Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Manahawkin Back Pain Treatment
What is more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Manahawkin back pain sufferers. Cold is great therapy and suggested in initial treatment phases, but heat plays a role in healing. When combined - heat and electrical stimulation - pain can’t refuse. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and soothe pain. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center advises that Manahawkin back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as appropriate for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat reduces the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold lead the list of options that low back pain patients believe lessened their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, talking with a health professional, stretching, not doing irritating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors seek ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a disproportionally large reduction in pain as a result of a slight decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is a familiar and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or actual, the pain reduction is positive for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something reduces pain for a Manahawkin back pain patient, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center will consider using it.
BENEFIT OF HEAT AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF
Heat feels good. Electrical stimulation feels good. Back pain and neck pain sufferers seek feeling “good” when they don’t. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, bigger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are constantly on the lookout for a better way control it. One group of researchers theorized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would produce better pain relief and enhance patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial showed that they were right! They discovered a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even held at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also got better. (3) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center guides Manahawkin back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination boost each other’s benefit.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. David Homer on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. For some conditions like spasmodic torticollis, heat can be especially comforting and pain relieving. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment today! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is all about nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Manahawkin pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Manahawkin back pain sufferer, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is prepared to try it!
