“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something
so I stop hurting.” are just two comments Manahawkin Chiropractic Center and
fellow back pain healthcare practitioners hear frequently. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the simplest and quickest way possible. This isn’t
always possible though. We all have to look at our pain and make
friends with it to some extent. We have to see it for what it is.
Temporary. Unwelcome. Disruptive. But manageable many times when engaged. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center urges
our Manahawkin back pain patients and neck pain patients to take
part in their back pain relief process. It can make
a difference. It may perhaps even alter your life for
the better. Many Manahawkin chiropractic patients have lived this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Remarkably up to 25% of back pain patients in
a new study weren’t actively engaged in their
spine care treatment plan. Research is filled with reports
highlighting the importance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients involved?
In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making,
and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the
interfering culprits that reduced
patients’ participation in their own care, researchers made a special
plan to address these issues and improve
the patients’ understanding and participation via text reminders, exercises,
lifestyle changes, webinars, videos, paper educational materials and more. (1) One
study discovered that a mix of approaches to lessen
disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular
intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
tries to do anything possible to help our Manahawkin
back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain
patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It dropped
nonspecific chronic low back pain equally as well as back-strengthening
exercise protocols. When fear of movement and functional limitations because
of back pain play a role, whole body
electrical stimulation helped fearful patients with their
strength and stabilization in a timely fashion, reducing
pain intensity and enhancing trunk flexors. (3) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
shares such options to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Have you heard “There is
an app for that!”? Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is certain you have! Not
alarming in today’s app-crazy world that there is an app in the
works to help you manage self-management
tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are currently
collecting data on the effectiveness of
various interventions at baseline, 6 weeks, 3, 6, and 9 months
for nonspecific low back pain. From this research data,
researchers will fill the app with tips and exercises that have
benefited others experiencing similar issues. Each
patient’s app will then be personalized for
self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based on
what others with similar conditions found helpful and
relieving. (4) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center looks forward to saying “There's an app for
that!" Manahawkin Chiropractic Center knows that some of our Manahawkin back pain
patients will love this!
CONTACT Manahawkin Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he outlines how
back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain
relief.
Schedule a Manahawkin chiropractic appointment
soon to begin care with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management at Manahawkin Chiropractic Center. Be ready to be involved in your
back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You will be so happy that the pill or “something” was not available once you are feeling better in terms of
back pain relief and mental happiness that you were an active
part of the relief process.