Healthy News May 2020

Continued Manchester chiropractic care fosters back pain relief.

WHY VISIT YOUR CHIROPRACTOR AFTER THE PAIN IS GONE? TO KEEP IT GONE!

Patients often ask how long they have to come for chiropractic care at Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries. In the end, their relief dictates this. For some the end of care is figured out together, patient and the Manchester chiropractor. For others, when the pain is . The patients decide for themselves. And when there’s no pain, it seems normal to quit coming. However, there may be a special factor to consider: If back pain is bothersome and keeps you from doing what you want to do, receiving chiropractic care on a regular basis (aka “maintenance care”) whether you are hurting or not helps. In a randomized control trial of 319 such patients, maintenance care decreased the number of painful day in acute episodes and increased the timespan of pain-free days for patients with recurrent and persistent low back pain. (1) Back pain is not typically cured. It is like a bruise on an apple. It will not simply disappear. The bruise is now a more susceptible part of the apple. With back pain, the no-pain period is certainly refreshing, and continued chiropractic care via a Manchester chiropractic treatment plan set together can only help prevent more and/or more painful back pain episodes. Some patients request maintenance care after suffering with several episodes of Manchester back pain. Some schedule right away to avoid starting over. Whichever patient type you are, Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is the Manchester chiropractic care partner for you!

Manchester exercise benefits patients with non-specific back pain and pre-back surgery patients though it is not often prescribed as much as opioids.

Manchester CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise Benefits Before Back Surgery and for Non-Specific Low Back Pain

A 16-week study of supervised resistance training with variable low, moderate and high intensity exercise throughout the week benefitted patients with persistent non-specific low back pain. How? By making better pain, daily function and disability, energy level, muscle strength, sleep, and perception of physical activity as beneficial. (2) Those are encouraging outcomes! Unfortunately, in the year prior to back surgery, only 34.8% of back pain patients had physical therapy (PT), 34.1% had at least one PT visit with exercise, and just 14.6% experienced a minimum of 6 exercise therapy visits. 84.4% received at least one opioid prescription fill with a mean of 6.1 unique fills each. (3) Conservative, non-drug care including spinal manipulation and exercise are worthy pre-back surgery efforts. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is prepared to do this with you!

Listen to this PODCAST with chiropractic back pain specialist, James Cox DC DACBR, developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, and a PODCAST with spine surgeon, David Hanscome, MD, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as they discuss the conservative approach to dealing with Manchester back pain.

CONTACT Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries

Arrange your next Manchester chiropractic appointment today with Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries for non-drug and non-surgical management of your back pain. Manchester Chiropractic & Sports Injuries is your spine care and back pain management partner!