Manahawkin Back Pain Patients Tips for Waiting on Relief: Walking, Breathing, Walking
Liminality. Waiting. Transitioning. The holidays have many of us waiting and transitioning to holiday gatherings and a new year. Back pain has many of us Manahawkin back pain and neck pain sufferers transitioning and waiting on the arrival of pain relief as well. The waiting is occasionally the toughest part. Waiting for the big holiday and waiting for the relief of back pain or neck pain are filled with anticipation. Exercising, breathing, and walking are beneficial ways to cope with the liminality. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is right beside our Manahawkin chiropractic patients as they wait.
HOW TO HELP YOURSELF THROUGH BACK PAIN’S LIMINALITY
Back pain specialists will frequently prescribe ice/heat/exercise for home care. New studies are describing how deep breathing exercises (particularly the pursed-lips version which sufferers reported as more calming and pleasant with stronger sense of control) (1), diaphragmatic deep breathing (6 breaths a minute for 10 minutes two times a day for 4 weeks effectively generated positive outcomes to improve autonomic function by decreasing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which allocated time to enter a ‘liminal space’ to ponder on one’s struggles, find calmness, and process current feelings) (3) are useful. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center supports any of these practices to boost the healing, pain-relieving course of action with Manahawkin chiropractic services.
LIMINALITY IN BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA CARE
A fascinating outcome from a study performed in the UK - SCOPiC (SCiatica Outcomes in Primary Care) – explained the thoughtful state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers use to cope with their pain and its path to recovery. The study has researchers interview low back and sciatica sufferers. Sciatica arrives with its own distinctive group of issues in terms of its persistence and symptom severity. Researchers described the concept of “biographical suspension” as it related to sciatica patients who seem to put life on hold while expecting an eventual return to their prior, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also handling worry. This is a type of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, held up by a belief that sciatica is temporary and fixable, not a long-term illness. Even those who experienced sciatic leg pain for a while maintained this belief. (4) Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is manytimes amazed by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to discover a treatment that works for them. They oftentimes talk with a variety of healthcare providers and try a variety of approaches as they are confident that there is help. Manahawkin back pain and Manahawkin leg pain patients are often relieved when they get to Manahawkin Chiropractic Center as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal condition, its treatment, its anticipated outcome, and its treatment plan including the frequency of visits and the expected timeframe for relief. The 50% Rule directs both: 50% subjective relief (how you feel) along with 50% objective relief (via specific test findings) reduce the treatment plan frequency by 50% (ex: daily visits turn to every other day). Manahawkin Chiropractic Center is always monitoring the back and leg pain sufferer’s progress toward pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses the role of patient expectations in their pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Schedule your next Manahawkin chiropractic appointment soon. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope mixed with a little worry. Manahawkin Chiropractic Center understands this and has the wisdom to walk this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be endured alone!
