St Peters Chiropractic Plan for Pain Relief and Prevention with Exercise
“Do I have to exercise?”
“Only exercise if you want to feel better quicker and prevent pain,“ your St Peters chiropractic encourages.
“How long do I have to exercise every day?”
“Not long, just effectively,” Old Mill Chiropractic suggests.
Exercise is not every St Peters back pain or neck pain patient’s ‘cup of tea’. Old Mill Chiropractic understands. Exercise is also so key to our back and neck pain patient’s recovery and future prevention of the pain. We are with our St Peters chiropractic patients every step of the way to get the most of the exercise effort so that it pays off in pain relief and prevention.
OPTIMAL NECK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Neck pain sufferers understand how pain may decrease their ability to look around comfortably. Such neck pain patients were assessed as to their cervical range of motion and pain intensity with a flexion-rotation test. They were then instructed to do a 20-minutes cervical spine exercise session. 50% of them were then also treated with manual therapy applied to the C0-C1 and C2-C3 cervical spine levels. Those who did the exercise program and were treated did significantly better in terms of range of motion, pain intensity reduction, and the flexion-rotation test. (1) Another research project revealed that the optimal stretching time of cervical muscles in patients with chronic myofascial pain syndrome was 30 seconds as opposed to 15 or 60 seconds or no stretching. This permitted the most benefit to pain intensity decrease while minimizing any negative effects on neural function of the affected nerve roots and central nervous system. (2) Old Mill Chiropractic always stresses that the appropriate exercise done in proper form does not have to take long to be effective! Additionally, exercise puts some control in the hands of its sufferer since exercise can be done anytime.
OPTIMAL LOW BACK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Incorporating exercise training into the multidisciplinary treatment of non-specific chronic low back pain does make sense. Such back pain involves so many people globally and is a leading source of disability. Proper exercise training transitions the back pain sufferer to self-management. Recently, researchers suggested that pain intensity and disability - and even mental health issues in such back pain patients - were improved with options like resistance and aerobic exercise while Pilates, resistance exercise, yoga, and stabilization exercise. (3) Old Mill Chiropractic agrees! Exercise is valuable on so many fronts.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that includes spinal manipulation, nutrition, and exercise for spinal stenosis back pain relief.
Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment soon. Old Mill Chiropractic answers the exercise questions of “Do I have to?” and “How long?” with “Yes” and “The time it takes which may be in 30 second increments.” We are partners for your pain relief and prevention!
