Sitka Smoking Increases Body Pain Particularly Spine Pain
Smoking. We know it’s bad. Smoking is bad. The body doesn’t like it. Your spine really doesn’t like it! Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka loves your spine and offers Sitka chiropractic care for your spine. You love your spine or at least require it! Keep your spine healthy! Let Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka care for your spine when it needs some special attention to re-discover its healthy state. Step one toward health for a Sitka smoker suffering with back pain may necessitate a chiropractic treatment plan that includes a plan to quit smoking.
WHO SMOKES?
Researchers are curious about factors linked to smoking. In a review of 7547 patients who experienced back surgery, they discovered that 18% were smokers. The researchers stated that contrasted with the non-smokers, the smokers were younger, male, nondiabetic, and nonobese. These patients who suffer with coronary artery disease were more likely to be smokers. Smokers who underwent lumbar spine back surgery presented initially more with leg pain than back pain and disability. Their employment, insurance/uninsured, and education status were also related to smoking status. Interestingly though, smoking status did not influence the disability status one year after back surgery. (1) Modifying such risk factors work just as well for smokers and nonsmokers luckily. Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka would encourage a Sitka smoker dealing with Sitka back pain to stop smoking.
SMOKING’S EFFECTS ON THE BODY
The body knows what’s good for it…and what’s not. Smoking is not. Studying 2307 smokers and non-smokers, researchers discovered that smoking is most strongly associated with spine pain. Headache, trunk pain and limb pain ensued. Active smoking is associated with pain in every part of the body. The spine and head bear the brunt of the painful effect though. If a smoker does not like pain, you’ll want to think about stop smoking! (2) Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka is with you to back your effort to quit smoking when you’re ready.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Silke Laub of chiropractic’s contribution to palliative care of a patient with cancer who has neuropathic pain related to chemotherapy. Dr. Michael Johnson of The Back Doctors Podcast emphasized the supportive side of chiropractic care and Cox® Technic for patients with spine related pain.
Schedule your next Sitka chiropractic visit with Arctic Chiropractic, Sitka. Smoking is a risk factor for more pain. Smoking is very bothersome to the spine. Being the Sitka back pain specialist, your Sitka chiropractor is here to relieve back pain and help any means you decide to try to decrease your back pain.
