Concord, NC Back Pain Relief Includes Self-Management
“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something so I stop hurting.” are just two comments Pure Chiropractic and fellow back pain healthcare practitioners commonly hear. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the simplest and quickest way possible. This is not always possible though. We all have 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. Pure Chiropractic encourages our Concord, NC back pain patients and neck pain patients to participate in their back pain relief process. It makes a difference. It may perhaps even alter your life for the better. Many Concord, NC chiropractic patients have lived this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Amazingly up to 25% of back pain patients in a new study were not actively engaged in their spine care treatment plan. Research is ripe with studies highlighting the significance of patient-engagement with treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients participating? In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making, and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the interfering culprits that reduced patients’ participation in their own care, researchers made a special 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 discovered that a mix of approaches to reduce disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Pure Chiropractic tries to do whatever it takes to help our Concord, NC back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It reduced nonspecific chronic low back pain equally as well as back-strengthening exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations because of back pain are a part of the problem, whole body electrical stimulation helped fearful patients with their strength and stabilization in good time, decreasing pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Pure Chiropractic shares such options to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Ever heard the saying “There is an app for that!”? Pure Chiropractic is positive you have! Not alarming in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in the works to help you keep track of self-management tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are currently gathering data on the effectiveness of various interventions at various times for nonspecific low back pain. From this data collection, researchers will fill the app with tips and exercises that have benefited others experiencing similar issues. Each patient’s app will then be customized for self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based on what others with similar conditions reported helpful and relieving. (4) Pure Chiropractic looks forward to saying “There's an app for that!" Pure Chiropractic knows that some of our Concord, NC back pain patients will love this!
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain relief.
Schedule a Concord, NC chiropractic visit soon to start with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management at Pure Chiropractic. Be ready to be involved in your back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be pleasantly surprised that the pill or “something” was not available once you are feeling better in terms of back pain relief and mental contentment that you were an active part of the relief process.
