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La Grande 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 some of us La Grande back pain and neck pain sufferers transitioning and waiting on a state of pain relief, too. The waiting is at times the toughest 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 good ways to cope with the liminality. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is right beside our La Grande 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 studies are describing how deep breathing exercises (particularly the pursed-lips version which sufferers 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 produced positive outcomes to improve autonomic function by reducing sympathetic activity) (2), and long-distance walking (which created time to enter a ‘liminal space’ to ponder on one’s struggles, relish some calmness, and embrace current thoughts) (3) are beneficial. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC supports any of these practices to augment the healing, pain-relieving course of action with La Grande 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 thoughtful state of ‘liminality’ many sciatica or sciatic leg pain sufferers use 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 unique set of issues in terms of its persistence and severity of symptoms. Researchers illustrated the concept of “biographical suspension” as it applies to sciatica patients who seem to put life on hold while expecting an eventual return to their previous, pain-free selves, holding onto hope while also managing worry. This is a form of ‘liminality’, the time between pre- and post-pain, bolstered by a belief that sciatica is temporary and fixable, not a long-term illness. Even those who had sciatic leg pain for some time maintained this belief. (4) Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is often awestruck by the persistence of back pain and leg pain sufferers to discover a treatment that works for them. They oftentimes consult a variety of healthcare providers and try a variety of approaches as they are confident that there is help. La Grande back pain and La Grande leg pain patients are often relieved when they get to Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC as we take the time to clearly explain the spinal condition, its treatment, its anticipated outcome, and its treatment plan including the frequency of visits and the expected timeframe for relief. The 50% Rule directs 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). Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC is always monitoring 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.

Schedule your next La Grande chiropractic appointment soon. Waiting while transitioning from pain to pain-relief is a time of hope mixed with a little worry. Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC knows this and has the experience in walking this path with our low back pain and sciatica patients. Liminality need not be endured alone!

Paulette Hugulet, DC, LLC shares how chiropractic back pain patients can cope with the waiting – the liminality of back pain treatment – for relief with breathing and walking. 
 
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