically cured. It’s like a bruise on an apple. It won’t just disappear. The bruise becomes a more vulnerable part of the apple. With back pain, the no-pain period is definitely pleasant, and continued chiropractic care via a Murfreesboro chiropractic treatment plan set together can only help prevent more and/or more painful back pain occurrences. Some patients request maintenance care after a few episodes of Murfreesboro 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, Most Chiropractic Clinic is the Murfreesboro chiropractic care partner for you!
Murfreesboro 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 varying low, moderate and high intensity exercise during the week benefitted 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 encouraging outcomes! Unfortunately, in the year prior to back surgery, only 34.8% of back pain patients had physical therapy (PT), 34.1% had at least one PT visit with exercise, and just 14.6% experienced a minimum of 6 exercise therapy visits. 84.4% received 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 worthy pre-back surgery efforts. Most Chiropractic Clinic is prepared 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 Murfreesboro back pain.
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Schedule your next Murfreesboro chiropractic appointment now with Most Chiropractic Clinic for non-drug and non-surgical management of your back pain. Most Chiropractic Clinic is your spine care and back pain management partner!