Non-surgical neck pain treatment alleviates
such cervical spine related pain. What does that treatment include?
Researchers and clinicians struggle with that question all the
time. What is the answer? With you, the neck
pain patient, the arm pain patient. The chiropractic treatment plan from the passive pain-relieving
treatment to the self-management tools are formed to each
individual neck pain sufferer. New Roads Chiropractic Center is the neck pain sufferer’s
partner in the path to New Roads neck pain relief.
NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT OF NECK PAIN STAGES
A group of experts in the conservative management
of cervical radiculopathy (neck-related arm pain) gathered to establish
a list of effective non-surgical treatment modalities at various
stages of pain (acute, subacute, chronic). The stage makes a difference.
In the acute stage, more passive pain-relieving interventions – spinal
manipulation, patient education, specific foraminal opening exercise,
pain-relieving position - were considered important. As
patients advance through subacute (increased
physical activity, supervised motor control, specific exercise, and neurodynamic
mobilization) to chronic (general aerobic exercise, strength training), more personalized
physical activity and self-management were stated as important.
(1) New Roads Chiropractic Center agrees with this individualized plan and knows
there is a careful balance between passive treatment and active
exercise for optimal outcomes.
HOW MUCH TREATMENT FOR NECK PAIN?
Thirty-seven experts attempted to figure
out the proper dosage and type of motor control and
segmental exercise was optimal for chronic non-specific neck pain. They converged
in agreement most that there were 3 dosage variables: intensity,
frequency, and reps. As for which exercise, dosage, procedure, progression,
etc., they agreed that prescribing exercise was complex and
must be individualized, acceptable, and feasible to the patient. (2)
New Roads Chiropractic Center fully agrees! We work with our
New Roads neck pain patients to ensure the exercises
work for them and their spinal condition and willingness to do the
exercises.
ACTIVE CARE OF NECK & ARM PAIN: Exercise
Exercise recommendations for chronic
non-specific neck pain have not been well defined. A review of published studies on this topic showed
that (A) many exercise programs reduce pain and disability in
the short term, (B) pillar exercises reduce pain and disability
in the intermediate term, and (C) motor control plus segmental exercises produce
moderate to great pain decrease overall. Long term pain decreasing
exercise recommendations have not been analyzed. (3) Another
aspect of exercise for neck and arm pain patients is the respiratory aspect. Neck
pain and forward head posture as experienced by smartphone users
were discussed in a comparison study: control, routine
therapeutic exercise, (combined) routine therapeutic exercise with respiratory
exercises. At 8 weeks, the combined group had significant
differences in diaphragm muscle activation, respiratory balance, and number of
breaths. (4) Pain and breathing can be friends when performed
properly. New Roads Chiropractic Center works with each patient to determine
what exercises are most appropriate for each patient’s stage of pain
to improve each one’s condition.
CONTACT New Roads Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Adam
Propper on The Back
Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates
The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integration
and exercise to deal with neck and arm pain.
Schedule your New Roads chiropractic
appointment now. We make a non-surgical treatment
plan with a mix of active exercise and passive care to help each of
our neck pain patients find relief]51].