Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka Shares Your 2024 Goal of Relief of Back Pain
A new goal for the new goal. We all aim for something new in a new year. For Sitka back pain patients, less back pain is a understandable goal with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka by your side. Back pain sufferers may feel alone, but they aren’t, and research continues to produce and share hopeful reports of what works so that both the back pain sufferer and the chiropractor - as well as other concerned healthcare providers – provide the optimal care for the optimal outcome: less back pain. Start 2024 off right with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka’s assistance for back pain relief! We have lots of effective chiropractic services.
BACK PAIN RELIEF RECOMMENDATIONS
Suggestions and recommendations run the gamut. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka hears about them all the time. Everyone from friends, family members, researchers, doctors, etc., have opinions and stories. In light of the inconsistency of back pain care recommendations, researchers propose that the standardization of back pain care - exercise, spinal manipulation and opioid prescriptions – that may benefit back pain sufferers optimally. (1) We agree. We study the research and combine it with our experience when developing an individualized treatment plan for our back pain patients. With the predicted growth of low back pain through 2050 – from 619 million people around the world to more than 800 million (2) – effective, research-documented, non-drug, non-surgical options for back pain are welcome, especially ones that are tested and verified as being beneficial. A new paper was just published regarding the care for a specific type of back pain - continued back pain after back surgery known as failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) - that often develops into continued or increased opioid pain medication use. The study found that FBSS patients treated with Cox® Flexion Distraction Decompression Manipulation experienced decreased or discontinued use of opioids during an initial 3-month course of treatment. (3) That’s a positive outcome of a treatment approach to incorporate into the standardized back pain treatment recommendations!
SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS
So what can our Sitka chiropractic patients do to control their back pain and its impact on their lives? Sleep. Keep active. Makes their appointments for spinal manipulation. Feedback from 2333 back pain sufferers listed that more sleep, less sedentariness, and increased moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity was beneficial. The authors described an example of how swapping 30 minutes of sedentary behavior for 30 minutes of sleep lessened low back pain frequency odds by 5% and pain intensity by 2%. Sleep is vital! (4) So too is a visit to the Sitka chiropractor for spinal manipulation as recommended in the guidelines published by the American College of Physicians and The American Pain Society as having good evidence of effectiveness for low back pain together with exercise, CBT, and rehabilitation. (5) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is experienced in providing gentle, safe spinal manipulation via Cox® Technic protocols, designing an easy exercise plan, and referring out for therapy and/or more advance rehab as necessary or desired. Trust us to help! Our Sitka back pain patients are in good hands.
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox, developer of The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the effectiveness of Cox® Technic for back pain relief.
Schedule your Sitka chiropractic appointment now. Back pain sufferers wanting 2024 to be better are welcomed into our clinic. We’ll follow the research recommendations, mix in our clinical experience, and collaborate with you for a less painful 2024!
