October 2021 Healthy News from Apple Country Chiropractic Monitoring Pain Leads to Improved Pain Relief and Not Being Sedentary Helps Too

Your Williamson chiropractor understands how troubling back pain may be for our spine-related pain patients. A study that looked at the issue of whether focusing on pain for low back pain patients - by questioning about their pain weekly – impacted the patients negatively. The result: regular monitoring of pain did not turn out to be a bad thing.  It may have even been helpful! The low back pain intensity scores at 12 months’ follow up were lower for the patients who were monitored than the scores of patients who were not monitored every week! (1) Our chiropractic treatment plan which includes spinal manipulation - 90% of which is delivered by chiropractors in the US - is guided by your input about your pain experience. We ask you about your pain at every Williamson chiropractic visit and alter your treatment frequency and type as you improve according to the 50% Rule like visits are reduced by 50% when 50% relief is realized and treatment protocol may shift from protocol 1 (single segment, one motion) to protocol 2 (single segment, all ranges of motion, may include more segments as tolerance testing allows). We can talk more about these protocols if you like. A bit of focus on pain goes far in terms of pain relief!

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. James Cox on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes the central role the patient’s pain experience and feedback plays in the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.

 

TIP OF THE MONTH:  Don’t Be Sedentary

A sedentary Williamson lifestyle at any age is not positive. As we age and want to enjoy our older years, we must not be sedentary. Grow old actively! Comparing how and when non-active older adults exercised – 60 minutes in the morning or 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes at night – researchers found significant improvements in lower limb strength, large gains in walking speed and daily activities, improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness, and enhancements in agility as demonstrated by TUG (time-up-to-go from a seated position) test results in both groups. There were slightly better outcomes in the 30/30 group indicating that there may be a benefit to breaking up afternoon sedentariness with exercise. Physical activity exercise for older adults is vital for physical as well as mental and psychosocial health. Apple Country Chiropractic urges our chiropractic patients to not be part of the 31% of the world’s population who are thought to not presently meet recommended levels of activity. (2) Let’s see what activity is best for you!

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Make your next Williamson chiropractic appointment today! We will see you then and be sure to ask you how your pain is and how active you are! We’re here for you!