Groton Back Pain Patients Tips for Waiting on Relief: Walking, Breathing, Walking
Liminality. Waiting. Transitioning. The holidays have many of us transitioning and waiting to holiday gatherings and a new year. Back pain has many of us Groton back pain and neck pain sufferers transitioning and waiting on the arrival of pain relief, too. The waiting is occasionally the hardest part. Waiting for the big holiday and waiting for the relief of back pain or neck pain are accompanied by anticipation. Exercising, breathing, and walking are beneficial ways to cope with the liminality. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is right there with our Groton chiropractic patients as they wait.
HOW TO HELP YOURSELF THROUGH BACK PAIN’S LIMINALITY
Back pain specialists will often prescribe ice/heat/exercise for home care. New reports are showing that deep breathing exercises (especially the pursed-lips version which patients reported to be more calming and pleasant with a more sense of control) (1), diaphragmatic deep breathing (6 breaths a minute for 10 minutes twice a day for 4 weeks effectively produced positive outcomes to improve autonomic function by decreasing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which created time to enter a ‘liminal space’ to reflect on one’s struggles, discover calmness, and embrace current thoughts) (3) are useful. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office supports any of these practices to augment the healing, pain-relieving process with Groton chiropractic services.
LIMINALITY IN BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA CARE
A fascinating outcome from a study done in the UK - SCOPiC (SCiatica Outcomes in Primary Care) – explained the thinking state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers employ to deal with their pain and its path to recovery. Researchers interviewed low back and sciatica sufferers. Sciatica comes with its own unique set of issues in terms of its persistence and symptom severity. Researchers explained the concept of “biographical suspension” as it pertains to sciatica patients who tend to put life on hold while expecting an ultimate return to their former, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also managing worry. This is a type of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, bolstered by a belief that sciatica is temporary and fixable, not a long-term disease. Even those who experienced sciatic leg pain for a while maintained this belief. (4) Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office is often awestruck by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to find something that works for them. They frequently consult a variety of healthcare providers and try many different approaches as they just know there is help. Groton back pain and Groton leg pain patients are often relieved when they get to Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal condition, its treatment, its anticipated outcome, and its treatment plan comprising the frequency of visits and the expected timeframe for relief. The 50% Rule guides both: 50% subjective relief (how you feel) along with 50% objective relief (via specific test findings) reduce the treatment plan frequency by 50% (ex: daily visits turn to every other day). Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office constantly monitors the back and leg pain sufferer’s progress toward pain relief with the Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Robert Patterson on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he shares how what the patient expects influences their pain relief via The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Set up your next Groton chiropractic appointment soon. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope combined with a little concern. Shoreline Medical Services/ Hutter Chiropractic Office knows this and has the wisdom to walk this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be experienced alone!
