Beating Back Pain: Get Moving

To Your Health
July, 2017 (Vol. 11, Issue 07)

Beating Back Pain: Get Moving

By Editorial Staff

Back pain is bothersome enough when it only lasts a short time; when it keeps coming back or doesn’t ever really go away, it can change your life. Of course, that’s where spinal adjustments provided by your chiropractor can help, both to deal with the initial pain and help prevent its recurrence.

But your chiropractor’s probably told you other things can help as well, particularly in conjunction with adjustments and to lower your risk of suffering repeated episodes of pain. Exercise is one of them, and research continues to prove it.

New research suggests people who participate in regular physical activity, whether low-intensity activity such as walking or more intense pursuits such as athletics, are less likely to suffer chronic low back pain compared to less-active people. In fact, according to the research, which reviewed 36 studies involving more than 150,000 people (none of whom had back pain at the start of their respective study), the risk of experiencing chronic LBP was 14 percent lower for moderately active people and 16 percent lower for highly active people, compared to the least active.

Talk to your chiropractor to learn more about how staying active can not only help prevent back pain from becoming chronic, but also may help prevent it from happening in the first place.

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Why You Should Be Making Periodic Visits to Your Chiropractor

To Your Health
July, 2017 (Vol. 11, Issue 07)

Why You Should Be Making Periodic Visits to Your Chiropractor

By Editorial Staff

When you experience back pain, chiropractic care can help relieve the pain and identify the underlying cause. But your care shouldn’t stop once the pain stops (or comes back, which can frequently happen).

A new study suggests maintenance chiropractic care (defined by the researchers as “treatment at regular intervals regardless of symptoms”) is more effective than symptomatic treatment (receiving chiropractic treatment only when you’re experiencing pain).

In the study, patients with recurrent / persistent low back pain who received maintenance care (scheduled every 1-3 months) after their initial treatment reported an average of 19.3 days of “bothersome” low back pain over a 12-month period compared to patients who received only symptomatic chiropractic care. Overall, during the 12-month period, maintenance care patients made seven visits, on average, to their chiropractor, versus five visits, on average, for symptomatic patients.

So, if you’re suffering low back pain and your chiropractor suggests you come in periodically for treatment, you may want to heed his/her advice. It’s a research-supported suggestion that could dramatically reduce the amount of time you spend in pain.

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