“Just give me something to stop the pain.” or “Just do something
so I stop hurting.” are just two comments Cross Chiropractic Center and
fellow back pain healthcare practitioners commonly hear. When in pain, we all just want it to stop in the least
effort required and fastest way possible. This isn’t
always possible though. We all need 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. Cross Chiropractic Center urges
our Sandy Springs back pain patients and neck pain patients to participate in their back pain relief process. It makes
a difference. It may perhaps even alter your life for
the better. Many Sandy Springs chiropractic patients have experienced this.
SELF-MANAGEMENT BENEFITS
Amazingly up to 25% of back pain patients in
a new study weren’t actively engaged in their
spine care treatment plan. Research is ripe with studies
highlighting the importance of patient-involvement in treatment of spine pain. What kept such patients participating?
In researcher-ease, environmental context and resources, emotion, memory/attention/decision-making,
and behavioural regulation did. Knowing that these things were the
interfering offending factors that interfered with
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 found that a variety of approaches to lessen
disability and work absenteeism was cost effective though no one particular
intervention stood out over others. (2) Like these researchers, Cross Chiropractic Center
tries to do anything possible to help our Sandy Springs
back pain and neck pain patients!
SPINE EXERCISES AND EMS
This may be a unique helpful intervention for certain
patients: whole-body electromyostimulation. It reduced
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 improved patients’
strength and stabilization in good time, reducing
pain intensity and improving trunk flexors. (3) Cross Chiropractic Center
shares such alternatives to help our patients.
SELF-MANAGEMENT APP
Ever heard the saying “There is
an app for that!”? Cross 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 keep track of self-management
tasks like exercise, sleep, etc. For the “selfBACK” app, researchers are currently
gathering data on the usefulness of
various interventions at various times
for nonspecific low back pain. From this data collection,
researchers plan to fill the app with tips and exercises that have
benefited others experiencing similar issues. Each
patient’s app will then be tailored for
self-management of back pain and other musculoskeletal issues based upon others with similar conditions reported helpful and
relieving. (4) Cross Chiropractic Center looks forward to saying “There's an app for
that!" Cross Chiropractic Center knows that some of our Sandy Springs back pain
patients will love this!
CONTACT Cross Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Jack Stern on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how
back pain patients can best help themselves to optimal back pain
relief.
Schedule a Sandy Springs chiropractic visit
soon to start with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain
Management at Cross Chiropractic Center. Be ready to be involved in your
back pain treatment plan for back pain relief. You’ll be so happy that the pill or “something” wasn’t presented
to you once you are feeling better regarding
back pain relief and mental contentment that you were an active
part of the relief process.