March 2022 Healthy News from Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries Comorbidities of Back, Hip and Knee Pain Prevention of Text Neck Syndrome

Manchester back pain, hip and knee osteoarthritis often appear together, and Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries can help.  

BACK PAIN, KNEE PAIN, AND HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS

Co-morbidities. We’ve heard a lot about these, lately. Often, our Manchester chiropractic patients know their own co-morbidities! In a report about 10,234 primary care patients, those with low back pain additionally recounted symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis (11-71%) along with hip (11-50%) and knee (8-40%) symptoms. (1) This is not atypical taking into consideration today’s aging population. A research group studied published papers and found that 0% to 54% of lumbar spinal stenosis patients aged 66 years old (mean) also experienced knee osteoarthritis or hip osteoarthritis. (2,3) Further, researchers studied patients with a history of knee osteoarthritis, a mean age of 62.2 years, and a body mass index of 29.8kg for 3 months.  Most patients were in the description category of minimal change in pain versus low pain at the beginning/large improvement and moderate pain at the beginning/worsened. Patients who felt high stress, had a negative affect score, and had knee buckling at the start of the study had a worse outcome path. (4) Many Manchester chiropractic patients with various combinations of knee, hip, and back pain come to Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. It's not unusual! Our gentle, effective chiropractic care fosters a better path to healing!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Luigi Albano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes usual medical treatment of knee osteoarthritis as well as new drug-free, conservative treatment based on the tenets of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.        

Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries presents a prevention plan for text neck syndrome: better posture, frequent breaks, manipulation. 

Manchester CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH:  AVOID AND TREAT TEXT-NECK

New tech brings new issues! Neck pain is a greatly reported issue for adults and is now appearing in kids. The term “text neck syndrome” explains today’s neck pain due to increased stresses on the cervical spine for users of handheld tech regardless of their ages. (5) The repetitive stress of prolonged forward head flexion while looking down is messing with us all. Trying to get relief from his head and neck pain and right upper limb paresthesia, a YouTuber went to a family physician, tried pain meds and muscle relaxants, did physical therapy, underwent cervical traction, and acupuncture which provided temporary relief with many flare-ups. Eventually, chiropractic care that stressed better posture while texting, cervical spine manipulation, and extension traction therapy relieved the pain. Regular breaks and appropriate posture when using smartphones will do much to help avoid text neck syndrome. (6) Your Manchester chiropractor gives that same advice!

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Make your next Manchester chiropractic appointment today. Back pain and hip and/or knee osteoarthritis and “text neck” are spine related issues that Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries welcomes!

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