Healthy News - May 2021

Manahawkin chiropractic care encourages back pain patients to not give into the urge to avoid normal spine motion once they are through their pain.

DON’T FEAR! BE CONFIDENT WITH YOUR SPINE.

Chiropractors witness it every day. Manahawkin back pain patients avoid lifting or worry about over-doing it with their spines for things like lifting due to fear of (re)injury and pain. Researchers write that chronic low back pain patients tend to protect their spines by lifting using a diminished lumbar spine range of motion. Doing this for a long period of time may end up hurting more than helping. The lumbar spine tissues may encounter extra loading due to altered spine motion. (1) Fear-avoidance is a pretty normal response in back pain patients. Don’t feel weird if you do this for a while! Within our Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, we encourage our back pain patients to get back to normal spinal motions slowly as their pain lowers and their exercise routine strengthens their spines via Manahawkin chiropractic treatment, exercise, and nutrition. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center and you will get there together! Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is your partner in controlling back pain, so it does not control you.

Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Clint Dickason on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes his care of a nurse with back pain and sciatic leg pain using the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management to help her get back to doing the activities of daily life and her job, like bending, lifting and twisting.

Manahawkin chiropractic nutrition integration is important, especially when curcumin is shown to be an anti-inflammatory benefit.

Manahawkin CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: CURCUMIN FOR CHRONIC PAIN RELIEF AND IMPROVED COGNITION

Cognitive impairment is observed in patients with chronic neuropathic pain. A new study on the effects of curcumin reports improvement in cognitive impairment and lessening of chronic pain due to compressed sciatic nerves in rats. Curcumin is said to ease chronic constriction injury related behaviors and memory deficits by lowering inflammatory cytokines. (2) The sciatic nerve is irritated in sciatica resulting in leg pain. If you have sciatica, do you note issues with cognition? Curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties are something to be considered in the nutritional approach to chronic pain and Manahawkin sciatic leg pain. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center does!

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Thank you for trusting Manahawkin Chiropractic Center with your healthcare needs. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is here to not only reduce your pain but also your fear of pain. With our comprehensive Manahawkin chiropractic treatment plan, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center and you will navigate this journey to pain relief together! We look forward to visiting with you at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center for your up-coming visit! Schedule today!