Sitka Back Pain Relief Includes Self-Management
“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something so I don’t hurt.” are just two comments Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka and fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear all the time. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the least effort required and quickest way possible. This is not always possible though. We all need to look at our pain and make friends with it to some extent. We have to see it for what it is. Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka encourages our Sitka back pain patients and neck pain patients to take part in their back pain relief process. It makes a difference. It may perhaps even change your life for the better. Many Sitka chiropractic patients have experienced this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Remarkably up to 25% of back pain patients in a new study were not actively engaged in their spine care treatment plan. Research is filled with papers highlighting the importance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients involved? In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making, and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the interfering offending factors that interfered with patients’ participation in their own care, researchers created a distinctive plan to deal with these issues and increase the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises, lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One study found that a variety of approaches to lessen disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka tries to do whatever it takes to help our Sitka back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It dropped nonspecific chronic low back pain equally as well as back-strengthening exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations due to back pain play a role, whole body electrical stimulation improved patients’ strength and stabilization in a timely fashion, decreasing pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka shares such alternatives to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Have you heard “There’s an app for that!”? Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is sure you have! Not surprising45 in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in the works to help you manage self-management tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are now collecting data on the usefulness of various interventions at baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 9 months for nonspecific low back pain. From this data collection, researchers plan to fill the app with tips and exercises that have worked for others experiencing similar issues. Each patient’s app will then be customized for self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based upon others with similar conditions found helpful and relieving. (4) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka looks forward to saying “There's an app for that!" Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka knows that some of our Sitka back pain patients will love this!
CONTACT Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he outlines how back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain relief.
Schedule a Sitka chiropractic appointment soon to begin care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management at Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Be ready to be involved in your back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You will be so happy that the pill or “something” was not presented to you once you are feeling better regarding back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active part of the relief process.
