Role of Heat and Electrical Stimulation in Groton Back Pain Treatment
What is more comforting – hot or cold? Bet you said ‘hot’! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office gets it. Heat is comfortable and comforting to many Groton back pain sufferers. Cold is great therapy and recommended in early treatment phases, but heat plays a part in healing. When paired - heat and electrical stimulation - pain cannot help but subside. Heat and electrical stimulation calm and soothe pain. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office advises that Groton back pain and neck pain patients use heat, ice and electrical stimulation as proper for pain relief.
BENEFIT OF HEAT FOR PAIN RELIEF
Heat decreases the perception of pain for many. Heat and cold top the listing of things that low back pain patients believe lessened their pain most followed by medication, rest, exercise, speaking with a health professional, stretching, not doing irritating activities, and psychological changes. (1) Doctors look for ways to produce “offset analgesia,” a disproportionally large reduction in pain due to a slight decrease in stimulation intensity. Heat is a well-known and documented way to do this. Electrical stimulation is another. Perceived or real, the pain reduction is good for a back pain sufferer. (2) If something decreases pain for a Groton back pain patient, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office 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 patients seek feeling “good” when they are in pain. 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 constantly looking 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 proved them right! They found a statistically significant reduction in pain after 18 treatments. The relief was even noted at 3 months’ follow up. Patients’ mood in addition to muscle strength and endurance also got better. (3) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office guides Groton back pain and neck pain sufferers to pain relief with all types of modalities. Whatever it takes! The heat and stimulation combination enhance 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 particularly comforting and pain relieving. The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management integrates heat, too, in in-office chiropractic care and at- home care.
Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment today! Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office offers nonsurgical and nonpharmacological Groton pain relief. If heat is comforting and relieving to a Groton back pain sufferer, Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is prepared to use it!
