Carrolltown Chiropractic Plan for Pain Relief and Prevention with Exercise
“Must I exercise?”
“Yes, you should if you want to feel better quicker and prevent pain,“ your Carrolltown chiropractic replies.
“How long do I have to exercise every day?”
“Not long, just properly,” Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation advises.
Exercise is not every Carrolltown back pain or neck pain patient’s ’thing’. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation understands. Exercise is also so vital to our back and neck pain patient’s recovery and future prevention of the pain. We are with our Carrolltown chiropractic patients all along the way to get the most of the exercise effort so that it results in pain relief and prevention.
OPTIMAL NECK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Neck pain sufferers know how pain may decrease their neck motion. Such neck pain patients were assessed as to their cervical range of motion and pain intensity with a flexion-rotation test. They were then directed to do a 20-minutes cervical spine exercise session. Half of them were then additionally treated with manual therapy applied to the C0-C1 and C2-C3 cervical spine levels. Those who performed the exercise program and received manual therapy managed significantly better in terms of range of motion, pain intensity reduction, and the flexion-rotation test. (1) Another study reported that the optimal stretching time of cervical muscles in patients with chronic myofascial pain syndrome was 30 seconds as opposed to 15 or 60 seconds or no stretching. This permitted the best benefit to pain intensity reduction while minimizing any negative effects on neural function of the affected nerve roots and central nervous system. (2) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation always emphasizes that the proper exercise done in the right way doesn’t have to take long to be useful! Additionally, exercise puts some control in the hands of its sufferer since exercise can be done anytime.
OPTIMAL LOW BACK PAIN EXERCISE GUIDES
Integrating exercise training into the multidisciplinary treatment of non-specific chronic low back pain does make sense. This type of back pain affects so many people globally and is a primary cause of disability. Proper exercise training transitions the back pain sufferer to self-management. Recently, researchers suggested that pain intensity and disability - and even mental health struggles in such back pain patients - were enhanced with options like resistance and aerobic exercise while Pilates, resistance exercise, yoga, and stabilization exercise. (3) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation agrees! Exercise is invaluable in so many ways.
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Listen to this PODCAST with Dr. Dean Greenwood on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr. Michael Johnson as he illustrates The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management that includes spinal manipulation, nutrition, and exercise for spinal stenosis back pain relief.
Schedule your Carrolltown chiropractic appointment soon. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation answers the exercise questions of “Do I have to?” and “How long?” with “Yes” and “The time it takes which may be in 30 second spurts.” We are partners in your pain relief and prevention!
