If you suffer with back pain, you want
a quick fix. One treatment. Someone else to cure it. Done. Like most
things in life, it’s not that easy. Each of us has to participate in our lives and our recoveries. Your New Roads chiropractor
has a partnering chiropractic treatment plan that can lead to back pain and/or
neck pain relief. Are you ready?
LOW BACK PAIN CHIROPRACTIC CARE: NON-INVASIVE, PAIN
RELIEVING
First of all, New Roads Chiropractic Center recognizes that
there are many back pain relief options. In an attempt to figure
out what options works in taking care of acute
and chronic low back pain, researchers reviewed randomized
control trials, systematic reviews and well-written clinical guidelines to try to sort through all the options: general
behavior, pharmacological therapy, psychological therapy, specfic exercise,
active rehab and education, manual therapy, physical modalities, and invasive
procedures. There are lots of approaches! In the end,
manual therapy, spinal manipulation, and massage for acute and chronic low back
pain were strongly to marginally recommended, getting scores
of A to C. Further, spinal
manipulation was supported
by three high-quality trials, one systemic review (SR), plus
two clinical guidelines for acute low back pain. For chronic LBP, four higher quality trials,
two SRs, and four
clinical guidelines found evidence to support pain
improvement with spinal manipulation. Additionally,
three moderate quality trials corroborated
pain improvement with chiropractic approaches for treating chronic
LBP. Among many other discoveries, this one really
stood out though: Of the many clinical trials with a
variety of invasive treatments, there was insufficient evidence for surgery
as a treatment of chronic low back pain. (1) There are times
that back surgery is appropriate, and your chiropractor
knows the signs and works collaboratively with spinal
surgeons. For many, New Roads chiropractic care at New Roads Chiropractic Center features
non-invasive care of acute and chronic low back pain. A great place
to start!
New Roads BACK PAIN: SMT + EXERCISE
A combined effort toward back pain relief works. 241 low back pain patients were randomized to three combinations
of care: spinal manipulation (SMT) two times a week
for 3 weeks with multifidus activating exercise or spinal mobilizing exercise
or more SMT sessions. Significant differences were noted
for those patients in the SMT plus multifidus activating exercise group. Low
back pain and its management is multi-factorial. This one
study was able to document positive effects with SMT plus multifidus
strengthening exercises. (2) We will talk about
at-home exercise to boost your relief.
New Roads NECK PAIN: SMT + EXERCISE
What about neck pain? A blended approach
works with it too. Regarding neck pain and upper cervical
rotation restriction, patients who got manual therapy and performed
cervical exercises at home showed significantly better
outcomes in disability, pain, and function. Four 20-minute manual therapy
sessions plus exercise and an at-home exercise routine proved superior to exercise alone and a home-exercise program. Neck disability indices, flexion-rotation
tests, pain intensities, and more got better. (3) So do your
exercises we recommend! They really do help. Layering
treatment with personal care works.
CONTACT New Roads Chiropractic Center
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes
treatment of cervical spine and arm pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management that includes SMT and exercise.
Schedule your New Roads chiropractic appointment
with New Roads Chiropractic Center today. Are you ready for back and neck pain relief? We’ll do our part. You do yours, and it’s
yours!