Healthy News May 2020
Patients often ask how long they must come for chiropractic care at Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn. In the end, their relief determines this. For some the end of care is figured out together, patient and the Ashburn and Herndon chiropractor. For others, when the pain is . The patients decide for themselves. And when there’s no pain, it makes sense to stop care. Only there may be a special consideration: If back pain is bothersome and keeps you from doing the things you want to do, receiving chiropractic care on a regular basis (aka “maintenance care”) whether you are hurting or not helps. In a randomized control trial of 319 such patients, maintenance care reduced the number of painful day in acute episodes and increased the length of pain-free days for back pain sufferers who have with recurrent and persistent low back pain. (1) Back pain is not often cured. It is like a bruise on an apple. It will not simply disappear. The bruise becomes a more susceptible part of the apple. With back pain, the no-pain period is certainly refreshing, and continued chiropractic care via a Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic treatment plan set together can only help prevent more and/or more painful back pain episodes. Some patients ask for maintenance care after a few episodes of Ashburn and Herndon back pain. Some set up a schedule right away to avoid starting over. Whichever patient type you are, Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is the Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic care partner for you!
Ashburn and Herndon CHIROPRACTIC TIP OF THE MONTH: Exercise Benefits Before Back Surgery and for Non-Specific Low Back Pain
A 16-week study of supervised resistance training with varying low, moderate and high intensity exercise throughout a week time frame benefitted patients with persistent non-specific low back pain. How? By improving pain, daily function and disability, energy level, muscle strength, sleep, and perception of physical activity as beneficial. (2) Those are positive outcomes! Unfortunately, in the year before back surgery, only 34.8% of back pain patients had physical therapy (PT), 34.1% experienced at least one PT visit with exercise, and just 14.6% had a minimum of 6 exercise therapy visits. 84.4% were prescribed at least one opioid prescription fill with a mean of 6.1 unique fills each. (3) Conservative, non-drug care combining spinal manipulation and exercise are worthy pre-back surgery efforts. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is prepared to do this with you!
Listen to this PODCAST with chiropractic back pain specialist, James Cox DC DACBR, developer of the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management, and a PODCAST with spine surgeon, David Hanscome, MD, on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as they present the conservative approach to dealing with Ashburn and Herndon back pain.
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Arrange your next Ashburn and Herndon chiropractic appointment now with Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn for non-drug and non-surgical management of your back pain. Poulin Chiropractic of Herndon and Ashburn is your spine care and back pain management partner!