Continued Sitka Chiropractic Care Helps Back Pain Management
Regular Sitka chiropractic care. A helpful idea? Yes! Consider other good regular care ideas: Endocrinologists recommend that diabetics regularly check their blood sugars. Dentists recommend regular teeth cleanings twice annually to keep plaque at bay. Cardiologists at the American Heart Association recommend exercising at least 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic physical activity a week to have an impact on heart health. Health experts recommend regular daily exercise for 30 minutes a day five days a week to maintain optimal health for the body. Nutritionists recommend a good diet daily: fruits, veggies, proteins, fats, etc., to nourish the body well. Spinal manipulation for back pain relief is recommended by the American College of Physicians, American Pain Society, and the American Medical Association. (1,2) Chiropractors recommend spinal manipulation treatments regularly, too, not necessarily daily once the pain is under control, but on a regular schedule to prevent spine pain – back pain, neck pain, arm pain, leg pain. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka treats many Sitka chiropractic patients on a regular basis, Sitka chiropractic patients who choose such care to keep their spines as healthy and pain-free as possible.
BACK PAIN STATS
80% of us humans will experience no less than one episode of back pain in our lifetime. A third of us has back pain right now. Back pain comes and goes, not typically disappearing forever, depending on activities. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka often tells patients that the existing episode of back pain is gaining your attention for a reason. If for no other reason, it is asking for care. It will not be disregarded. Your spine will be grateful for an effective treatment plan to end the pain as well as a plan to maintain its mobility and health.
CONTINUED CARE BENEFITS
That’s where regular chiropractic care comes into play. Certainly our Sitka chiropractic patients realize that chiropractic care relieves back pain and neck pain and related extremity pain like arm and leg pain. They also know that they don’t want to suffer with that pain again! While there is no guarantee that back pain or neck pain will not come back, preventing pain and/or its return to as mild as possible is a worthwhile goal as is a goal to be able to do everyday activities as pain free and worry free as possible. A new study called the Nordic Maintenance Care Program stated that such chiropractic maintenance care reduced the number of days of bothersome pain that restrained activities and improved the number of pain free weeks between episodes. These outcomes may well help patients and doctors realistically temper their expectations of care. Maintenance care is not a cure, does not prevent new episodes necessarily, but it is a plan to decrease life-routine disrupting pain for back pain sufferers who have recurrent and persistent low back pain. (3) For these Sitka back pain patients, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is here.
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Joel Dixon on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how 20 years of maintenance care helped his veteran patient contain his back pain so that he could do what he wanted in his life.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka today. Make regular chiropractic care a part of your complete healthcare plan for your spine’s health.
