Carrolltown 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 get-togethers and a new year. Back pain has some of us Carrolltown back pain and neck pain sufferers transitioning and waiting on the arrival of pain relief, too. The waiting is sometimes 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. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is right beside our Carrolltown 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 (particularly 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 two times a day for a month effectively brought about positive outcomes to improve autonomic function by reducing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which allowed for time to enter a ‘liminal space’ to reflect on one’s struggles, relish some calmness, and process current feelings) (3) are useful. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation encourages any of these ideas to boost the healing, pain-relieving process with Carrolltown chiropractic services.
LIMINALITY IN BACK PAIN AND SCIATICA CARE
An interesting outcome from a study performed in the UK - SCOPiC (SCiatica Outcomes in Primary Care) – described the thinking state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers employ to cope with their pain and its path to recovery. The study has researchers interview sciatic low back pain sufferers. Sciatica arrives with its own distinctive group of issues in terms of its persistence and severity of symptoms. Researchers described the concept of “biographical suspension” as it related to sciatica patients who tend to put life on hold while expecting an ultimate return to their previous, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also controlling worry. This is a form of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, held up by a belief that sciatica is temporary and fixable, not a long-term disease. Even those who had sciatic leg pain for a while kept this belief. (4) Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation is often awestruck by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to discover a treatment that works for them. They frequently talk with a variety of healthcare providers and try a variety of approaches as they are confident that there is help. Carrolltown back pain and Carrolltown leg pain patients are often relieved when they get to Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal problem, its treatment, its expected outcome, and its treatment plan including 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) decrease the treatment plan frequency by 50% (ex: daily visits change to every other day). Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation 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 the role of patient expectations in their pain relief with The Cox® Technic System of Spinal Pain Management.
Set up your next Carrolltown chiropractic appointment soon. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope mixed with a little concern. Gormish Chiropractic & Rehabilitation understands this and has the wisdom to walk this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be experienced alone!
