St Peters Chiropractic Spinal Manipulation and Exercise Relieve Pain
If you experience 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 must participate in our lives and our recoveries. Your St Peters 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, Old Mill Chiropractic admits that there are many options available. In an attempt to determine what options works in managing acute and chronic low back pain, researchers analyzed randomized control trials, systematic reviews and well-written clinical guidelines in an attempt to make some sense of 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, earning A to C scores. Further, spinal manipulation was reinforced 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, as well as four clinical guidelines reported evidence to support pain improvement with spinal manipulation. In addition, three moderate quality trials supported pain improvement with chiropractic means for treating chronic LBP. Among many other discoveries, this one particularly stood out though: Of the numerous 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, St Peters chiropractic care at Old Mill Chiropractic provides non-invasive care of acute and chronic low back pain. A great place to start!
St Peters BACK PAIN: SMT + EXERCISE
A combined effort toward back pain relief produces results. 241 low back pain patients were randomized to three combos 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 found 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 show positive effects with SMT plus multifidus strengthening exercises. (2) We will talk about at-home exercise to optimize your relief.
St Peters NECK PAIN: SMT + EXERCISE
What about neck pain? A combined approach works with it too. Regarding neck pain and upper cervical rotation restriction, patients who got manual therapy and did 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 provided evidence of being 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.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Umar Ellahie on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he discusses treatment of cervical spine and arm pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that incorporates SMT and exercise.
Schedule your St Peters chiropractic appointment with Old Mill Chiropractic today. Are you ready for back and neck pain relief? We will do our part. You do yours, and it’s yours!
