Concord, NC Fear of Back Pain Relieved with Pure Chiropractic
Fear of the “damaged spine.” It is a most common feeling to have about a lot of things in life. Fear avoidance. It is common in Concord, NC back pain sufferers. When back pain becomes part of life, fear avoidant behavior also creeps in with it. Back pain specialists like your Concord, NC chiropractic physician recognize the effects of fear and fear avoidance on Concord, NC back pain and neck pain patients. Fear prevents Concord, NC back pain sufferers from doing the simplest things because they worry that they may hurt. The spine is pretty resilient, but when it is damaged its sturdiness fades in the mind of its owner. Pure Chiropractic helps Concord, NC back pain sufferers manage the fear of back pain through information, care, and movement.
The Sense of Fear
Fear itself makes sense. If you suffer pain with something, you attempt to avoid that something like shuffling paper in a way that you get a paper cut or bending a certain way that aggravates leg pain. If you experience back pain when you move, you attempt not to move like that to avoid back pain. Avoiding back pain-producing activity for a Concord, NC back pain sufferer wanting to protect his or her damaged back makes good sense. Researchers point out though that if a back pain sufferer experiences pain in the early days of back pain and does not make a huge deal out of it, he or she doesn’t get trapped in trying to avoid movement, in the fear avoidance cycle. (1) Pure Chiropractic empathizes with the Concord, NC back pain patient who does not desire to move too much out of fear that his or her back will hurt again or maybe even worse than that last time. Pure Chiropractic successfully gets Concord, NC back pain sufferers moving and performing their normal activities of daily life one little motion at a time!
Gentle Care and Motion
Pure Chiropractic incorporates motion into its in-office chiropractic care and its at-home recommendation care. Pure Chiropractic is all about motion and relieving back pain and the fear that goes along with it. Adding manipulation to the treatment of low back pain earlier sped up the success of manipulation on back pain relief and decreased the use of medication to control the pain. (2) The Concord, NC chiropractic treatment plan at Pure Chiropractic involves gentle, soothing Cox Technic to make larger the spinal canal and lessen pressure on the spinal nerves as well as bring motion back to the spine as the back pain and/or leg pain lessens.
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Fear may be a good thing, too. Fear of back surgery may lead a back pain sufferer to pursue non-surgical care like that offered at Pure Chiropractic. Listen in to this podcast of a patient who did not want a second back surgery and found relief with Cox Technic. He even returned to exercising and moving which he stopped due to pain!
Schedule a Concord, NC chiropractic appointment at Pure Chiropractic to lessen your fear of your “damaged back” and help you start moving again!
