Manahawkin Back Pain Benefits from Good Sleep
Exercise tip of the month: sleep. Unusual? Not at all! Sleep is just as vital as exercise for pain management including back pain management. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center helps many Manahawkin pain sufferers cope with their spine, neck, and back pain with chiropractic spinal manipulation, nutrition advice, and exercise direction. Sleep – good sleep – is added to that list for a good reason!
CONTROLLING BACK PAIN
Since low back pain many times is a condition for life that is sporadic, a condition that is managed rather than cured, it’s a positive thing that researchers are studying just how a back pain sufferer can take charge of the Manahawkin back pain and the frequency that it ‘rears its head.' Question any back pain sufferer and you’ll know that warding off a pain episode is a goal. But how? Researchers are looking at sleep, fatigue, emotion, and more to figure that out. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center shares the term “flare” as it has to do with a back pain episode.
BACK PAIN FLARE
A Manahawkin low back pain flare is one that includes heightened pain, paresthesia, or muscle tension, longer duration of symptoms, decreased functional (social, cognitive, physical), and negative emotions. Researchers found that back pain sufferers do not consider their back pain to be a flare just because of increased pain, so healthcare professionals need to look beyond the pain to know what else is going on around the pain event, what psychosocial factors are involved. (1,2) The mind-body connection cannot always be ignored! Nor can the time of day that pain is felt.
PAIN: MORNING NOON AND NIGHT
Patients suffering with low back pain for over 3 months were studied to see what might trigger a new episode of their pain. Researchers found that poor sleep quality and morning pain were threats for such flare-ups. Increased pain risk rose with days of more afternoon and evening pain, fatigue, and fear of activity. Sleep is recommended to decrease the intensity, frequency, and risk of back pain flares. (3) The quality of sleep also plays a role in how Manahawkin back pain is felt.
SLEEP QUALITY
An analysis of sleep quality in older adults in six middle-income countries uncovered that women experienced more sleep problems. Further, age, depression, low back pain, and poor self-rated health were also significantly associated with sleep problems. (4) Sleep, perceived stress, and anxiety contribute to chronic low back pain. Fortunately, sleep quality is able to mediate anxiety, making sleep a practical recommendation in the treatment plan. (5)
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Ted Siciliano on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses his use of Cox® Technic Flexion Distraction to ease arm pain and numbness that was preventing him from getting sleep.
Make your Manahawkin chiropractic appointment today. Let us talk sleep next time you are in for a visit!
