Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in St Peters Back Pain Treatment
What seems more comforting – heat or ice? Bet you said ‘heat’! Old Mill Chiropractic understands. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many St Peters back pain sufferers. Cold is great therapy and recommended in early treatment phases, but heat has a role in healing. When put together - heat with electrical stimulation - pain can’t help but relent. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and ease pain. Old Mill Chiropractic advises that St Peters back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as appropriate for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat reduces the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold top the listing of things that low back pain patients believe decreased their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, speaking with a health professional, stretching, not doing aggravating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors seek ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a disproportionately large decrease in pain as a result of a slight decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is one familiar and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or actual, the pain reduction is good for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something reduces pain for a St Peters back pain patient, Old Mill Chiropractic will consider using it.
BENEFIT OF HEAT AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF
Heat feels good. Electrical stimulation feels good. Back pain and neck pain sufferers seek feeling “good” when they hurt. For nonspecific low back pain sufferers, it is a significant cause of disability, bigger than any other health condition around the world. Doctors and researchers are always on the lookout for a better way manage it. One group of researchers theorized that electrical muscle stimulation and heat would provide better pain relief and improve patients’ subjective view of pain. And their experimental trial showed that they were right! They discovered a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even recorded at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood as well as muscle strength and endurance also improved. (3) Old Mill Chiropractic guides St Peters back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all sorts of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination improve each other’s benefit.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. David Homer on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson. For some conditions like spasmodic torticollis, heat can be especially comforting and pain relieving. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment today! Old Mill Chiropractic offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological St Peters pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a St Peters back pain sufferer, Old Mill Chiropractic is ready to try it!
