You experience a bout of back pain – first,
second, tenth. Are you curious about what that means going
forward? Certainly, you are! The trajectory – researchers’ name
for the path of back pain – of the La Grande back pain
experience is unique to each, but there are factors
that may help forecast that course. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC shares
some input on the effect of lifestyle and
chiropractic care.
WHAT TO DO – Chiropractic
A new article’s findings make seeking chiropractic care
logical to impact the course of back pain. Patients
undergoing chiropractic care for their chronic (over 3 months) and acute (under a month) low back pain who
reported “much better” or “better” at one week of care were 4 to 5 times more
likely to report improvement at 1 and 3 months of care.
More specifically, acute back pain patients who reported having
more severe pain and disability at the start of care
recovered quicker. The majority of
patients with lumbar radicular leg pain improved. Both acute
and chronic back pain patients reported good outcomes. (1)
Another study of the interdisciplinary care (spine
surgeons/chiropractors in a university hospital) of chronic back pain patients reported
that almost half of the chronic low back pain patients treated with
chiropractic conservative care reported clinically relevant improvement. (2) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
sees even greater outcomes with our specific form
of chiropractic care, Cox® Technic!
WHAT TO DO – More Chiropractic
So why halt chiropractic
care with pain relief? A study demonstrated that
low back pain patients who underwent chiropractic maintenance
care – chiropractic treatments on a regular basis unrelated to whether they
had symptoms – had fewer
days of low back pain that limited their activities of daily living contrasted
with getting treatment only when a new low back pain episode arose. (3) More La Grande
chiropractic care on a regular basis looks beneficial.
WHAT TO DO – More Activity
More is not always better, but some kinds of
more are better, like chiropractic and activity. A low back pain sufferer
with a lifetime history of back pain may want to consider engaging
in higher volumes of moderate to vigorous physical activity since it
was shown to lower the odds of developing
severe low back pain over the following year. (4) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows
none of us back pain sufferers wants to hear that,
but it is the finding of one study. More intense exercise
was shown beneficial. Understand too that a sedentary lifestyle –
work and/or pleasure time – moderately raises the risk
of low back pain. (5) There is a middle ground! Let’s at
Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC discover that with you, the spot that inhibits
back pain and keeps you active as you want to be.
CONTACT Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC
Listen to this PODCAST
with Dr. Kurt Olding on The Back Doctors Podcast with Dr.
Michael Johnson as he describes the at-times great
number of options for back pain relief including The Cox® Technic System of
Spinal Pain Management.
Make your La Grande chiropractic
appointment today to control your back pain’s trajectory, to lessen
the impact of back pain on your path forward.