Exercise for Groton Arm Pain and Neck Pain Relief
Non-surgical neck pain treatment alleviates such cervical spine related pain. What does that treatment involve? Researchers and clinicians grapple with that question all the time. Where does the answer lie? With you, the neck pain patient, the arm pain patient. The chiropractic treatment plan from the passive pain-relieving treatment to the self-management tools are formed to each individual neck pain sufferer. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is the neck pain sufferer’s partner in the path to Groton neck pain relief.
NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT OF NECK PAIN STAGES
A set of experts in the conservative management of cervical radiculopathy (neck-related arm pain) gathered to establish a list of effective non-surgical treatment modalities at various stages of pain (acute, subacute, chronic). The stage makes a difference. In the acute stage, more passive pain-relieving interventions – spinal manipulation, patient education, specific foraminal opening exercise, pain-relieving position - were thought important. As patients proceed through subacute (boosted physical activity, supervised motor control, specific exercise, and neurodynamic mobilization) to chronic (general aerobic exercise, strength training), more individualized physical activity and self-management were described as important. (1) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office agrees with this individualized plan and understands there is a careful balance between passive treatment and active exercise for most favorable results.
HOW MUCH TREATMENT FOR NECK PAIN?
Thirty-seven experts set out to figure out the proper dosage and kind of motor control and segmental exercise was optimal for chronic non-specific neck pain. They agreed most that there were 3 dosage variables: intensity, frequency, and reps. As for which exercise, dosage, procedure, progression, etc., they agreed that prescribing exercise was not simple and must be individualized, acceptable, and feasible to the patient. (2) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office wholeheartedly agrees! We work with our Groton neck pain patients to be sure the exercises work for them and their spinal condition and willingness to do the exercises.
ACTIVE CARE OF NECK & ARM PAIN: Exercise
Exercise recommendations for chronic non-specific neck pain haven’t been well defined. An analysis of published studies on this topic revealed that (A) many exercise programs reduce pain and disability in the short term, (B) pillar exercises decrease pain and disability in the intermediate term, and (C) motor control plus segmental exercises produce moderate to great pain decrease overall. Long term pain reducing exercise recommendations have not been studied. (3) Another aspect of exercise for neck and arm pain patients is the respiratory aspect. Neck pain and forward head posture as experienced by smartphone users were addressed in a comparison study: control, routine therapeutic exercise, (combined) routine therapeutic exercise with respiratory exercises. After 8 weeks, the combined group had significant differences in diaphragm muscle activation, respiratory balance, and number of breaths. (4) Pain and breathing can be compatible when performed the right way. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office works with each patient to determine what exercises are most appropriate for each patient’s stage of pain to improve each one’s condition.
CONTACT Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office
Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Adam Propper on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he describes The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management incorporation and exercise to get relief of neck and arm pain.
Schedule your Groton chiropractic appointment today. We design a non-surgical treatment plan with a mix of active exercise and passive care to assist each of our neck pain patients in getting the relief they want each of our neck pain patients find relief]51].
