Exercise. Groton back pain sufferers get
the recommendation to exercise often. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
recommends it, also. Exercise continues to show its
benefit for low back pain relief
and prevention…and a new report shows benefit for better
sleep quality!
EXERCISE FOR RELIEF OF THE BURDEN OF LOW BACK PAIN
Low back pain is a problem for the low back pain
sufferer, the family, the community, and the healthcare system. Healthcare
providers and researchers analyze proposed
long-term ways to reduce this problem for whose
sufferers’ disability continues. Exercise leads the list of
non-invasive, non-drug general recommendations with manual therapy and massage in that list as well. (1) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
is the Groton back pain specialty clinic to
which many back pain sufferers see.
BACK PAIN SPECIALIST’S PLAN FOR BACK PAIN RELIEF ADDS EXERCISE
Numerous chronic back pain sufferers take
themselves to their primary care practitioners
first. It’s a pretty standard routing. Primary
care recommendations for chronic low back pain care typically
involve exercise, oral prescriptions of NSAIDs and SNRI’s like duloxetine. In research,
there is a curious statistic called “number to treat”
which denotes the number of patients with a certain
condition who need to have it done the treatment
recommendation for 1 of the treatment recipients to find
benefit. In this recent study, the number to treat for 1 chronic low
back pain patient to report benefit from exercise was 7, from NSAIDs 6, and SNRIs
10. Of these three options, exercise was the only intervention that showed
sustained chronic low back pain relief after the intervention
ended and up to 48 weeks later. (2) Exercise is a useful,
self-management, non-drug alternative for chronic low back pain
patients. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office always incorporates it in the
Groton chiropractic treatment plan. Exercise places some
control of chronic low back pain in our Groton chiropractic
patients’ hands.
WHAT ABOUT SLEEP AND EXERCISE?
Another advantageous patient-controlled
option is sleep-and-exercise.
Lack of sleep – time and/or quality – is an issue for so many
Groton chiropractic patients. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office often hears our
patients discuss sleep difficulties. Sleep is renewing
for the body and the mind. Exercise is often prescribed to
address sleep and mood issues. An interesting study about
the relationship between sleep and exercise highlights some interesting
findings in young women and men. There
are differences for each! Men who exercised more frequently
reported falling asleep faster, less daytime issues,
and less depressive mood. Women who exercised more frequently went
to bed early, had improved sleep
quality, and reported more benefit from sleep, less depressive
mood, and less anger. (3) Regular exercise is key for so many concerns!
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Pamela Aaron on The
Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as she shares
a case of a young female patient with low back pain and her treatment
with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management plus strengthening
exercise that helped.
Make your Groton
chiropractic appointment today. “Exercise.” It is a
recommendation Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office will keep sharing for
back pain relief and prevention as well as improved sleep.